Several of the extinct Baltic languages have a limited or nonexistent written record, their existence being known only from the records of ancient historians and personal or place names.

Several historians on the basis of their investigations postulated the date of Mieszko I's birth to have been between 922 – 945 ; the activity of the Duke in his final years of life puts the date of his birth closer to the latter year.

Several historians are beginning to use the term as a description of the way people experience times, that is, as a layering of present experiences over faded pasts.

Several historians have interpreted the conclave to choose his successor as facing a choice between a diplomatic or a spiritual candidate, and they view Pacelli's diplomatic experience, especially with Germany, as one of the deciding factors in his election on 2 March 1939, his 63rd birthday, after only one day of deliberation and three ballots.

Several rock historians have claimed that rock and roll was one of the first music genres to define an age group.

Several historians have conjectured that this was the most commonly used method in ancient warfare due to its practicality.

Several other historians of the Zulu, and the Zulu military system however, affirm the mobility rate of up to 50 miles per day.

Several modern historians have concluded that Leo was homosexual.

Several historians have hypothesized that John II may have known of the existence of Brazil and North America as early as 1480 thus explaining his wish in 1494 at the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas, to push the line of influence further west.

Several historians credit the Reform Act 1832 with launching modern democracy in Britain.

Several historians, such as Ross and Anthony Goodman, agree that Somerset left London to welcome Margaret in the south.

Several Romanian historians ( e. g., Vlad Georgescu ) suggest that Thocomerius followed Bărbat ( the latter had been mentioned in a letter of grant of 8 January 1285 issued by King Ladislaus IV of Hungary as the brother and successor of Litovoi, a voivode in modern Oltenia ).

Several modern historians have estimated the strength of Valens ' army.

Several modern historians have estimated the strength of the Gothic armies at 12, 000 – 15, 000.

Several groups and individuals have been labelled as vigilantes by historians and media.

Several historians have accepted the figure of 6, 000 Genoese mercenary crossbowmen.

Several economists and historians, amongst them Hufbauer and Schoot ( 2005 ), have analyzed some of the events and policy mistakes that precipitated the crisis of December 1994.

Several historians, including Walter Lord, speculated that the Texians were creating a diversion to allow their last courier, John Smith, to evade Mexican pickets.

Several historians of science suspect that either the multi-talented Emanuel Swedenborg or the brilliant inventor Christopher Polhem – also present at the meeting in Lund – may have been the true inventor behind this feat, or at least a main contributor.

Several townsfolk and local historians claim that Montrose played a significant role in the Northern Trail of the Underground Railroad, housing several slave families in the area.

Several academic historians believe that, while the possibility of a family or two stopping in Montrose along the Northern Trail is certainly plausible, the number of increased African Americans during the time is most likely explained by the then-bourgeoning coal industry just south of the county that appealed to many immigrants and former slaves looking for work.

Several notable historians and economists such as Eric Williams, Walter Rodney and Karl Marx contend that the global capitalist economy was largely founded on the creation and produce of thousands of slave labour camps based in colonial plantations exploiting tens of millions of abducted Africans.

Several other respected historians have similar views.

Several medieval chroniclers, including the author of the Life of Saint Edward, felt that the blame for Edward and Godwin's conflict in 1051 – 1052 lay squarely with Robert ; modern historians tend to see Robert as an ambitious man, with little political skill.

Several state laws were enacted seeking to deny Hutterites religious legal status to their communal farms ( colonies ).

Several individuals involved with the hijacking, including Leila Khaled deny this.

Several nations contributed vessels and maritime patrol aircraft to deny Al-Qaeda access to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, including the US, Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand amongst others.

Several hotel owners have given orders to deny possible Jews any bookings, based on racial profiling.

Several other territorial claims such as Sipadan were resolved at The Hague international courts.

Several performances of the play have even ignored the stage direction to have the Ghost of Banquo enter at all, heightening the sense that Macbeth is growing mad, since the audience cannot see what he claims to see.

Several Arab states supported Libyan territorial claims to the Strip, among the most outspoken of which was Algeria, which provided training for anti-Habré forces, although most recruits for its training programs were from Nigeria or Cameroon, recruited and flown to Algeria by Libya.

Several researcher note that cannibalism — mainly on eggs — has been known to occur within hellbender populations, and one researcher claims that perhaps density is maintained — and density dependence in turn created — in part by intraspecific predation.

Several attempts have been made to improve the quality of this historic recording ; a " denoised " version was produced at Stanford University which claims to solve the mystery.

Several of these churches refer to such claims as ultramontanism.

Several theoretical problems have been found with the AAH, and some claims made by the AAH have been challenged as having explanations aside from a period of aquatic adaptation.

Several claims have been made about Adair's sexuality by his former girlfriend Jackie " Legs " Robinson, and Michael Stone.

Several Odù Ifá mandate that women do not see nor receive Odù ( Calabash of Existence ), and any claims that it can be given are easily dispelled ; Ifá stanzas cite several reasons and occasions why.

Several songs were written and released about the fight: the Jethro Tull song Bungle in the Jungle was released in October, 1974, though Ian Anderson claims he wrote the song at least a year before the " Rumble in the Jungle ", Johnny Wakelin wrote a song about the match called " In Zaire ", the Fugees also wrote a song about the event with A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and John Forté titled " Rumble in the Jungle ", and The Hours wrote a song about the event titled " Ali in the Jungle ".

More recent longevity claims are subcategorized by many editions of Guinness World Records into four groups: " In late life, very old people often tend to advance their ages at the rate of about 17 years per decade .... Several celebrated super-centenarians ( over 110 years ) are believed to have been double lives ( father and son, relations with the same names or successive bearers of a title ) .... A number of instances have been commercially sponsored, while a fourth category of recent claims are those made for political ends ...." The estimate of 17 years per decade was corroborated by the 1901 and 1911 British censuses.

Several of the native villages that had waived claims on the right of way reneged because TAPS had not chosen any Native contractors for the project, and the contractors chosen were not likely to hire Native workers.

Several of his fathers subordinate emirs left the city for Cairo to lobby al-Aziz Uthman to oust him on claims he was inexperienced and had the intent to sweep out the old Ayyubid guard.

Several illicit enrichment claims filed in Buenos Aires did not prosper or were shelved with the same prosecutor involved in all cases.

Several states ( Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut ) then had competing claims on the territory.

Several German art experts have attempted to refute all the claims made by Hawass, pointing to the 1924 document discussing the pact between Borchardt and the Egyptian authorities, though, as discussed earlier, Borchardt has been accused of foul play in the deal.

Several countries made claims to parts of the continent in the first half of the 20th century, but some areas still remain unclaimed, as described later in this article.

Several years of active immigration and the arrival of British Imperial Troops had put the settlers in a much stronger position and much less inclined to tolerate either Māori claims or legal challenges to their occupation of the land.

Several months after the conference, Nehru ordered maps of India published that showed expansive Indian territorial claims as definite boundaries, notably in Aksai Chin.

Several members of her ministerial staff had filed expense claims to travel to and work in her riding throughout the campaign ending on election day.

Several claims remain in Tennessee.

Several companies and institutions have posted damage claims against him.

Several smaller claims were later merged to form the Martha Company.