Khama ’ s eldest son from his marriage with Mma Bessie was named Sekgoma II, who became chief of the Bamangwato upon Khama ’ s death in 1923.

Sekgoma II ’ s eldest son was named Seretse.

He was the son of Sekgoma Khama II, the paramount chief of the Bamangwato people, and the grandson of Khama III, their king.

The war lasted one month, culminating in Sekgoma ’ s defeat and Khama ’ s ascension of the chieftainship.

Initially, Khama ’ s father, Chief Sekgoma I, grudgingly accepted his son ’ s affiliation with the church, although he did not embrace church doctrine himself.

This time Khama and his followers, who now represented the majority of the tribe in Shoshong, relocated northward to the tiny village of Serowe and prepared for war with Sekgoma.

After Khama became king in 1875, after overthrowing his father Sekgoma and elbowing away his brother Kgamane his ascension came at a time of great dangers and opportunities.

Khama then ousted Macheng and, in what was either a selfless gesture of goodwill or simply a dogged adherence to tribal custom, re-installed his father, Sekgoma, as Chief of the Bamangwato.

Maherero and between 500 to 1, 500 men crossed the Kalahari into Bechuanaland where he was accepted as a vassal of the Batswana chief Sekgoma.

One of the major upgrades was the construction of the new state-of-the-art Sekgoma Hospital, which is located 6 km to the south of the main town, replacing the old and derelict hospital in the area also by the same name.

The airport location was used to build the now completed Sekgoma Memorial Hospital and the adjacent Nursing Institute.

The conflict included its share of intrigue – an attempted assassination ( of Khama by Sekgoma ), Khama ’ s marriage to a Christian woman named Mma Bessie and his subsequent refusal to take a second wife according to the custom of polygamy, Khama ’ s withstanding of Sekgoma ’ s sorcery, Khama ’ s forced exile with the tribe ’ s Christian followers into the hills surrounding the village of Shoshong, and finally Khama ’ s return to Shoshong after Sekgoma ’ s second botched assassination attempt and the concomitant installing of Sekgoma ’ s brother, Macheng, as the new chief of the beleaguered tribe ( Sekgoma headed into exile ).

Eventually their divergent beliefs and values brought Sekgoma and Khama into open conflict.

During the four years of his reign disaster followed on disaster, and in 1695 Ahmed II died at Edirne Palace, worn out by disease and sorrow.

He flourished about 280 BC, in the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Alfonso was the eldest son of Prince Francisco de Asis de Borbón-Dos Sicilias and Queen Isabel II, whose reign was marked by a constant political crisis which had several causes.

He initially sought to maintain the Aragonese control over Sicily early in his reign by supporting the claims to island of his brother, James II of Aragon.

Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, was active c. 750 BC during the reign of Jeroboam II, making the Book of Amos the first biblical prophetic book written.

Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash ( Jeroboam II ), ruler of Israel from 793 BC to 753 BC, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms ( Israel in the North and Judah in the South ) were peaking in prosperity.

Andronikos II was also plagued by economic difficulties and during his reign the value of the Byzantine hyperpyron depreciated precipitously while the state treasury accumulated less than one seventh the revenue ( in nominal coins ) that it had done previously.

A favorite of his paternal grandfather Andronikos II in the later years of his reign.

During his reign, Bayezid II consolidated the Ottoman Empire and thwarted a Safavid rebellion soon before abdicating his throne to his son, Selim I.

Throughout his reign, Bayezid II engaged in numerous campaigns to conquer the Venetian possessions in Morea, accurately defining this region as the key to future Ottoman naval power in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Batavi were still mentioned in 355 during the reign of Constantius II ( 317-361 ), when their island was already dominated by the Salii, a Frankish tribe that had sought Roman protection there in 297 after having been expelled from their own country by the Saxons.

This was followed by a second series, Blackadder II ( 1986 ) set during the reign of Elizabeth I, a third series Blackadder the Third ( 1987 ) set during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the reign of George III, and finally Blackadder Goes Forth ( 1989 ) in 1917, set in the trenches of the Great War.

Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558 – 1603 ), played by Miranda Richardson.

Set in the reign of Jeroboam II ( 786-746 BC ), it was probably written in the post-exilic period, sometime between the late fifth to early fourth century BC.

The Jonah mentioned in II Kings 14: 25 lived during the reign of Jeroboam II ( 786-746 BC ) and was from the city of Gath-hepher.

The Liberal Party grew out of the Whigs, which had its origins as an aristocratic faction in the reign of Charles II.

Nebuchadnezzar successfully fought the Pharaohs Psammetichus II and Apries throughout his reign, and during the reign of Pharaoh Amasis in 568 BC it is rumoured that he may have briefly invaded Egypt itself.

The first explanation is that the ancestral game was introduced to Britain from France during the reign of Charles II of England, and was played under the name of paille-maille or pall mall, derived ultimately from Latin words for " ball and mallet ".

Constantius II coin, celebrating the 15th year of his reign.

Jaivana | Jaivan Cannon-World's largest Cannon on wheels, which was cast in India during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah by his Kiladar, Jai Singh II.

The entry for the reign between Áed and Donald II is corrupt in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba, and in this case the Chronicle is at variance with every other king list.

Assyria lasted a few more years after the loss of its fortress, but attempts by Egyptian Pharaoh Neco II to rally the Assyrians failed due to opposition from king Josiah of Judah, and it seemed to be all over by 609 BC.

The Cold War began almost immediately following World War II and lasted through most of the 20th century.

Civil wars since the end of World War II have lasted on average just over four years, a dramatic rise from the one-and-a-half year average of the 1900-1944 period.

The civil war lasted ten years and was ended only by a peace treaty imposed by the Emperor Louis II, the only Frankish king to exercise actual sovereignty over the Lombard states, in 849, which divided the kingdom into two states: the Principality of Benevento and the Principality of Salerno, with its capital at Salerno on the Tyrrhenian.

During World War II, U-boat warfare was the major component of the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted the duration of the war.

To some degree internal and external tensions in the post-war era were managed by new institutions, including the United Nations, the welfare state and the Bretton Woods system, providing to the post – World War II boom, which lasted well into the 1970s.

However, his sole rule lasted only one year: between 10 / 11 July 1034, Mieszko II died suddenly, probably killed as consequence of a conspiracy.

During World War II, Sevastopol withstood intensive bombardment by the Germans in 1941 – 1942, during the Axis siege which lasted for 250 days before it fell in July 1942.

The kingdom lasted until 924, when Fruela II became King of León.

The reign of Ferdinand VII ( reigned 1808 – 33 ) saw several Catalan uprisings and after his death the conflict over the succession between the absolutist " Carlist " partisans of Infante Carlos and the liberal partisans of Isabella II led to the First Carlist War, which lasted until 1840 and was especially virulent in the Catalan territory.

Effective French colonial administration lasted until World War II, when French Indochina was occupied by Japan.

During the occupation that lasted for most of World War II, the town was an important centre of resistance.

Her regency lasted until 437, and for the duration Theodosius II gave her his full support.

This group lasted until the outbreak of World War II, when many of the band's key members joined the service.

In the Morar period, which lasted until the outbreak of World War II, Bax rediscovered his interest in Norway and the Nordic countries, and found a new musical hero in Sibelius.

These events, the first international contests, lasted until 1935 when the Great Depression and other events preceding World War II led to their demise.

This led to the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, which lasted until late 1944, when the Soviet Army began its drive across Romania, forcing the Axis forces to slowly withdraw.

The prescient rule of Leto II that lasted 3500 years has shown the universe the perils of prescience, namely that the entire universe can be locked into the vision of a single entity, giving that entity absolute power.

The golden age of coal production started right after World War II and lasted until the late 1950s, when cheaper energy sources were made available elsewhere.

During World War II the German troops first invaded neutral Belgium and crossed the Meuse River by winning the Second Battle of Sedan that lasted from 12 to 15 May 1940.

During the period of political turmoil in the United States that lasted from the outbreak of World War II in Europe until the attack on Pearl Harbor, she maintained an outspoken non-interventionist stance.

While the vision lasted, I had no sense of direction, as if I had been completely spherical ( dimensionless ).” ( II, 486 )

The line of " emperor-elect " rulers lasted until 1806 when Francis II dissolved the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.