Dick himself is a major character, though fictitious protagonist Nicholas Brady serves as a vehicle for Dick's alleged gnostic theophany on February 11, 1974.

Nicholas von Tüngen allied himself with the Teutonic Order and with King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.

Nicholas ' father had been a personal friend of Francis of Assisi, and he himself had to focus much of his attention on the Franciscan order.

In 1825, when Alexander I suddenly died of typhus, Nicholas was caught between swearing allegiance to his second-eldest brother Constantine Pavlovich and accepting the throne for himself.

When it was to be constructed, the engineers proposed to Nicholas that he draw the path of the future railroad on the map himself.

The latter's deposition without a formal ecclesiastical trial meant that Photios's election was uncanonical, and eventually Pope Nicholas I sought to involve himself in determining the legitimacy of the succession.

Rather than report the loss of his army to Tsar Nicholas II, Samsonov committed suicide by shooting himself in the head on 29 August 1914.

Although he viewed himself as an entertainer first and foremost, his consummate artistry won him the admiration of such twentieth century dance legends as Gene Kelly, George Balanchine, the Nicholas Brothers, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn, Bob Fosse, Gregory Hines, Rudolf Nureyev, Michael Jackson and Bill Robinson.

Mathewson was one of four brothers: one died in infancy, Nicholas killed himself in 1909 at the age of 19, and Henry died of tuberculosis in 1917.

Tsar Nicholas II went for a long walk to compose himself before going to visit Tsarina Alexandra and the newborn Anastasia for the first time.

On 28 November 1936, the BBC opened its TV service at Alexandra Palace and in 1955 with the opening of Lew Grade's London weekend franchise Associated Television ( ATV ), the Wood Green Empire in Lymington Avenue was home to variety programmes on Independent Television ( ITV ), one of which was the ' Arthur Haynes Show ', starring the host himself and his straight man Nicholas Parsons.

Nicholas decides to command the troops himself in 1915 and leaves for the front, taking over from his much more experienced cousin, Grand Duke Nicholas.

Nicholas makes a long return to Tsarskoe Selo, but is forced to abdicate in his train at Mogilev, not only for himself but for Alexei, who is furious when he hears this, and becomes withdrawn, believing that the family will soon perish.

The first building in Concord was erected in 1837 by Nicholas Conger, but Conger himself does not seem to have lived there.

In 1991 Stepping Razor-Red X was released, a documentary film by Nicholas Campbell, produced by Wayne Jobson and based upon a series of spoken-word recordings of Tosh himself, which chronicled the story of the artist's life, music and untimely death.

Historian Edward Acton argues that " by stubbornly refusing to reach any modus vivendi with the Progressive Bloc of the Duma ... Nicholas undermined the loyalty of even those closest to the throne opened an unbridgeable breach between himself and public opinion.

The war was going badly for Russia, and the following month Nicholas appointed himself Supreme Commander of the Russian forces.

Louis had himself solemnly crowned Emperor of Rome by Sciarra Colonna ( 17 January 1328 ), and on 12 May he nominated and had consecrated as antipope Pietro Rainalducci of Corvara, a Franciscan, under the name of Nicholas V.

Finally, in his distress, Nicholas appealed to John XXII, cast himself at his feet ( Avignon, 4 August ), and submitted to honourable confinement at Avignon, where he remained until his death in 16 October 1333.

Russian army officers led about 3, 000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Constantine removed himself from the line of succession.

Even as he served as a Titular Councillor, drafting legal protocols, in Catherine ’ s Civil Service, he lauded revolutionaries like George Washington and praised the early stages of the French Revolution, and found himself enamored of the Russian Freemason, Nicholas Ivanovich Novikov, whose publication “ The Drone ” offered the first public critiques of the government, particularly with regards to serfdom.

The medieval Serbian state reached its apex in the mid-14th century, during the rule of Stefan Dušan, who proclaimed himself in 1345 tsar in Serres and was crowned in Skopje on 16 April 1346 as the " Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks " by the newly proclaimed Serbian Patriach Joanikie II with the help of the Bulgarian Patriarch Simeon and the Archbishop of Ohrid, Nicholas.

" The reason why this document had been written down is that the Christian Ya ' qub, son of Ghanem, the Monk in Balamand Monastery, Koura Sub-district, province of Tripoli, presented himself at the Holy Shari ' a Council of Tripoli and hired and engaged the Christian surgeon Nicholas, son of Yanni, to extract his ( Ya ' qub's ) hernia on the right side in return for a fee of 10 piasters.

" On his arrival in Rome, however, charges of simony, or the buying of ecclesiastical office, and lack of learning were brought against him, and his elevation to York was refused by Pope Nicholas II, who also deposed him from Worcester.

This was because his great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, suggested the nickname of " Nicky ", however it got mixed up with the many Nickys of the Russian Imperial Family (" Nicky " was particularly used to refer to Nicholas II, the last Tsar ) so they changed it to Dickie.

In 1917, Mussolini as leader of the Fasci of Revolutionary Action praised the October Revolution, however Mussolini later became unimpressed with Lenin, regarding him as merely a new version of Tsar Nicholas.

The most distinguished of his sons was however Giovanni Gaetano ( died 1280 ): elected pope as Nicholas III, he named the nephew Bertoldo ( died 1289 ) as count of Romagna and had two nephews and a brother created cardinals.

Overtures to Frederick II, however, were met with the impossible demand that if they wished the cardinals in his hands to return to Rome, they must elect as Pope Otto of St. Nicholas, an amenable compromise figure.

Miracle plays, or Saint's plays, are now distinguished from mystery plays as they specifically re-enacted miraculous interventions by the saints, particularly St. Nicholas or St. Mary, into the lives of ordinary people, rather than biblical events ; however both of these terms are more commonly used by modern scholars than they were by medieval people, who used a wide variety of terminology to refer to their dramatic performances.

The Pulitzer Board agreed ; however, Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University at that time, overrode both and instead no award was given for letters that year.

Most of its immigrant population is now gone ; however, St. Sergius Chapel, designed by Nicholas Roerich and built in 1932-1933, remains.

After the church spire collapsed in 1700, amateur architect and Dean of Christ Church Henry Aldrich designed a new church ; it is thought, however, that on some of the later features of the church, the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of Britain's great Baroque architects, is to be found, namely on the tower and spire.

Richwood, however, is still by default the political and economic center of eastern Nicholas County, as it is the only incorporated city in the immediate area.

The Marxists, however, maintained that Nicholas had only made small concessions, arguing that the Duma was only a shell of democracy as it could not pass laws without the approval of the monarch, and that freedom of speech was heavily regulated.

The history of Sint-Niklaas proper, however, starts in 1217, when the bishop of Tournai, following advice from the local clergy, founded a church to Saint Nicholas here.

Among the many buildings destroyed the parish church of St. Nicholas was levelled however was rebuilt with a modern flavour-the nave retained its original arched windows however the steeple now appears as a crown.

At first sight Russia would seem to be almost invulnerable to a sea power, and no first success, however crushing, could have humbled Nicholas I.

Nicholas ' response, however, on, was one of irritation that " again, this fat Rodzianko has written me lots of nonsense, to which I shall not even deign to reply.

Two new songs, however, were written specifically for the film: " Never Look Back ", by Chilton Price, and, " I'll Never Stop Loving You ", by Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn.

Between 1825 and 1828 the architect and civil engineer Nicholas Wilcox Cundy proposed a Grand Imperial Ship Canal from Deptford to Chichester passing through the Mole Gap, however he was unable to attract sufficient financial interest in his scheme.

After spending most of the day in fruitless attempts to parley with the rebel force, Nicholas ordered a cavalry charge which, however, slipped on the icy cobbles and retired in disorder.

Nicholas of Cusa was never able to return to his bishopric, however.

Before it could be executed, however, the authorities rushed him to St Nicholas Island off the coast of Plymouth.

The irregular elevation of Photios, however, riled with Pope Nicholas I, who refused to recognize it.

Low's successor, Nicholas Murray Butler was more receptive to the plan, however.

Alisoun rebuffs all his efforts, however, for she's already involved with Nicholas.