Historically there were public railway services in the island, provided by two railway companies:

Historically, this island exported sandalwood and was known as Sandalwood Island.

Historically, the Kingdom of Sicily had at times controlled parts of the eastern Adriatic seaboard, and Manfred possessed the island of Corfu and the towns of Butrinto, Avlona and Suboto, which had formed the dowry of his wife Helena.

Historically Taiwan Province covers the entire island of Taiwan and all its associated islands.

Historically Taiwan Province covers the entire island of Taiwan and all its associated islands.

Historically a part of Surrey, the area takes its name from the old village of Battersea, an island settlement established in the river delta of the Falconbrook ; a river that rises in Tooting Bec Common and flows underground through south London to the River Thames.

Historically, it has been the agricultural heartland of the island.

Historically on the western side and on the eastern side of the island Frisian dialects dominated.

Historically this name is assumed to derive from Peighinn nam Fadhla ( pronounced ) " pennyland of the fords " as the island is essentially flat.

Historically, Brač was famous for goats ; even Pliny comments that from the island of Brattia ( the Latin name for the island ) comes excellent cheese, wine and olive oil.

Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the second most important city on the island after Havana, and still remains the second largest.

Historically, a very large gulf separated Australia and New Zealand from the smaller island competitors, and little attention was paid to the tournament by the rest of the football world.

Historically, the island has been called by many different names including:

Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France ( which shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape ), when it was given to the Benedictines, religious order of Mont Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.

Historically, the southern village of Umatac, Guam has been credited as the site of Magellan's landing, however, scholarly study of the navigator's diary, now kept in preservation in the Philippines, revealed a drawing of the islands with a tiny island to the south of a much larger island above it.

Historically, there was a linguistic division of the island of Montreal into French and English ' halves ', with Francophones typically inhabiting the eastern portion of the island and Anglophones typically inhabiting the western half.

Historically the system takes place as such: When a school of pilot whales has been sighted, messengers are sent to spread the news among the inhabitants of the island involved ( the Faroe Islands have 17 inhabited islands ).

Historically, the island gained wealth from cotton plantations, but slash and burn farming is now the main way of life for Cat Islanders.

Historically a part of Lancashire, the name Hulme is derived from the Old Norse word for a small island, or land surrounded by water or marsh, indicating that it may have been first settled by Norse invaders during the period of the Danelaw.

Historically Thomond was one of the Kingdoms which existed in the island of Ireland before the Norman invasion.

Historically, the region of the parish of São José was the dropping-off point for the settlers to the western part of the island.

Historically, this area was also called Nuevas Filipinas or New Philippines as they were part of the Spanish East Indies and governed from Manila in the Philippines.

Historically, JAA even offered Taipei -- Okinawa, Taipei -- Hong Kong, and Taipei -- Manila routes under the Fifth Freedom traffic rights granted by Taiwan, as well as the connection flights between Taipei and Kaohsiung before the direct Narita — Kaohsiung route was inaugurated in August 2005.

Historically, the city is situated at the heart of the Armenian Highland, in Kotayk canton ( Kotayk gavar, not to be confused with the current Kotayk Province ) of Ayrarat province, within Armenia Major.

Historically, the counties of Meath, Westmeath and small parts of surrounding counties constituted the province of Mide, which was one of the " Five Fifths " of Ireland ( in the Irish language the word for province, Cuige, from Cuig, five means " a fifth "); however, these have long since become the three northernmost counties of Leinster province.

Historically, these independent cities have been carved from the province that surrounds them.

Historically, the province ( area ) dates from states of the Holy Roman Empire and takes its name from the nearby German city of Geldern.

Historically the area broadly covered by the département was known as Bigorre, a territory at times independent but later part of Gascony province.

Historically, the term Lothian is used for a province encompassing the present area plus the Scottish Borders region.

Historically, the term was invented by Russian Turkologists in the 19th century to replace the term Chinese Turkestan, which referred to the Tarim Basin in the southwestern part of Xinjiang province of the Qing Dynasty.

Historically, Pattani province was the centre of the Malay Sultanate of Patani Darul Makrif.

Historically the area was called Higo Province ; and the province was renamed Kumamoto during the Meiji Restoration.

Historically, the oligarchy that came into power after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 had a strong representation from the Chōshū province, as Itō Hirobumi, Yamagata Aritomo, and Kido Kōin were from there.

Historically, the town belongs to Lesser Poland, and is located in southeastern corner of the province, near the border with another historic land, Red Ruthenia.

Historically, Końskie belongs to the province of Lesser Poland, and since its foundation, until 1795 ( see Partitions of Poland ), it was part of Lesser Poland's Sandomierz Voivodeship.

Historically, Cavan was part of the western province of Connacht, but was transferred to Ulster in 1584 when Bréifne was shired and became the county of Cavan.

Historically, debt restructuring has been the province of the large corporation with the in-house or retained resources to undertake the process and the financial wherewithal to successfully see it to conclusion.

Historically, the province is an important part of the Donbas region.

Historically Chablis was once considered part of the Champagne province, and the two region share many climatic similarities.

Historically, Soule is the smallest province of the Basque Country ( 785 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.).

Historically prior to 1920, many Ottoman citizens of Armenians ethnicity lived in this province.

Historically, the area of Manes-Alaverdi was part of Dzoropor canton of Gugark province of Greater Armenia.

Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and in the past it used to be one of the most important cities of the province.

Historically the Shonan area was part of a pre-modern province, Sagami Province, whereas Yokohama and Kawasaki were part of Musashi Province, hence Bellmare's intraprefectural rivalries with Yokohama F. Marinos, Yokohama F. C.

Historically and ethnographically, it is part of Racha, a historic highland province in western Georgia.