Meanwhile, the growing confederations of Franks and Alemanni broke through the frontier fortifications and settled along the Rhine frontier, invading Gaul, Hispania and Italy as far as North Africa, while Saxon pirates ravaged the Western Europen coasts.

Meanwhile, North American camelids died out at the end of the Pleistocene.

Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.

Meanwhile, Marsh's rival Edward Drinker Cope also had unearthed several specimens of the large North American pterosaur.

Meanwhile, the surviving Eastern Roman Empire began to expand under the emperor Justinian, who eventually recaptured North Africa from the Vandals, and attempted to fully recover Italy as well in the hope of re-establishing Roman control over the lands once ruled by the Western Roman Empire.

Meanwhile the British Eighth Army, commanded by General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, simultaneously pushed them westward, effectively squeezing the Germans and Italians into a smaller and smaller portion of Tunisia and out of North Africa altogether by mid-May.

Meanwhile ski area founder Joe Zoline worked hard to put Telluride on the map, developing one of the best mountains in North America for expert skiers and creating infrastructure for tourism which respected Telluride's need to stay small and beautiful.

Meanwhile, North China was ruled by the Sixteen Kingdoms, many of which were founded by the Wu Hu.

Meanwhile the English navy tried to gain control over the North Sea also and in the two-day Battle of the Gabbard in June drove the Dutch back to their home ports, starting a blockade of the Dutch coast, which led to an immediate collapse of the Dutch economy and even starvation.

Meanwhile, at the North Pole, Charlie helps Scott and the head elves perfect a new sleigh and communication devices.

Meanwhile, the " Big John " campaign ran in the North of England from 1981, and centred around a re-writing of the Big Bad John country music staple.

Meanwhile the exposed chalk cliffs are gradually being worn down by the sea, particularly at the North Foreland.

Meanwhile, the Communist Chinese established the three-man fireteam concept as the three-man cell when they organized a regular army, and its organization seemed to have been disseminated throughout all of Asia's communist forces, perhaps the most famous of which are the PAVN / NVA ( People's Army of Vietnam / North Vietnamese Army ) and the Viet Cong.

Meanwhile, the North became the Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk (, ) literally the " Joseon Democratic People's Republic ", known in English as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Meanwhile, the South Ossetian secessionist authorities demand independence or unification with North Ossetia under the Russian Federation while the international community refuses to recognize South Ossetia as an independent country and considers the area part of Georgia.

Meanwhile, it has launched broadcasts to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the North Caucasus.

Meanwhile, the Prussians had created a 4th Army, and marched it to the southern flank of Sedan, while the 3rd Army dug in North of Sedan.

Meanwhile the French sent a detachment to the North to capture Emden on 3 July, which was an important access point for Britain to Europe.

Meanwhile the right column, under Colonel Skyuderi, was to advance across the Chernaya via the Tractir Bridge before moving south through the Fedioukine Heights and across the North Valley to attack No. 3 redoubt.

Meanwhile, news of British victories against Italian forces in North Africa dulled support for Gaylani's government, and, on 31 January 1941, under pressure from Regent Abdul-Illah, he resigned his post as Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, Twelfth Night ( now with Devoil, Sears, Keyworth, Baker and newcomer Andy Faulkner ) have been confirmed for their first-ever performance in North America.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister of the then North and East Provincial Council, Vartharaja Perumal put forward a 19 point demand to resolve the ethnic crisis.

Meanwhile, the Māori in the far North, around the Bay of Islands, who had been the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, were feeling increasingly sidelined and resentful of the changes that had taken place in New Zealand.

Meanwhile, despite official adoption of the new system in South Korea, many in the Korean Studies community – both in and out of South Korea – and international geographic and cartographic conventions generally continue to use either the McCune – Reischauer or Yale system, and North Korea uses a version of McCune – Reischauer.

Meanwhile, the pious Bishop Gervais de Château-du-Loir, a friend to Bruno, had been succeeded by Manasses de Gournai, a violent aristocrat with no real vocation for the Church.

Meanwhile, at sea, a group of Royalist “ Whites ” are planning to land the Marquis de Lantenac, a Breton aristocrat whose leadership could transform the fortunes of the rebellion.

Meanwhile, it was said that Princess Taiping, Dou, Cen, Xiao, and Cui ; along with other officials Xue Ji, Li Jin ( 李晉 ) the Prince of Xinxing ( a grandson of Li Deliang ( 李德良 ), a cousin of Tang's founder Emperor Gaozu ), Li You ( 李猷 ), Jia Yingfu ( 賈膺福 ), Tang Jun ( 唐晙 ); the generals Chang Yuankai ( 常元楷 ), Li Ci ( 李慈 ), and Li Qin ( 李欽 ); and the monk Huifan ( 惠範 ), were plotting to overthrow Emperor Xuanzong.

Meanwhile, the crown prince, Li Heng, fled in the other direction to Lingzhou ( today called Lingwu, in Ningxia province ).

Meanwhile, in America, more than a fifth of Lees now come to it as Chinese or Korean Americans translating numerous surnames also romanized as Li, particularly the one deriving from the Chinese word for " pear " (, Lǐ ;, Lee ;, Rhee ), which is among the most common surnames in the world.

Meanwhile, in Yi Province, in 303, Luo Shang, after causing Li Te to be ready by offering a truce, made a surprise attack against Li's forces and killed him.

Meanwhile, Ma Zhong was sent to attack Zangke by marching southeast from Bodao ( 僰道 ), and Li Hui to attack Jianning from Pingyi ( 平夷 ) by marching southwest.

Meanwhile, Li Xiannian was appointed to the post of President, vacant since 1968.

Meanwhile, Po ’ s brother, Han ( Jet Li ), learns of the murder in the Hong Kong prison where he is serving time.

Meanwhile Li Mochou spread rumours in the jianghu that when Xiaolongnü turned 18, she will offer her hand in marriage to any man who can defeat her.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan's second son, by his wife Duchess Dou ( who had died earlier ), Li Shimin, was with him in Taiyuan, and was secretly planning rebellion against Sui rule with Pei Ji the head of the household at Emperor Yang's secondary palace nearby and Liu Wenjing the Jinyang County ( 晉陽, i. e., Taiyuan ) magistrate, but at first did not reveal their plans to Li Yuan.

( Meanwhile, the Sui officials at Hedong arrested Li Zhiyun and delivered him to Chang ' an, where he was executed.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan wrote another rebel leader, Li Mi the Duke of Wei, who was near Luoyang, trying to see if Li Mi would be willing to follow him, but Li Mi, believing in his own strength, had his secretary Zu Junyan ( 祖君彥 ) write Li Yuan for him in this way:

Meanwhile, however, when Li Yuan arrived near Hedong, his army was bogged down by the weather, and with food running out, there were rumors that Eastern Tujue and Liu Wuzhou would attack Taiyuan.

Meanwhile, Li Mi, having been defeated earlier in the year in a surprise attack by the Sui general Wang Shichong, fled to Tang territory and submitted to Emperor Gaozu.

Meanwhile, an intense rivalry had developed between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, as while Li Jiancheng had some contributions toward Tang's reunification of China, Li Shimin had been the one defeating and capturing the major rivals Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong, causing him to possess the greater reputation among the army.

Meanwhile, Liu Yao, who was by imperial decree the governor of Yang Province ( 揚州 ; covering present-day southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian ), occupied Qu ' e as the regional seat Shouchun ( 壽春 ; present-day Shou County, Anhui ) was already occupied by Yuan Shu.

Meanwhile at Guandu, Yuan Shao's army led by Zhang He and Gao Lan failed to break through the enemy lines.

Meanwhile, Yuan Shao had the other eunuchs mass-executed, and also killed He Miao for not having cooperated with He Jin.

Meanwhile, Yuan Shao had the other eunuchs mass-executed, and also killed He Miao for not having cooperated with He Jin.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan advanced southwest and captured Chang ' an in winter 617.

Meanwhile, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang indeed battled each other.

Meanwhile several high-ranking officials and members of the royal family of the Trần Dynasty defected to the Yuan side, including Thánh Tông's own brother, Prince Chiêu Quốc ( Trần Ích Tắc ) and Trần Kiện, who was the son of Prince Tĩnh Quốc ( Trần Quốc Khang ).

Meanwhile, by this point, Emperor Daizong, who had previously favored Taoism, had begun to become a devout Buddhist due to the influences of his chancellors Yuan Zai, Wang Jin, and Du Hongjian.

Meanwhile, when the mayor of Henan Municipality ( i. e., the Luoyang region, not only the two counties ), Fang Shi ( 房式 ), was accused of improper conduct, Yuan issued an order suspending Fang from office pending investigations.

Meanwhile, sometime thereafter, Yuan was made the military advisor to the prefect of Tong Prefecture ( 通州, in modern Nantong, Jiangsu ), while Bai was made the military governor of Jiang Prefecture ( 江州, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi ).

Meanwhile, Emperor Xianzong's son and crown prince Li Heng, who had heard his concubines recite Yuan's poetry and referring to Yuan as " Savant Yuan " ( 元才子 ), was impressed.

Meanwhile, while at Zhedong, Yuan also became known for being corrupt and gathering wealth.

Meanwhile, Emperor Zhaozong commissioned the chancellor Cui Yuan as the new military governor of Qinghai, but Cui, while on the way to Qinghai, heard about popular uprisings in the region and also was worried that Liu Yin would not yield the position to him, and therefore returned to then-capital Luoyang.