For example, the year in Japan is based on the reign of the current emperor: 2006 was Year 18 of the Emperor Akihito.

* March 16 – Emperor Temmu, Japan's current emperor, decrees the end of serfdom.

Some legends state that Virgil, fearing that he would die before he had properly revised the poem, gave instructions to friends ( including the current emperor, Augustus ) that the Aeneid should be burned upon his death, owing to its unfinished state and because he had come to dislike one of the sequences in Book VIII, in which Venus and Vulcan have sexual intercourse, for its nonconformity to Roman moral virtues.

:: Note: Although the Roman alphabet-spelling of the name of this twelfth-century emperor is the same as that of the personal name of the current sovereign of Japan, the kanji are dissimilar.

* The official Japanese system numbers years from the accession of the current emperor, regarding the calendar year during which the accession occurred as the first year.

Although the Roman-alphabet spelling of the name of this 13th-century emperor is the same as that of the personal name of a current member of the Imperial family, the kanji are different:

This use remains current in the modern Greek language, where the term is used for anyone holding the title " emperor ," regardless of the actual power of the monarch.

Frederick immediately saw to it that his new father-in-law John of Brienne, the current king of Jerusalem, was dispossessed and his rights transferred to the emperor.

They instead elevated their current leader Aurelian as emperor.

As emperor, Iturbide had sovereignty over lands bordered by Panama in the south and the Oregon Country in the north, including the current countries of Central America and the U. S. states of California, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico.

* The based on the reign of the current emperor, the year being Heisei

To call the current emperor by the current era name, i. e. " Heisei ", even in English, is a faux pas, as this is — and will be — his posthumous name.

This chronicle emphasized the importance of maintaining the divine descent of the imperial line from Amaterasu to the current emperor, a condition that gave Japan a special national polity ( kokutai ).

* December 23: Tenno gotanshin Hoshukusai ( birthday of the current emperor )

The Shou have been expansionists in the past, but the current emperor finds more pleasure in knowledge and culture than military conquest.

In 252, Sima Shi led a campaign against Eastern Wu, whose founding emperor Sun Quan had recently died, and the current ruler Sun Liang was under Zhuge Ke's regency.

The current structure is made of two different edifice: the " Angevine " one, in the lower sector, dating to the House of Anjou's rule in the Kingdom of Naples ; and the " Aragonese ", at the top, built by emperor Charles V together with the other fortifications that made Gaeta one of the strongest fortresses in southern Italy.

It was originally named " University College of Addis Ababa " at its founding, then renamed after the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I in 1962, before receiving its current name in 1975.

Thus, instead of defending their absent emperor, the Varangians were used by the usurpers — proving their loyalty to the throne, if not always the current occupier of that throne.

He was granted a golden rod () by the previous emperor, with which he was authorised to chastise the current emperor.

Herodian ’ s descriptions of Gordian III are less than flattering, and it is doubtful that he released such a negative review of a current emperor.

The dangerous current upon the prairie ceased, but the water stood and kept on rising.

In his comment on these laws Steele sounds all the usual notes of current Whig propaganda, ranging from a criticism of the Tory peace to an attack on the dismissal of Marlborough ; ;

What makes the current phenomenon unique is that so many science-fiction writers have reversed a trend and turned to writing works critical of the impact of science and technology on human life.

As I have indicated above, I base this feeling on a belief that current weakness in the market for consumer durable goods may continue through the early months of the year, but will give way to a sufficiently strong recovery later on to bring the full-year figures close to those of 1960 ; ;

Considering that the current school-age potential is 23 million youths, the project and its message on hunting and shooting education have many more to reach.

This energy transfer depends on the current, the temperature in the arc column, the anode material, and the conditions in the anode sheath.

Moreover, the current information on what types of training are needed and possible is too limited and fragmentary.

Therefore, the sixth principle of the plan must be that it concentrate on current measures which will reduce future force requirements.

But there are reasons for the current spotlight on the subject.

Manager Hemus, eager to end a pitching slump that has brought four losses in the five games on the current home stand, moved Gibson to the Wednesday night starting assignment.

Sprinkel strongly refuted the current neo-stagnationist thesis that we are facing a future of limited and slow growth, declaring that this pessimism `` is based on very limited and questionable evidence ''.

As a result, the West is in a poor bargaining position at the current Geneva negotiations on Laos, and South Vietnam and other nations in Southeast Asia are under increased pressure.

Turning to the current musical season on Broadway, the most widely acclaimed of the new arrivals, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, has been transferred to an original cast album ( R. C. A. Victor LOC 1066 ; ;

The current exhibition, which remains on view through Oct. 29, has tapped 14 major collections and many private sources.

Many studies have observed the effects of volunteerism ( as a form of altruism ) on happiness and health and have consistently found a strong connection between volunteerism and current and future health and well-being.

The current consensus, based on terminology defined by the Pecos Classification, suggests their emergence around the 12th century BCE, during the archaeologically designated Early Basketmaker II Era.

Of course, the current state of technology at any given time can put limitations on what can be achieved experimentally and theoretically so it may take considerable time for theory to be refined.

The best current ( 2009 ) estimate of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) for the value of the astronomical unit in meters is A = m, based on a comparison of JPL and IAA – RAS ephemerides.

Any historical material on anagrams must always be interpreted in terms of the assumptions and spellings that were current for the language in question.

As this expansion into current languages ( mainly Italian and French ) and current topics continued, the press took on another role and made perhaps even more important contributions.

Johnson's defense relied on the provision of the Tenure of Office Act that made it applicable only to appointees of the current administration.

Aeon can also refer to the four aeons on the Geologic Time Scale that make up the Earth's history, the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and the current aeon Phanerozoic.