By the late 18th century there were increasing efforts to take advantage of the rifle for military purposes, with specialist rifle units such as the King's Royal Rifle Corps of 1756 and Rifle Brigade ( Prince Consort's Own ) of 1800.

Historians note that, despite Colbert's efforts, France actually became increasingly impoverished because of the King's excessive spending on wars.

This was only achieved by the efforts of the Light Division and the British and King's German Legion cavalry.

The Belgian Parliament, pushed by Emile Vandervelde and other critics of the King's Congolese policy, forced Leopold to set up an independent commission of inquiry, and despite the King's efforts, in 1905 it confirmed Casement's report.

Władysław suffered continuing difficulties caused by the efforts of the Polish Sejm ( parliament ) to check the King's power and limit his dynastic ambitions.

Norfolk benefited from Wolsey's fall, becoming the King's leading councillor and applying himself energetically in the King's efforts to find a way out of his marriage to Queen Catharine.

Under blackmail by d ' Avaux, Eliza concedes in indefinitely loaning the vast fortune she has earned through trade in Amsterdam to fund the King's war efforts.

It was part of a series of efforts to assimilate the Scottish Highlands, ending their ability to revolt, and the first of the ' King's laws ' which sought to crush the Clan system in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of ' Forty-Five.

However, on 19 September 2009, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens issued a media release regarding the propagation efforts saying: " The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is working towards securing the future of a rare and ancient Tasmanian native plant ... Lomatia tasmanica, commonly known as King's Lomatia, is critically endangered with less than 500 plants growing in the wild in a tiny pocket of Tasmania's isolated south west.

Eventually, through the efforts of the hypermodernists, the various Indian Defences ( such as the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, and Queen's Indian ) became more popular, and as these openings were named, the term " Queen's Pawn Game " narrowed further.

The rokosz, formed on 5 August 1606 by Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, Jan Szczęsny Herburt, Stanisław Stadnicki, Aleksander Józef Lisowski and Janusz Radziwiłł in Stężyca and Lublin, was caused by the growing dissatisfaction with the King among the nobility ( szlachta ), who disapproved of the King's efforts to limit the power of the nobles ( his attempts to weaken the Sejm, the Polish parliament ) and to introduce a hereditary monarchy in place of the elective one ).

Tabor, along with King's X bandmate Doug Pinnick and former Galactic Cowboys members Wally Farkas and Alan Doss, have a new band called The Jibbs who have a single song available for download to benefit relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

She is best known for sponsoring legislation that adopted Martin Luther King, Jr .' s birthday as a Colorado state holiday prior to it becoming a national holiday, and for her efforts to educate youth about King's legacy.

Kibera originated as a settlement in the forests outside Nairobi, when Nubian soldiers returning from service with the King's African Rifles ( KAR ) were allocated plots there in return for their efforts around 1904.

Several of the 12 tracks were covers of pure Chicago blues ( side 1 kicking off strong with Otis Rush's " All Your Love " and Freddy King's hit instrumental " Hide Away " spelled without a space as “ Hideaway ”); Mayall wrote or arranged 5 ( such as " Double Crossing Time ", a slow blues with a scorching solo by cowriter Clapton ); and Eric debuted as lead vocalist, and began his practice of paying tribute to Robert Johnson, with " Ramblin ' on My Mind ".

His voice and style were as instantly recognisable as King's, Muddy's and Wolf's and until he fell afoul of the Chicago union, he and his ' Broomdusters ' were as popular in the Chicago clubs as any of these musicians ' bands.

Back in Chicago, Norma tells King's club partner Sal Andretti ( Norman Chancer ), that King is having a gay affair with Victor.

He had become friends with Jimmy King when they visited Michigan on the same weekend and is said by Chicago Tribune journalists and Michigan coach Fisher to have influenced King's decision to enroll there.

* Samuel Reshevsky vs Robert Byrne, U. S. Championship Playoff, Chicago 1973, King's Indian Defense, Classical Variation ( E92 ), 0 – 1 A critical win which helped propel Byrne to the Interzonal later that year.

" A considerable amount of time passed before Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys were able to record " Tennessee Waltz ," their recording being made in a December 2, 1947 session at the RCA Victor Studio in Chicago.

There were four from St. John's and four from Christ's, three from Pembroke, and two from each of the colleges, Jesus, Peterhouse, Queens', and Trinity, with Caius, Clare, King's, Magdalene, and Sidney supplying one each in the ordo senioritatis.

All these emotions were screwed up to new heights when, after acceptance and the first rehearsals, there ensued such a buzz of excitement among Parisian music lovers that Duclos had to come running to Rousseau to inform him that the news had reached the superintendent of the King's amusements, and that he was now demanding that the work be offered first at the royal summer palace of Fontainebleau.

He reported, too, that among the habitants there were none of probity and ability sufficient to justify entrusting them with the King's goods.

The participants were Professor H. Bondi, professor of mathematics at King's College, London ; ;

They were married at King's Chapel on May 22, 1830 ; he was 30 years old and she was 29.

The family returned home once for the Lambeth Conference in 1897, and Bernard and his brother Harold were educated for a term at The King's School, Canterbury.

The King's Library, on the ground floor of the East Wing, was handed over in 1827, and was described as one of the finest rooms in London although it was not fully open to the general public until 1857, however, special openings were arranged during The Great Exhibition of 1851.

and Thomas Flamank, a lawyer from Bodmin, marched to Blackheath in London where they were eventually defeated by 10, 000 men of the King's army under Baron Daubeny.

Additionally, from at least the 11th century and continuing for several centuries after that, there were several different circuits in the royal court system, served by itinerant judges who would travel from town to town dispensing the King's justice.

Those dates were chosen because in 1954 the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools was unlawful and 1968 is the year of Martin Luther King's assassination.

The King was saved by his lack of authority – having scorned a King's apparel in favour of a simple soldier's tunic, he escaped notice ( unlike his bodyguards, whose skulls were brutally smashed and limbs severed ).

Aubrey's vivid account, which portrays Bacon as a martyr to experimental scientific method, had him journeying to Highgate through the snow with the King's physician when he is suddenly inspired by the possibility of using the snow to preserve meat: " They were resolved they would try the experiment presently.

) Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of King's College were personal friends, which influenced subsequent scientific events as much as the close friendship between Crick and James Watson.

In order to construct their model of DNA, Watson and Crick made use of information from unpublished X-ray diffraction images of Franklin's ( shown at meetings and freely shared by Wilkins ), including preliminary accounts of Franklin's results / photographs of the X-ray images that were included in a written progress report for the King's College laboratory of Sir John Randall from late 1952.

The largest granite stones in the pyramid, found in the " King's " chamber, weigh 25 to 80 tonnes and were transported from Aswan, more than 500 miles away.

It is believed that the compartments were intended to safeguard the King's Chamber from the possibility of a roof collapsing under the weight of stone above the Chamber.

Itinerant justices on regular circuits were sent out once each year to enforce the " King's Peace ".

Also in the 1970s, horror author Stephen King debuted on the film scene as many of his books were adapted for the screen, beginning with Brian De Palma's adaptation of King's first published novel, Carrie ( 1976 ), which was nominated for Academy Awards.

By the 18th century there were five universities in Scotland, at Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews and King's and Marischial Colleges in Aberdeen, compared with only two in England.

More than 50 were killed and 750 injured in three bombings on London Underground and another aboard a double decker bus near Russell Square in King's Cross.

The story of the Wounded King's mystical fasting is not unique ; several saints were said to have lived without food besides communion, for instance Saint Catherine of Genoa.

Many people were buying new, more powerful computers expressly for games, and the days were long-gone when people would be satisfied with simple vectored line drawings, such as those that made the Wizardry games famous, or with the blocky graphics that were used in Sierra Entertainment's King's Quest games.

The former " King's County " and " Queen's County " were exceptions ; these are now County Offaly and County Laois, respectively.