It was in this reign that an important change in the government of the Danubian Principalities was introduced: previously, the Porte had appointed Hospodars, usually native Moldavian and Wallachian boyars, to administer those provinces ; after the Russian campaign of 1711, during which Peter the Great found an ally in Moldavia Prince Dimitrie Cantemir, the Porte began overtly deputizing Phanariote Greeks in that region, and extended the system to Wallachia after Prince Stefan Cantacuzino established links with Eugene of Savoy.

As white people began going to Harlem to watch black dancers, according to Langston Hughes: " The lindy-hoppers at the Savoy even began to practice acrobatic routines, and to do absurd things for the entertainment of the whites, that probably never would have entered their heads to attempt for their own effortless amusement.

Armed conflict began slowly, as Austrian forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy invaded the Duchy of Milan, one of the Spanish territories in Italy, prompting French intervention.

She began singing regularly with Webb's Orchestra through 1935 at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom.

Five years after the payments began, Mulroney and Schreiber met again in a suite at the Hotel Savoy in Zurich, Switzerland.

Geoffrey Chaucer began writing The Canterbury Tales while working at the Savoy Palace as a clerk.

Before the late 1972 tour began, Walker quit Savoy Brown to join Fleetwood Mac.

He began recording for the Newark, New Jersey-based Savoy label in 1949, and began releasing a stream of records that made the R & B chart, including " Double Crossing Blues ", " Mistrustin ' Blues " and " Cupid Boogie ", which all featured either Little Esther or Mel Walker, or both, and all reached no.

Lateef began recording as a leader in 1957 for Savoy Records, a non-exclusive association which continued until 1959 ; the earliest of Lateef's album's for the Prestige subsidiary New Jazz overlap with them.

After the abdication of the last antipope ( Felix V ) in 1449, his own former employer Duke Amédée VIII of Savoy, the struggle between different factions within the Church began to heal, and Dufay once again left Cambrai for points south.

It was during his stay there also that his interest in botany was awakened ; and, in the course of a tour ( July / August, 1728 ), through Savoy, Baden and several of the cantons of Switzerland, he began a collection of plants which was afterwards the basis of his great work on the flora of Switzerland.

Its manufacture subsequently began in 1674 on the site now occupied by the Savoy Hotel in the Strand.

Creative and personal tensions between Mould and Hart had become unresolvable and they intensified when Mould began overseeing most of the band's managerial duties following the suicide of manager David Savoy on the eve of the tour in support of the album.

The negotiations began in July 1529 in the border city of Cambrai ; they were conducted primarily between Francis's mother Louise of Savoy for the French and her sister-in-law, Margaret of Austria for her nephew the Emperor ( leading to its being known as the Paix des Dames ), Charles himself having sailed from Barcelona to Italy shortly before.

From the time of the Protestant Reformation, which began in 1517, the seat of the Catholic bishops of Geneva, Switzerland, had been located at Annecy in Savoy, France, due to Calvinist control of Geneva itself.

Equally, the Royal Family, King Louis of Portugal and Queen Maria Pia of Savoy began to reside in the Ajuda National Palace.

His stage career began at the age of 18, when he appeared in My Sister Eileen at the Savoy Theatre in 1943.

Rehearsals began in December 1896, an unusually long rehearsal period for the Savoy, but Mackenzie later recalled that even the company felt that the work was not wanted.

He was at the height of his power in 1535, and commanded the army for the invasion of the states of the duke of Savoy ; but in the campaigns of 1536 and 1537 he was eclipsed by Montmorency, and from that moment his influence began to wane.

In February 1518 he returned to Geneva after being given safe conduct by the bishop of that city, and in October of the same year began a series of secret meetings with members of the republican faction in the city ( known as Huguenots ) for the purpose of overthrowing Savoy rule.

Once the scene is set, Trevelyan skilfully builds up the tense story until it reaches its climax in the dramatic victory of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at Blenheim.

In 1388, after Count Louis II of Provence had left to conquer Naples, the Count of Savoy Amadeus VIII took control of Barcelonnette ; however, it returned to Provençal control in 1390, with the d ' Audiffret family as its lords.

At this time, the community of Barcelonnette successfully purchased the seigneurie of the town as it was put to auction by the Duke of Savoy ; it thereby gained its own justicial powers.

In return for this intervention, Piedmont ceded the County of Nice ( which included the city of Nice and the rugged Alpine territory to its north and east ) and the Duchy of Savoy.

* January 5 – Gilbert & Sullivan's Princess Ida has its première at the Savoy Theatre, London.

It is most notable for its appearance on the heraldic badge of the House of Savoy, where it is accompanied by the motto Stringe ma non costringe, " It tightens, but does not constrain ".

France gives up most of its gains in Italy ( including Savoy ), keeping only Saluzzo, but keeps the three Lorraine bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and the formerly English town of Calais.

Captured by Nicolas Catinat in 1691, Nice was restored to Savoy in 1696 ; but it was again besieged by the French in 1705, and in the following year its citadel and ramparts were demolished.

The eagle standing over the three hills is a depiction of Savoy, referring to its domination over the country around Nice.

The lodge had among its members prominent journalists, members of parliament, industrialists, and military leaders — including Silvio Berlusconi, who later became Prime Minister of Italy ; the Savoy pretender to the Italian throne Victor Emmanuel ; and the heads of all three Italian intelligence services.

Graham gave the first model ( or its design ) to the celebrated instrument maker John Rowley of London to make a copy for Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Although the Genoese revolted against France in 1814 and liberated the city on their own, delegates at the Congress of Vienna sanctioned its incorporation into Piedmont ( Kingdom of Sardinia ), thus ending the three century old struggle by the House of Savoy to acquire the city.

The city soon gained a reputation as a hotbed of anti-Savoy republican agitation ( having its climax in 1849 with the Sack of Genoa ), although the union with Savoy was economically very beneficial.

Savoy was considered a valuable ally in both wars due to its geographical position, enabling a second front to be opened against France in the south.

Savoy relied heavily on foreign subsidies, particularly from England and the Dutch Republic, in both wars to maintain its armies.

When Charles VIII of France invaded Savoy, Piedmont, and Italy in 1494 and conquered Naples, the House of Savoy retreated and established its residence in Turin, where it remained until the unification of Italy.

Over the centuries, the House of Savoy had its share of controversies ( including massacres of unarmed civilians including children and the elderly ) on more than one occasion.

Under its terms, France restored Piedmont and Savoy to the Duke of Savoy, but retained Saluzzo, Calais and the bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun.

King Francis I was raised at Amboise, which belonged to his mother, Louise of Savoy, and during the first few years of his reign the château reached the pinnacle of its glory.

In the beginning of the 16th century – the Duchy of Savoy was at the peak of its power – Ain was inherited by Margaret of Habsburg, the widow of Philibert II, Duke of Savoy.

One of its members, Francis I became king of France in 1515 and raised Angoulême to the rank of duchy in favour of his mother Louise of Savoy.

Given its lack of a D ' Oyly Carte or Savoy connection, Thespis has a tenuous claim to be a " Savoy Opera.