The island gained separate colony status in 1960 and became autonomous in 1967.

Regional military governors, known as Jiedushi, gained increasingly autonomous status while formerly submissive states raided the empire.

The programme gained cult status due to its unique mix of surreal monologue, music, synthesised voices, heavily edited broadcasts and recurring sketches.

The heavy metal band King Diamond gained cult status during the 1980s releasing mostly all concept albums.

Drexel became the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936, and in 1970 Drexel Institute of Technology gained university status, becoming Drexel University.

In the UK, status as a Chartered Educational Psychologist is gained by completing:

The club gained professional status on 12 December 1898, in the same year that they were admitted into the Southern League's Second Division.

Over time it gained iconic status and remains one of Australia's most recognisable automotive symbols.

In 1874, the area of Jerusalem gained a special status of the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem.

There is much to be gained by attributing Class “ A ” status to the “ Mandate for Palestine ”.

According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gained the status of gods.

The principles expounded by this panel have come to be known as the M ' Naghten Rules, even though they have only gained any status by usage in the common law and M ' Naghten himself would have been found guilty if they had been applied to his trial.

In the Maremma region various popular wines are produced, some of which gained DOCG status.

The women's sons gained their status from their mother's families ; they were part of hereditary leadership lines who exercised power and accumulated personal wealth in their changing Native American societies.

Although the government gained in status under the new constitution, this does not affect the guiding role of the party over the government.

The idea was first formulated into the field of biology in the 1790s among the German Natural philosophers, after which, Marcel Danesi states, it soon gained the status of a biogenetic law.

Perth was originally founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony, and gained city status in 1856 ( currently vested in the smaller City of Perth ).

Since the 1990s some Spanish companies have gained multinational status, often expanding their activities in culturally close Latin America.

Europe's most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up " The Heart of Neolithic Orkney.

Example: word-initial + stop clusters in Latin gained a preceding in Old Spanish and Old French ; hence, the Spanish word for " state " is estado, deriving from Latin status.

Taoism, in form of the Shangqing school, gained official status in China again during the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ), whose emperors claimed Laozi as their relative.

By this time, the concept had gained considerable status among Goddess adherents.

Victoria College, which had been established in 1903 as an affiliated college of McGill University, gained autonomy and full degree granting status on March 1, 1963.

It is named after Joseph Clearihue, who was chairman of Victoria College from 1947 until it gained university status in 1963.

A. belladonna has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

The brewery gained more esteem in 1914 when it was made " Purveyor to the Royal Danish Court ".

The following hybrid cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:

Cheney attended the Lancasterian School in Winchester before joining the Royal Navy at the age of 18, where he served on wartime Arctic convoys and in motor torpedo boats and gained experience of engineering and working on high performance engines.

After performances in the youth and A teams gained him promotion to the reserves, Banks was posted to Germany with the Royal Signals on National service, winning the Rhine Cup with his regimental team.

When Libya gained its independence in 1951, veterans of the original Sanusi Army formed the nucleus of the Royal Libyan Army.

Throughout the 18th century the Royal Navy gradually gained ascendancy over the French Navy, with victories in the War of Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ), inconclusive battles in the War of Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ), victories in the Seven Years ' War ( 1754 – 1763 ), a partial reversal during the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), and consolidation into uncontested supremacy during the 19th century from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit :-

Although the country gained independence, the British Royal Navy remained stationed at Trincomalee until 1956.

In England, Morse worked to perfect painting techniques under Allston's watchful eye ; by the end of 1811, he gained admittance to the Royal Academy.

Before Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the military was known as the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force.

Two members of the British Royal Family have studied at Trinity and been awarded degrees as a result: Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh, who gained an MA in 1790, and Prince Charles, who was awarded a lower second class BA in 1970.

UMIST gained its Royal Charter in 1956 and became a fully autonomous university in 1993.

The following begonia hybrids have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit :-

In its place, the United Kingdom emerged as by far the most powerful country in the world and the Royal Navy gained unquestioned naval superiority across the globe.

This plant has ornamental value in large parks and gardens, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. http :// apps. rhs. org. uk / plantselector / plant? plantid = 6316 </ ref > In the United Kingdom it is universally called ' Douglas fir ' ( without the hyphen ).

Although the Royal Navy suffered from many morale issues, it answered the question of prize money via the ' Cruizers and Convoys ' Act of 1708 which handed over the share previously gained by the Crown to the captors of the ship.

In United Kingdom, for example, the following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit :-

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit :-

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

The cultivar T. tuberosum lineamaculatum ' Ken Aslet ' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit :-

The following hybrid cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit ( other cultivars are dealt with under their species name-see above ).

The Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS ) was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861.