Succession crises were frequent, especially up to the 4th century BC, when the magnate families of Upper Macedonia still cultivated the ambition of overthrowing the Argaead dynasty and to ascend to the throne.

Louis's position in the Conseil d ' en haut gave him an opportunity to have his voice heard in the years and crises leading up to the War of the Spanish Succession.

The fall of Barcelona in 1714 meant the end of the Spanish Succession War and the defeat and destruction of the Crown of Aragon, and this was reflected on the Decretos de Nueva Planta, issued by Phillip V of Spain in 1715.

The ending of the War of the Spanish Succession meant a further increase in crime as demobilized soldiers were on the streets.

These acts constituted the first successful realization of Spain as a centralized state and were meant both as a modernizing element, in line with other European countries where the monarchs were increasing their powers, and also as a punishment on these territories which had fought against Philip V in the War of Succession.

In 1478 ( during the War of the Castilian Succession ), Nearby the Elmina waters, was fought the battle of Guinea between a Castilian armada of 35 caravels and a Portuguese fleet for the hegemony of the Guinea trade ( gold, slaves, ivory and black pepper ).

In 1478 ( during the War of the Castilian Succession ), nearby the Elmina waters, was fought a large battle between a Castilian armada of 35 caravels and a Portuguese fleet for the hegemony of the Guinea trade ( gold, slaves, ivory and black pepper ).

In a few months the Duke was to be the center of a controversy of some significance on the touchy question of the Protestant Succession.

Blenheim was followed in rapid succession by Ramillies And The Union With Scotland and by The Peace And The Protestant Succession, the three forming together a detailed picture of England under Queen Anne.

The first one was the fact that queen Isabel II was a woman, and her father, king Ferdinand VII, had modified the Succession Law in order for her to be queen, excluding his brother Carlos.

Stradling and half a dozen of the crew survived the loss of their ship, but were made prisoners by the Spanish, as the War of the Spanish Succession was going on ( England and the Netherlands were in conflict with France and Spain over who was to be King of Spain ).

A private member's bill — the Succession to the Crown Bill — was introduced in the House of Lords in December 2004.

* In episode 13, season 2 of 30 Rock entitled Succession Tracey Jordan says that he is Mozart and Frank is the guy who was always jealous of Mozart.

The Battle of Blenheim ( referred to in some countries as the Second Battle of Höchstädt ), fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession.

By 1704, the War of the Spanish Succession was in its fourth year.

The Battle of Ramillies (), fought on 23 May 1706, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession.

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was one of the first generals in the British Army, fighting campaigns in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Empress Maria Theresa of Austria was supported by the Croatians in the War of Austrian Succession of 1741 – 1748 and subsequently made significant contributions to Croatian matters.

The Elector of Bavaria was Eugene's early mentor before becoming his opponent in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Hyrum himself was killed in 1844 along with Joseph, resulting in a Succession crisis that broke the Latter Day Saint movement into several smaller denominations.

This book, published in late 1908, was titled La sucesión presidencial en 1910 ( The Presidential Succession of 1910 ).

In 1745 the city was captured by French forces during the War of the Austrian Succession before being returned to Austria following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

The First Carnatic War extended from 1746 until 1748 and was the result of colonial competition between France and Britain, two of the countries involved in the War of Austrian Succession.

The war was eventually ended by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which ended the War of Austrian Succession in 1748.

Under the act polygamy was illegal, and inheritance and succession would be governed by the Indian Succession Act, rather than the respective Muslim Personal Law.

He joined him in the Stettin War of Succession with the Pomeranian dukes, until Frederick resigned in 1470 and was succeeded by John's father, who in 1473 appointed him regent of the Brandenburg lands.

In 1741, after three years of building and two of on-land testing, H2 was ready, but by then Britain was at war with Spain in the War of Austrian Succession and the mechanism was deemed too important to risk falling into Spanish hands.

... it hath been the constant opinion of all Ages that the Parliament of England had an unquestionable power to limit, restrain and qualify the Succession as they pleased, and that in all Ages they have put their power in practice ; and that the Historian had reason for saying that seldom or never the third Heir in a right descent enjoyed the Crown of England.

This is due to the constant distance and fear of outside influences, thus causing the combine to be viewed as a very tempting target ... a problem which was made evident during the Fourth Succession War.

The decline culminated in the War of Spanish Succession, which ended with the relegation of Spain to the status of a second rate western power, although it remained, with Russia, the leading colonial power of the 18th century.

Francis Stephen remained at the imperial court until 1729, when he ascended the throne of Lorraine, but was not formally promised Maria Theresa's hand until 31 January 1736, during the War of the Polish Succession.

The matter remained unresolved until March 9, 2006, when the Presidential Succession Act was amended to add the Secretary of Homeland Security after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

While both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches can claim Apostolic Succession, the Orthodox Church claims to be the only Christian church that has remained unchanged since its establishment by Christ and His Apostles, though their current teachings on divorce and contraception are novelties.

Around 1702, at the time of the War of the Spanish Succession Maasbree was occupied by Prussia and remained Prussian until 1814.

During the War of the Spanish Succession Middelaar was occupied by Prussian troops, and it remained German for about a century ( until 1814 ).

Catalan was replaced as the official language by Spanish in the early 18th century following the War of the Spanish Succession, then by Italian, but its use remained widespread until at least the 1960s.

In the War of the Polish Succession he remained loyal to his employer Louis XV of France, who was married to the daughter of Augustus ’ s rival Stanisław Leszczyński.

With all Priesthood authorities either martyred, taken from the earth, or teaching impure doctrines, there was a break in Apostolic Succession, and what remained was a mere fragment of the Church established by Jesus Christ.

After the fall of Granada, the town remained subject to North African pirate attacks which lasted from the 18th century ; during the War of Spanish Succession, the town was attacked by an Anglo-Dutch flotilla under the British admiral George Rooke and almost entirely destroyed.

Austria tried to regain the region of Silesia, lost in the War of the Austrian Succession eight years previously, but the territory remained in the hands of the Prussians.

Despite his apparent maritime supremacy, Hornigold remained careful not to attack British-flagged ships, apparently to maintain a legal fiction that he was a privateer operating against England's enemies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

In 1629 he was with the army of the king and cardinal in the War of the Mantuan Succession, where he remained behind at Turin to work on the peace negotiations, after the royal party had returned to France ; thus by 1631 he came to know Mazarin, whom he was able to introduce to Richelieu.

The Duchy of Milan remained in Spanish hands until the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century, when it was conquered by the Austrians.

In this year the Duke was appointed ranger of Windsor Great Park, and selected Sandby to be deputy ranger ; but Sandby again accompanied the duke to the Netherlands during the War of the Austrian Succession, and probably remained there till the conclusion of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in October 1748.

However until 1967 it remained treason under the Succession to the Crown Act 1707 to say that Parliament could not control the succession to the Crown.

In 1726 the regiment was posted to Minorca where it remained for the next 22 years, although a detachment was present at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, during the War of the Austrian Succession.

In 1501 they deposed Frederick ; Naples initially went to Louis, but by 1504 a falling-out led to Naples ' seizure by Ferdinand, after which it remained part of the Spanish possessions until the end of the War of the Spanish Succession.

In the brief and uneventful War of the Bavarian Succession, Lacy and Laudon were the chief Austrian commanders against the King of Prussia, and when Joseph II at Maria Theresa's death, became the sovereign of the Austrian dominions as well as emperor, Lacy remained his most trusted friend.