The Grand Master then journeyed to Wittenberg, where he was advised by Martin Luther to abandon the rules of his Order, to marry, and to convert Prussia into a hereditary duchy for himself.

Lynne, with the 7-piece line-up that supported Time ( with the exception of bassist Groucutt being replaced by Martin Smith ), played a small number of live ELO performances in 1986, including shows in England and Germany along with US appearances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, then at Disneyland that summer.

" Martin provided a " dozen pages of COBOL, and then just a page or two of Mark IV, from Informatics.

After the death of his father, he fought initially for the Neapolitan army and then for Pope Martin V and the Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti.

In the earlier part of the century, the teachings of first Martin Luther and then John Calvin began to influence Scotland.

Voight played a directionless young boxer in 1973's The All American Boy, then appeared in the 1974 film, Conrack, directed by Martin Ritt.

* On December 4, 1970, the twisted nematic field effect in liquid crystals was filed for patent by Hoffmann-LaRoche in Switzerland, ( Swiss patent No. 532 261 ) with Wolfgang Helfrich and Martin Schadt ( then working for the Central Research Laboratories ) listed as inventors.

Martin Van Buren then retired to his home in Kinderhook.

Hook commented that the only positive thing to come out of the Movement sessions was that producer Martin Hannett had showed the band how to use a mixing board, which allowed them to produce records by themselves from then on.

In exchange for the recognition of Joan II of Naples, Martin obtained the restitution of Benevento, several fiefs in the Kingdom of Naples for his relatives and, above all, an agreement that Muzio Attendolo, then hired by the Neapolitans, should leave Rome.

It was believed then that there were three, so the second Pope named Martin was named Martin IV.

Capranica was protesting against the new Pope Eugene IV's refusal of a cardinalate for him, which had been designated by Pope Martin V. Arriving at Basel after enduring a stormy voyage to Genoa and then a trip across the Alps, he successively served Capranica, who ran short of money, and then other masters.

He then joined Xerox PARC to work with Martin Newell.

He was then replaced in 1988 by the former manager of German computer company Nixdorf Computer AG, Arno Bohn, who made some costly miscalculations that led to his dismissal soon after, along with that of the development director, Dr. Ulrich Bez, who was formerly responsible for BMW's Z1 model, and today is CEO of Aston Martin.

Following the convictions, Hanns Martin Schleyer, a former officer of the SS and NSDAP member who was then President of the German Employers ' Association ( and thus one of the most powerful industrialists in West Germany ) was abducted in a violent kidnapping.

The nonviolent influence of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. upon Biko is then suspect, as Biko knew that for his struggle to give rise to physical liberation, it was necessary that it exist within the political realities of the apartheid regime, and Biko's nonviolence may be seen more as a tactic than a personal conviction.

The Chargers then took a 17-13 lead when Martin beat the Steelers secondary ( particularly a badly overmatched Tim McKyer ) down the right sideline for a 43-yard touchdown reception.

" Dickens then developed this in Martin Chuzzlewit ( 1843-4 ) published two years before the appearance of Sweeney Todd in The String of Pearls ( 1846-7 ), with a character called Tom Pinch, who is grateful that his own " evil genius did not lead him into the dens of any of those preparers of cannibalic pastry, who are represented in many country legends as doing a lively retail business in the metropolis ".

Martin Luther then attacked Henry VIII in print, calling him a “ pig, dolt, and liar ”.

Later he developed a kind of non-traditional Christian philosophy, described in his work The Kingdom of God is Within You which inspired Rainer Maria Rilke and Mohandas Gandhi, then a young lawyer, whose influence extended to Martin Luther King.

From then on, she was known as Victoria Woodhull Martin.

Walt would put his ear to the tracks in anticipation of the coming train then try and spot his uncle, engineer Michael Martin, conducting the train.

Convention chairman Joe Martin went to Elwood, Indiana, to inform Willkie officially of the nomination, as was then the custom.

After the funeral service, a tribute concert was held at the Martin Luther King Center, also in Gainesville, and featured performances by his son and daughter, Anthony McDaniel and Evelyn Kelly, long-time background vocalist Gloria Jolivet, co-producer Scott " Skyntyte " Free, Diddley's touring band, The Debby Hastings Band, and guest artist Eric Burdon.

At the end of November, a meeting was held in the rooms of Canon John Collins, chaired by the editor of the New Statesman, Kingsley Martin, to launch the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Martin Brune has pointed out that Kraepelin and Rudin also appear to have been ardent advocates of a self-domestication theory, a version of social darwinism which held that modern culture was not allowing people to be weeded out, resulting in more mental disorder and deterioration of the gene pool.

He identified himself as a political independent although he held conservative opinions on several issues, including the Vietnam War ( he once wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. to defend the Johnson Administration's military policy ).

His renunciation of wealth and a senatorial career in favour of a Christian ascetic and philanthropic life was held up as an example by many of his contemporaries, including Augustine, Jerome, Martin of Tours, and Ambrose.

Pope Martin IV, ( c. 1210 / 1220 – 28 March 1285 ), born Simon de Brion, held the papacy from 21 February 1281 until his death.

At the same time he was appointed treasurer of the church of St. Martin in Tours by King Louis IX of France, an office he held until he was elected pope in 1281.

In accordance with a decree of the Council of Constance, ordering that councils should be held every five years, Martin V summoned a council in 1423 that met first at Pavia and later at Siena ( the " Council of Siena ").

Martin Biddle, from an examination of Edward's financial accounts, links it instead with a tournament Edward held near Winchester on April 20, 1290, to mark the betrothal of one of his daughters.

The first German celebration on a fairly large scale was held in 1805 ( the 1150th anniversary of his death ), followed by a similar celebration in a number of towns in 1855 ; both of these were predominantly Catholic affairs, which emphasized the role of Boniface in German history as opposed to Protestant views on the role of Martin Luther, and especially the 1855 celebrations were an expression of German Catholic nationalism.

Martin Buber, the Jewish religious philosopher, attacked Huxley's notion that mescaline allowed a person to participate in " common being ", and held that the drug ushered users " merely into a strictly private sphere ".

Martin Luther held that " It is not the doctrine of transubstantiation which is to be believed, but simply that Christ really is present at the Eucharist ".

Willkie asked Martin to take on the task of Republican National Committee chairman, a post that Martin held simultaneously with his House leadership role from 1940 – 1942.

The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence, and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4.

The importance of Wittenberg historically was due to its seat of the Elector of Saxony, a dignity held by the dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg and also to its close connection with Martin Luther and the dawn of the Protestant Reformation ; several of its buildings are associated with the events of this time.

Pope Martin I and the monk Maximus, the foremost opponents of monothelitism ( which they interpreted as denying a human faculty of will to Christ ), held a synod in Rome in 649 that condemned monoenergism and monothelitism.

He was promoted to reader in 1965, and in 1968 was offered a professorship in mathematical physics, a position he held until 1979, his students including Brian Josephson and Martin Rees.

Writers as diverse as Baldassare Castiglione and Martin Luther wrote about his reputation and fame ; theorists such as Heinrich Glarean and Gioseffo Zarlino held his style as that best representing perfection.

The record was previously held by Martin St. Louis, who had set the record in the 2003 – 04 Stanley Cup Championship year.

* Martin County Fair held every February.

Martin was a committed anti-Communist, but he seriously underestimated the severity of the South Vietnamese situation, to the point that in the spring of 1975, when most American officials were convinced that South Vietnam was doomed to collapse, he continued to believe that Saigon and the Mekong Delta area could be held because of the tenacity of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) in the Battle of Xuan Loc under the command of General Le Minh Dao.

Candy's funeral was held at St. Martin of Tours Church.

It was here that the Papal Schism was ended and Pope Martin V was elected during the only conclave ever held north of the Alps.

Other local attractions include: the Martin House Museum, Heritage Canyon, the Dutch Days festival held annually on the first weekend of May, and of course its great view of the river.