The British and other replies to that Moscow note pointed out efforts of the Communist authorities `` to integrate East Berlin into East Germany by isolating it from the outside and attempting to make it the capital of East Germany ''.

Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province in Australia.

Aon plc is a British multinational corporation headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting.

Ajaigarh was the capital of a princely state of the same name during the British Raj.

Following World War II, Bonn was in the British zone of occupation, and in 1949 became the capital of West Germany.

British Columbia's capital is Victoria, located at the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island.

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

The early British capital of the Colony of Nova Scotia ( sometimes referred to as the 14th Colony ) was established at Annapolis Royal, where Fort Anne was constructed.

Over 80 British destroyers and 60 German torpedo-boats took part in the Battle of Jutland, which involved pitched small-boat actions between the main fleets, and several foolhardy attacks by unsupported destroyers on capital ships.

The year 2005 saw the emergence of The British Urban Film Festival, a timely addition to the film festival calendar which recognised the influence of Kidulthood on UK audiences and which consequently began to showcase a growing profile of films in a genre which previously was not otherwise regularly seen in the capital ’ s cinemas.

* 1945 – World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony.

In 1885 the island became the capital of the British Windward Islands.

In 1885, after Barbados left the British Windward Islands, the capital of the colonial confederation was moved from Bridgetown to St. George on Grenada.

Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful " topsy-turvy " worlds for these operas where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion — fairies rub elbows with British lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the monarchy, and pirates turn out to be noblemen who have gone wrong.

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office speaks of Vatican City as the " capital " of the Holy See, although it compares the legal personality of the Holy See to that of the Crown in Christian monarchies and declares that the Holy See and the state of Vatican City are two international identities.

In the south was the British ( Brythonic ) Kingdom of Strathclyde, descendants of the peoples of the Roman influenced kingdoms of " The Old North ", often named Alt Clut, the Brythonic name for their capital at Dumbarton Rock.

When the government's enemies attacked Tirana in early 1922, Zogu stayed in the capital and, with the support of the British ambassador, repulsed the assault.

The bulk of British emigration, trade, and capital went to areas outside the formal British Empire.

* 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.

More capital ships were stationed in British home waters.

Legal codes were reformed on the basis of British common law and three European-style courts were established in the capital city.

Buenos Aires, which was by then the capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, was attacked during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.

The Loyalists exodus created new communities across Nova Scotia, including Shelburne, which briefly one of the larger British settlements in North America, and infused the province with additional capital and skills.

* 1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.

In 1836, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas ( Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia ), before President Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837.

During Reconstruction, Wilson lived in Columbia, South Carolina, the state capital, from 1870 – 1874, where his father was professor at the Columbia Theological Seminary.

** Under the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D. C., a new planned city and capital of the United States, was placed under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Congress.

* July 16 – The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States

* District of Columbia, the federal district in which the capital of the United States is located

Although the District of Columbia was originally created as a capital territory out of parts of Maryland and Virginia, the portion from Virginia was removed from the Federal District and returned to Virginia in 1846.

Sherman captured the state capital of Columbia, South Carolina, on February 17, 1865.

Fort Victoria was erected in 1843 and became the headquarters of operations in British Columbia, eventually growing into modern-day Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia.

Philadelphia served as the temporary capital of the United States, 1790 – 1800, while the Federal City was under construction in the District of Columbia.

While the city of Vancouver is located on the North American mainland, Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is located on the island.

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U. S. state of South Carolina.

Charleston is the second largest city in the U. S. state of South Carolina, surpassed only by the state capital of Columbia.

The population was counted by the 2010 census at 120, 083, making it the second most populous city in South Carolina, closely behind the state capital Columbia.

Although the city would lose the status of state capital to Columbia, Charleston became even more prosperous in the plantation-dominated economy of the post-Revolutionary years.

It should not be confused with the smaller Vancouver Island, which is home to Victoria, British Columbia, the capital of the Canadian province.

He is known for being part of a group led by Major Andrew Ellicott that surveyed the borders of the original District of Columbia, the capital territory of the United States.

Wright and town citizens renamed the town “ Columbia ” in honor of Christopher Columbus in the hope of influencing the new U. S. Congress to select it as the nation ’ s capital, a plan George Washington favored ; a formal proposal to do so was made in 1789.

Later, Columbia narrowly missed becoming the capital of Pennsylvania ; however, Harrisburg was chosen instead, being closer to the state ’ s geographical center.

The Federalists, who had opposed the war, now proposed moving the capital to Columbia, Kentucky, a decision which Johnson opposed.

The county seat is Columbia, the state capital.

The county seat is Columbia, which is also the state capital.