* 1454 – In the Thirteen Years ' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.

Originally used to refer to the presiding officer of a committee or governing body in Great Britain the usage was also applied to political leaders, including the leaders of some of the Thirteen Colonies ( originally Virginia in 1608 ); in full, the " President of the Council.

* February 4 – In the Thirteen Years ' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.

** Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies # The Council

This background introduced core elements of Skaven lore, including clan structure, the Council of Thirteen, Grey Seers, and the Skaven God-" The Horned Rat ".

More powerful members of Skaven society such as the dreaded Council of Thirteen tend to live far longer, even hundreds of years, due to the use of drugs, of magic, or frequent use / exposure to the unstable magical substance, warpstone.

The Stormvermin in charge of protecting the Council of Thirteen ( the Skaven ruling body ) are all albino.

The Council of Thirteen is the ruling body of the Skaven race.

The guard are as loyal as it is possible for any Skaven to be and are thus immune to bribes to betray their masters on the Council of Thirteen.

Clan Pestilens is based in the southern part of the world, and has been the cause for both of the two Skaven civil wars ( the first war was caused by their demands for wealth and position following their resurgence, and only ended after the activities of Clan Eshin assassins forced Pestilens to sue for peace, while the second war was caused by Clan Pestilens trying to seize power after the Council of Thirteen ousted them, and only ended after the Grey Seers summoned the Horned Rat itself to restore order ).

In the background literature, they provide a type of secret police for the Council of Thirteen.

The representatives of the Council of Thirteen, these grey-furred wizards can cast spells from both the Lore of Ruin and the Lore of Plague, as well as cast the Dreaded Thirteenth spell, which turns enemy soldiers into Clanrats.

* Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies ( Council and Assembly )

At least two members on the Yeerk Council of Thirteen possess Taxxon hosts.

Filton Town Council is a Parish Council made up of Thirteen Councillors and manages the Council precept on behalf of Filton taxpayers.

The leader of the Black Ajah is given the title Head of the Great Council of Thirteen.

The Council of Thirteen may refer to:

Authority was exercised by a grand master assisted by a Council of Thirteen, which elected the grand master and had the right to depose him for due cause ; they had supreme jurisdiction in all disputes between members of the order.

A Skaven Grey Seer of great power, Thanquol conspires to achieve a position on the Council of Thirteen and to bring about the day when the armies of the Skaven, led by him, will conquer the surface world in the name of the Great Horned Rat.

The Council of Thirteen becomes unhappy with his lack of progress in the war on Earth.

Once the animals are killed, he tries to convince the Council of Thirteen that the animals were the " Andalite bandits " who apparently wanted to assassinate the two primary Vissers who were on trial on Earth.

The Animorphs invade the trial, upsetting Visser Three's cover and uncovering his attempt to deceive the Council of Thirteen.

Both Vissers are sentenced to death by Kandrona starvation, but the Council of Thirteen suspend both sentences.

* 1990 – Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

The second Council of Nicaea, AD 787, recognized the right of abbots to ordain their monks to the inferior orders below the diaconate, a power usually reserved to bishops.

The founder, having heard that it was probable that Pope Gregory X, then holding a council at Lyon, would suppress all such new orders as had been founded since the Lateran Council, having commanded that such institutions should not be further multiplied, went to Lyon.

After the Second Vatican Council many missionary orders aimed at converting Jews to Christianity no longer actively sought to missionize ( or proselytize ) among Jews.

Second Council of Lyon ( 1274 ) attempted reunion with the Eastern churches, approved Franciscan and Dominican orders, a tithe to support crusades, and conclave procedures.

His reign saw the establishment of the first military orders, the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar ; the earliest surviving written laws of the kingdom, compiled at the Council of Nablus in 1120 ; and the first commercial treaty with Venice, the Pactum Warmundi, in 1124.

Yuli Vorontsov, on Gorbachev's orders, was able to get an agreement with the PDPA leadership to offer the posts of Gossoviet chairman ( the state planning organ ), the Council of Ministers chairmanship ( head of government ), ministries of defence, state security, communications, finance, presidencies of banks and the Supreme Court.

In 1274 he accompanied Gregory X to the Council of Lyon, where it was established that only four mendicant orders were to be tolerated: Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians and Carmelites.

Another important official is the Clerk, whose signature is appended to all orders made in the Council.

** Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.

* September 6 – In Burma, the State Law and Order Restoration Council orders the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and five other political dissidents.

* August 13 – The Massachusetts Council orders that Christian Indians are to be confined to designated praying towns.

In Latin Roman Catholicism, the tonsure was a prerequisite for receiving any of the minor orders or major orders before the tonsure, minor orders, and the subdiaconate were abolished following the Second Vatican Council.

During the remainder of Louis XIII's reign, and especially during the minority of Louis XIV, the implementation of the Edict varied year by year, voiced in declarations and orders, and in case decisions in the Council, fluctuating according to the tides of domestic politics and the relations of France with powers abroad.

In October 1989, under orders of the UN Security Council, Pretoria was forced to demobilize some 1, 600 members of Koevoet ( Afrikaans for crowbar ).

To avoid doctrinal strive over what orders exactly are covered by this concept, a consensus has developed that a strict formal definition can be applied: all general orders made by Royal Decree ( Subarticle 1 ) that have been submitted to the Council of Ministers and to the Council of State and have been published by the Staatsblad, are General Administrative Orders.

According to the constitution, if while in emergency session the other members of the High Council are in unanimous agreement, even the President's orders can be overruled.

The 7-member Common Council holds the city's legislative authority and makes the laws through ordinances, orders, resolutions and motions.

The Council at Basel opened with only a few bishops and abbots attending, but it grew rapidly and to make its numbers greater gave the lower orders a majority over the bishops.

It was in response to a decision of the Council of Trent that Pope Pius V promulgated the 1570 Roman Missal, making it mandatory throughout the Western Church, excepting those regions and religious orders whose existing missals dated from before 1370.