* 221 – Roman Emperor mordecai adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.

The First Emperor Qin Shi Huang ( circa 221 BC, who unified the 7 pre-Imperial Kingdoms ) was buried under a large mound outside modern day Xi ' an.

The beginnings of Imperial China are typically associated with the unification of China in 221 BC under the First Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi.

The character was reserved for mythological rulers until the first emperor of Qin ( Qin Shi Huang ), who created a new title Huangdi ( 皇帝 in pinyin: huáng dì ) for himself in 221 BCE, which is commonly translated as Emperor in English.

The Emperor (, ) refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916.

The practice of exterminating the kin had been established since the Qin when Emperor Qin Shi Huang ( reigned 247 BC – 221 BC ) declared " Those who criticize the present with that of the past: Zu " ( 以古非今者族 ).

The Imperial Music Bureau, first established in the Qin Dynasty ( 221 – 207 BC ), was greatly expanded under the Emperor Han Wu Di 武帝 ( 140 – 87 BC ) and charged with supervising court music and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized.

After unifying China in 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin dispatched a 500, 000-man army to what is now southern China to conquer the Yue peoples and bring the area under Han Chinese control.

In 221, Liu Bei proclaimed himself Emperor of Shu Han, and declared war on Eastern Wu to avenge the death of Guan Yu and the loss of Jing Province.

In 221, in response to Cao Pi's usurping of Emperor Xian's throne, Liu Bei's subordinates advised him to declare himself emperor.

* Emperor or Huangdi ( 皇帝, pinyin: huáng dì ) was the title of the Chinese head of state of China from the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.

In 221 after declaring himself " Emperor of Shu Han ", Liu Bei appointed Zhang Fei as " General of Chariots and Cavalry " ( 車騎將軍 ) and " Director of Retainers " ( 司隸校尉 ), and granted him the title of " Marquis of Xi " ( 西鄉侯 ).

Zheng succeeded King Zhuangxiang as the ruler of Qin and unified China under the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, and proclaimed himself " Qin Shi Huang " ( First Emperor of Qin ).

Fangshi courtiers convinced Qin and Han emperors, most notably Qin Shi Huang ( r. 221 – 210 BCE ) and Emperor Wu of Han ( r. 141 – 87 BCE ), to dispatch large expeditions ( e. g., Xu Fu in 219 BCE ) seeking the zhi Plant of Immortality, but none produced tangible results.

The town was renamed Nicopolis in 221 AD by Emperor Elagabalus, who conferred the title of “ city ” following the request of a delegation from Emmaus.

She was an Empress of Rome and third wife of Roman Emperor Elagabalus briefly in 221.

In the year 221, Roman Emperor Elagabalus desired Annia Aurelia Faustina to be his wife.

In 221 BC, Qin conquered the other six Warring States and founded the Qin Dynasty ; the He Shi Bi was then taken from the last duke of Zhao by Emperor Yin Zheng ( who was known as the Qin Shi Huangdi of the Qin Empire ), who ordered it made into his Imperial seal.

His cousin, Antigonus Doson, administered the kingdom as regent until his death in 221 BC when Philip was seventeen years old.

* His 221 career wins make him one of the most successful knuckleball pitchers of all time.

In 221 BCE, after the then King of Qin completed the conquest of the various kingdoms / duchies of the Warring States Period, he adopted a new title to reflect his prestige as a ruler greater than the rulers before him.

Historically, when Qin Shi Huang united China in 221 BC, he felt that his achievements had surpassed those of all the rulers who had gone before him.

He held the White Sox team record for career home runs from until Carlton Fisk passed him in ; his eventual total of 221 remains the club record for left-handed hitters, as do his 981 RBI and 585 extra base hits with the team.

" Sloan had a career regular-season win – loss record of 1, 221 – 803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired.

Meanwhile the king continued his applications to Benveniste for funds, drawing a check on him for 5, 000 sous on June 12, 1260 ; while two years later the king acknowledged his indebtedness to Benveniste of 15, 221 sous for payment made on account of the Infanta Donna Joanna, on May 21, 1262.

Pope Calixtus I confirmed the titulus in 221 ; to honor him it was changed into Ss.

Juanda's 54 cashes at the WSOP account for $ 3, 902, 221 of his live tournament winnings and place him tied for 8th for all time WSOP cashes.

** PWI ranked him # 221 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993

At some moment in the course of a war between the Seleucids and Egyptian Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes took him prisoner ; and when Ptolemy III died in 221 BC, Andromachus was still a prisoner in Egypt.

Nothing is known of his origin or parentage, though he may have been a son of Sosibius of Tarentum ; nor have we any account of the means by which he rose to power ; but we find him immediately after the accession of Ptolemy ( 221 BC ), exercising the greatest influence over the young king, and virtually holding the chief direction of affairs.

What Theodotus accomplished at this time we know not, but the next year ( 219 BC ) we find him serving under the immediate command of Antiochus himself, and bearing an important share in the action against Nicolaus the general of Ptolemy IV Philopator ( 221 – 204 BC ), near Porphyreon, as well as shortly after at the siege of Rabbatamana.

The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier, and currently the oldest ( 30 years, 221 days ) athlete to crack 10 seconds.

The. 221 Fireball cartridge lived up to its name by reaching velocities of 2700 ft / s ( 823 m / s ) from a 10. 5 " ( 26. 7 cm ) barrel.

Qín Shǐ Huáng ( Wade-Giles: Chin Shih Huang ; Chinese: ; 259 BC – 210 BC ; personal name: Zhào Zhèng ( Wade-Giles: Chao Cheng ; ); name in classical Chinese: ( 趙正 ) was the king of the Chinese State of Qin from 246 BC to 221 BC, during the Warring States Period.

Legionella acquired its name after a July, 1976 outbreak of a then-unknown " mystery disease " sickened 221 persons, causing 34 deaths.

Two such super-galleys built by the Ptolemaic king Ptolemy IV ( 221 – 205 BC ) have come down to us by name, the Thalamegos and the Tessarakonteres.

The old text version got its name because it was written in a character system not used since the earlier Warring States period ( i. e. before 221 BC ), when it was assumed to have been hidden.

Parts of a large building that was considered to be one of the palaces of Antigonus III Doson ( 263 – 221 ), partly destroyed by fire, were discovered at Palatitsa, which preserved the memory of a palace in its modern name.

According to Guoyu and Shanhaijing published in the Zhanguo period ( 476 – 221 BCE ), Sushen was the name of the tribe who lived in Shandong and border of Liaoxi area, the ancestors of the Mohe or Malgal people.

After it was captured by Qin Shi Huang, the first Chinese emperor, in 221 BC, it became a county town and was given the name Dantu.

The name Aðils was so exceedingly rare even in Scandinavia that among almost 6000 Scandinavian runic inscriptions, it is only attested in three runestones ( U 35, DR 221 and Br Olsen ; 215 ).

Qingzhou is a timehonored city, and its name initially appeared in a geography book called Classic of History chapter Yu Gong ( 禹贡 ) composed in the Warring States Period ( 403BC － 221 BC ).

Traditional etymology holds that the Sanskrit name derives from the Qin state or dynasty ( 秦, Old Chinese: * dzin ) which ruled China from 221 – 206 BC.

Even then, the repeal bill passed 221 – 203 in the House, but 2 / 3 necessary in the Senate was never achieved because of long filibustering by Republicans like then-Minority leader Everett Dirksen .< ref name =" Filibuster ">

* Canon de 65 M ( montagne ) modele 1906, a French mountain artillery piece, also used by the Germans under the name " 6. 5 cm Gebirgskanone 221 ( f )"

Even loaded with a smaller load of faster powder for the short barrel, the. 221 Fireball lived up to its name, with a massive muzzle flash ; the performance, however, was unheard of for its day: over 2700 feet per second ( 885 m / s ) out of the short XP-100 barrel.

* Canon de 65 M ( montagne ) modele 1906, a French mountain artillery piece, also used by the Germans under the name " 6. 5 cm Gebirgskanone 221 ( f )"

In Wonder Woman # 221, Wonder Woman took a defeated OMAC to a hospital, and noticing everyone staring at her in fear, saw the broadcast and realized " They have killed my name.

In order to sidestep this branding ( and / or any licensing fees required to use the " Whisper " name legally ), other manufacturers tend to use different names for the same cartridge, such as ". 300 warrior carbine ", ". 300 Fireball " or ". 300-221 ", both based on the. 221 Fireball parent case.