John's attempt to defeat Philip in 1214 failed due to the French victory over John's allies at the battle of Bouvines.

In March 1208, Pope Innocent III placed England under interdict and at the close of 1212, after repeated negotiations had failed, he passed sentence of deposition against John, committing the execution of the sentence to Philip II of France in January 1213.

Pausanias ' desire for revenge seems to have turned towards the man who had failed to avenge his damaged honour ; so he planned to kill Philip, and some time after the alleged rape, while Attalus was already in Asia fighting the Persians, put his plan in action.

In this year, when his brother-in-law Louis de Bourbon, comte de Soissons fled from France after his failed conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu, Thomas Francis acted as intermediary between Soissons and the Spanish in negotiations which led to a formal alliance between the count and Philip IV of Spain concluded 28 June 1637-although within a month Soissons had reconciled with France.

Military action for Thomas is not recorded in 1637, but in this year, when his brother-in-law Soissons fled from France after his failed conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu, he acted as intermediary between Soissons and the Spanish in negotiations which led to a formal alliance between the count and Philip IV of Spain concluded 28 June 1637-although within a month Soissons had reconciled with France!

Neither marriage was a success: Juan died shortly after his wedding, and young Margaret, who bore only a still-born child several months after her husband's death, was sent back to Burgundy, blamed for having failed to provide Spain with an heir ; Joanna and Philip, by contrast, produced six children, but their marriage was blighted by the Duke's infidelities and the passionate jealousy of his wife.

These had mostly failed within a few weeks, not least because Margaret's government rejected them ; she had already had an earlier attempt at compromise overruled by Philip a few months earlier, and been embarassingly forced to retract a decree.

After his initial period of maintaining independent neutrality from both France and England failed, neighboring sovereigns in the Low Countries, stimulated as a matter of policy by Philip VI of France, became John's enemies ; among the adversaries of John were the Count of Flanders, the prince-bishop of Liège, and counts of Holland and Guelders.

Following Olivares ' fall from power amidst the crisis of 1640 – 43, the victim of failed policies and jealously from the nobles excluded from power, Philip initially announced that he would rule alone, becoming, in effect, his own first minister.

Oakey and Moroder then recorded an album together for Virgin, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, but this met with rather less success and the following two singles failed to make the UK Top 40.

In 1177 Philip was granted the kingdom of Limerick by Henry but failed to take possession after the citizens set fire to the town.

Attempts at accommodation made by the governor of Cape Colony ( Sir Philip Wodehouse ) failed, and war between the Free State and Moshoeshoe was renewed in 1865.

A marriage plan, originally aiming to establish an alliance between Richard and Philip, to marry Arthur's elder sister Eleanor to Prince Louis of France also failed.

Among those exiled by Philip II after Alexander ’ s failed attempt to offer himself as groom to the Carian princess were Ptolemy, Nearchus, Harpalus, Erigyius, and Laomedon.

Sicily also had to be evacuated and finally all her entreaties failed to prevent the abdication of Philip, who in 1724 gave up the throne in favour of his firstborn heir ( from his first marriage ), and retired to the palace of La Granja.

When Charles's son Philip inherited the duchy, Francis invaded Italy, capturing Turin, but failed to take Milan.

The Protestants, however, failed to avail themselves of their opportunities, largely through the extreme docility and pliability of Philip.

John refused to appear and, in 1204, Philip occupied continental Normandy although he failed in his attempts to occupy the islands in the Channel.

Dixon struggles with an on-again off-again " girlfriend " Margaret Peel ( a fellow lecturer and possibly based on Monica Jones, the sometime muse and companion of Amis ' friend Philip Larkin ), who is recovering from a failed suicide attempt in the wake of an unsuccessful relationship with a previous boyfriend.

Philip Services stock options became worthless ; as these were a significant portion of Smith's remuneration, he failed to receive much benefit from the financial success of his company, PUMC.

Some 30, 000 Bastarnae under the command of Clondicus, seems to have defeated the Dardanians but eventually they returned home and the plan of Philip V failed.

In summer 1195, a marriage between her and Louis son of Philip II of France was suggested for an alliance between Richard and Philip, but also failed.

Sciarrillo Colonna and Guillaume de Nogaret ( lawyer and royal advisor of Philip IV ) were to arrest the pope and bring him to France to stand trial, but this attempt failed.

It is ironic that they were named after a series of speeches that failed to effectively warn the Greeks of the danger of Philip of Macedon.

As of 2007, British American Tobacco, Reynolds American, Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris are lobbying the European Union to lift a ban on smokeless alternatives to cigarettes.

Lyrically the record touched on dystopian and sci-fi themes similar to those employed by authors such as Philip K. Dick, of whom Numan was a fan ( the opening lines of the song " Listen to the Sirens " are a direct lift from the title of Dick's book Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said ).

He also assisted Philip with troops to lift Edward III of England's Siege of Tournai ( 1340 ) in the opening phase of the Hundred Years ' War.

According to accounts which vary in some of the details, in 340 BC the Byzantines and their allies the Athenians were under siege by the troops of Philip of Macedon.

Arrow firing machines in action are reported from Philip II's siege of Perinthos in Thrace in 340 BC.

Arrow firing machines in action are reported from Philip II's siege of Perinth ( Thrace ) in 340 BC.

* 1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

In 1195 John successfully conducted a sudden attack and siege of Évreux castle, and subsequently managed the defences of Normandy against Philip.

More importantly, the siege resulted in the death of Philip of Alsace, who held the county of Vermandois proper ; an event that threatened to derail the Treaty of Gisors which Philip had orchestrated to isolate the powerful Blois-Champagne faction.

Meanwhile, Philip was joined by Count Baldwin of Flanders, and together they laid siege to the ducal capital of Normandy, Rouen.

Philip retook the town and sacked it, but during this time, his forces besieging Verneuil abandoned the siege, and Richard entered the castle unopposed on 30 May.

Hardly had the siege begun when Philip learned that the English fleet had captured a number of his ships at Dam, and that the rest were so closely blockaded in its harbour, that it was impossible for them to escape.

In the spring of 1314, Edward Bruce laid siege to Stirling Castle, whose governor, Philip de Mowbray, agreed to capitulate if not relieved before 24 June 1314.

During the siege, Grant coordinated a series of devastating campaigns launched by William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, and George Thomas.

King Philip of France later relieved the siege and defeated William at Dol, forcing him to retreat back to Normandy.

* June 29 – Seven Years ' War – Siege of Fort St Philip at Port Mahon: The British garrison in Minorca surrenders to the French after two months ' siege by Armand de Vignerot du Plessis.

Richard stays to push on to Jerusalem, but Philip returns to France to take possession of a part of Flanders whose count had died at the siege of Acre.

For all the tactical advantages offered, it was only under Philip II of Macedon and even more so under his son Alexander, that the ballista began to develop and gain recognition as both siege engine and field artillery.

Around Lent of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish King, began the siege of Stirling Castle, which was commanded by Sir Philip Mowbray.

During the siege, Philip lost an eye.

In 349 BCE, Philip started the siege of Olynthus, which, apart from its strategic position, housed his relatives Arrhidaeus and Menelaus, pretenders to the Macedonian throne.

In 340 BCE, Philip started the siege of Perinthus.

Philip began another siege in 339 of the city of Byzantium.

* Philip V of Macedon, continuing his war with the Aetolian League laid siege to Phthiotic Thebes, captured it and sold the inhabitants into slavery.

The disappointed Philip withdrew his Burgundian auxiliaries from the English siege in a huff.

* Philip II fails in his siege of Byzantium and is forced to respond to attacks by the Scythians near the mouth of the Danube.

Philip led out a relieving army in July 1347, but unlike the siege of Tournai, it was now Edward who had the upper hand.