Dated to between AD 660 and 690, it marks the end of the native Alemannic tradition of runic literacy.

* 1949 – The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.

This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

This action marks the end of the Persian invasion, and the beginning of the next phase in the Greco-Persian wars, the Greek counterattack.

The event marks the end of the Mesozoic Era and the beginning of the Cenozoic Era.

The occupation of the island by Vandals about 469 AD marks the end of authoritative influence by Latin-speaking Romans ( see under Medieval Corsica ).

Diocletian's reign stabilized the Empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century.

Diocletian's reign marks the end of the classical period of Roman law.

The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

In Judaism, Elijah's name is invoked at the weekly Havdalah ritual that marks the end of Shabbat, and Elijah is invoked in other Jewish customs, among them the Passover seder and the Brit milah ( ritual circumcision ).

This marks the beginning of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age ; its end is taken to be the end of the last Ice Age, around 10, 000 years ago.

* 1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.

During the later years of the Roman Empire, the Germanic peoples of northern Europe grew in strength to rival the Empire itself, and repeated organized attacks led to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, a date which traditionally marks the end of the classical period, and the start of the middle ages.

It coincides with the fruit harvest, and marks the end of the agricultural cycle.

Sukkot concludes with Shemini Atzeret, where Jews begin to pray for rain and Simchat Torah, " Rejoicing of the Torah ", a holiday which marks reaching the end of the Torah reading cycle and beginning all over again.

* National Day of Sweden, marks the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the day Gustav Vasa got elected king of Sweden ( Sweden )

The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year.

His death marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.

This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression.

Modifications that manufacturers made to recover some of the lost distance, by increasing tail drag ( using holes, rough paint or dimples ), were outlawed at the end of 1991 and marks made using implements with such modifications removed from the record books.

Yom Kippur comes to an end with the blowing of the shofar, which marks the conclusion of the fast.

Shavuot marks the end of the counting of the Omer, the period between Passover and Shavuot.

Explanations for this tradition vary ; the most common is that white is a summer colour and Labour Day unofficially marks the end of summer.

This period marks the end of significant raider activity both for plunder or conquest.

# Lakshmi Puja ( 30 Ashvin or 15 Krishna Paksha Ashvin ): Lakshmi Puja marks the most important day of Diwali celebrations in North India.

While in modern Chinese culture, such limitations for females no longer exist, the day, which also marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, is still lightly observed in some Chinese regions.

The harvest marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and social importance of this event makes it the focus of seasonal celebrations such as a harvest festival, found in many religions.

* Vijay Chowk ( Hindi for Victory Square ) is a spacious plaza and the site of Beating the Retreat ceremony, which takes place on 29 January each year, which marks the end of Republic Day celebrations, in which Military Bands, Pipes and Drums Bands, Buglers and Trumpeters from various Army Regiments besides bands Navy and Air Force take part, with the President of India as the Chief Guest.

The group marks its presence not only through continuous singing and the use of flares, but also through numerous tifos and choreographic celebrations.

For those who do not conduct celebrations between Pesach and Lag BaOmer, the date often marks the first opportunity for a wedding in the spring or early summer.

A large twin arch called the Anna arch marks the entrance of the southern part of Anna Nagar on the Third Avenue, which was built in the 1986 to commemorate the platinum jubilee celebrations of former chief minister C. N. Annadurai, when Anna Nagar was still a developing area.

With contemporary English changing with the rapidity that marks this jet age, some of the words and phrases of the new version may themselves soon become archaic.

As this year marks the centennial of the beginning of the Civil War, this fact is being commemorated with several exhibits throughout the State, but most of all paying tribute to the first Rhode Island Volunteers who rushed to the defense of the City of Washington, putting at the disposal of President Lincoln the only fully equipped and best trained regiment at this time.

Thus in Mary wrote an account of the trip first strong stress on Mary marks Mary as the first in a series of people who wrote accounts of the trip, strong stress on wrote marks the writing as the first of a series of actions of Mary's concerned with an account of her trip ( about which she may later have made speeches, for example ), and strong stress on trip makes the trip the first of a series of subjects about which Mary wrote accounts.

We have been using the word `` public '' in quotation marks, that is, in its vernacular connotation with reference to the odd-lot index theory.

An animal with distinct coloration, or other marks easily distinguished and remembered by the owner and his riders, was sometimes used as a `` marker ''.

Many languages use modified forms of the Latin alphabet, with additional letters formed using diacritical marks.

In the polytonic orthography of Greek, alpha, like other vowel letters, can occur with several diacritic marks: any of three accent symbols (), and either of two breathing marks (), as well as combinations of these.

* Quoting: Americans begin their quotations with double quotation marks (") and use single quotation marks (') for quotations within quotations.

BrE usage varies, with some authoritative sources such as The Economist and The Times recommending the same usage as in the US, whereas other authoritative sources, such as The King's English, recommend single quotation marks.

With narration of direct speech, both styles retain punctuation inside the quotation marks, with a full stop changing into a comma if followed by explanatory text, also known as a dialogue tag.

Immediately after, he received several marks of distinction: he was made President of the Accademia di San Luca, the main artistic institution in Rome, and by the hand of the Pope himself his name was inscribed in " the Golden Volume of the Capitol ", and he received the title of Marquis of Ischia, with an annual pension of 3000 crowns.

Bulls engrossed on a different parchment, or in different characters with lines and punctuation marks, or without the accustomed abbreviations, clauses, and formularies, would be rejected as spurious.

Ships with the Mk 26 GMLS, and late marks of the Mk 10 GMLS aboard the " Belknap "- class, could accommodate ASROC in these power-loaded launchers ( the Mk 13 GMLS was not able to fire the weapon, as the launcher rail was too short ).

Myelin is white, so parts of the brain filled exclusively with nerve fibers appear as light-colored white matter, in contrast to the darker-colored grey matter that marks areas with high densities of neuron cell bodies.

There were also cut marks on the skull indicating the flesh had been scraped off with a knife, and the skull had begun to decompose only after a recent submersion in water.

The fact of having been baptized remains a fact and the Catholic Church holds that baptism marks a person with a lasting seal or character that " is an ontological and permanent bond which is not lost by reason of any act or fact of defection.

A small square ground plaque inscribed only with " BURT LANCASTER 1913-1994 " marks his final resting place.

For some this marks the beginning of the " mature " Classical style, where the period of reaction against the complexity of the late Baroque began to be replaced with a period of integration of elements of both Baroque and Classical styles.

An expanding universe generally has a cosmological horizon which, by analogy with the more familiar horizon caused by the curvature of the Earth's surface, marks the boundary of the part of the universe that an observer can see.

Of Cuba's vintage American cars, many have been modified with newer engines, disc brakes and other parts, often scavenged from Soviet cars, and most bear the marks of decades of use.

Approaching the fireplace, Kulesh killed Centurashvili with an axe, burned his clothes, then dismembered him and hid the pieces in snow, in different places, putting specific marks on each burial place.