The term was coined in the early 20th century, referring to the son of Yuan Shikai ( a self-declared Emperor ) and his cronies.

The Central African Empire ( French: Empire centrafricain ) was a short-lived, self-declared autocratic monarchy that replaced the Central African Republic and was, in turn, replaced by the restoration of the republic.

Since the 1992 Capture of Shusha by Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, May 9 celebrations in Armenia as well as the self-declared and defacto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have honored that victorious turning-point in the war in addition to the victory in World War II.

Following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the establishment of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Turkish-Cypriots use the Flag of Northern Cyprus.

This infuriated residents of the area, including Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, ultimately leading to the establishment of the self-declared Vermont Republic and general rebellion against the New York government.

The Minister for Labour was originally the name of a government department in the Government of the Irish Republic, the self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil Éireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election.

* Republic of Minerva, a self-declared South Pacific principality on the Minerva Reefs

Unsanctioned elections were held in 1992, which overwhelmingly elected Ibrahim Rugova as " president " of a self-declared Republic of Kosovo ; however these elections were not recognised by Serbian nor any foreign government.

The Soviet zone of occupation became a self-declared socialist state, the German Democratic Republic ( commonly known as East Germany ), on 7 October 1949.

In Cyprus war of 1974, this village was secured so as to be placed within a contiguous Turkish Cypriot zone, which later became in 1975, the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, then in 1983, the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC ).

According to a study conducted in the Republic of Moldova in May 1998, when the self-declared Moldovans were asked to relate the Romanian and Moldovan identities, 55 % considered them somewhat different, 26 % very different and less than 5 % identical.

Operation Flash (, ) was a brief offensive conducted in the beginning of May 1995 by the Croatian Army, which removed Serb forces from the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK ) region of SAO Western Slavonia.

Most of Vukovar was ethnically cleansed of its non-Serb population and became part of the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina.

What the anti-relativists -- self-declared -- want us to worry about, and worry about and worry about, as though our very souls depended on it, is a kind of spiritual entropy, a heat death of the mind, in which everything is as significant, and thus as insignificant, as everything else: anything goes, to each his own, you pays your money and you takes your choice, I know what I like, not in the couth, tout comprendre, c ' est tout pardonner.

He went on to be a self-declared " corporate yuppie " working for I. B. M.

Sir Edward Kelley or Kelly, also known as Edward Talbot ( August 1, 1555 – November 1, 1597 ), was an ambiguous figure in English Renaissance occultism and self-declared spirit medium who worked with John Dee in his magical investigations.

* John Nichols Thom ( 1799 – 1838 ), self-declared messiah

Local control is disputed between Somaliland, a self-declared independent republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia, the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, and HBM-SSC ( Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC ), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration ( Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC ).

Local control is disputed between Somaliland, a self-declared independent republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia, the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, and HBM-SSC ( Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC ), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration ( Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC ).

* John Lawrence Daly ( 1943 – 2004 ), self-declared " Greenhouse skeptic "

John L. Daly ( 31 March 1943 – 29 January 2004 ), was an Australian teacher and self-declared " Greenhouse skeptic.

* Abu ' Abd Allah ( r. 1249-1277 ), son of Abu Zakariya, Hafsid ruler of North Africa and self-declared Caliph, whose honorific surname was Al-Mustansir.

The result was published as The Red Network — A Who's Who of Radicalism for Patriots ( 1934 ), a self-declared exposé of Communist front activity in the U. S., which was widely circulated ( 100, 000 copies are claimed ).

The Dulbahante traditional chiefs have issued an official communiqué on October 15, 2007 regarding Somaliland ( a self-declared republic with no international recognition ) militias ’ aggression and occupation of Laascaanood ( LasAnod ), the regional capital of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions of Somalia.

The value of rural property was based on self-declared assessment for the tax purposes.

A declaration of independence was ratified by Dáil Éireann, the self-declared Republic's parliament in January 1919.

During the Irish War of Independence, the Limerick Soviet was a self-declared soviet that existed from 15 to 27 April 1919.

Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as they were becoming distinguishable, and Kelley was a self-declared spirit medium who worked with Dee in his magical investigations.

In practice, Philip did not entirely keep to his self-declared principles on grants of royal lands and titles, but was far more conservative in such matters than his immediate predecessors.

In all cases, the self-declared incapacity method was used by a President to voluntarily transfer presidential authority to his Vice President:

The concept was invented by the self-declared World Citizen Garry Davis in 1949, as a logical extension of the idea of individuals declaring themselves world citizens, and promoted by Robert Sarrazac, a former leader of the French Résistance who created the Human Front of World Citizens in 1945.

Towards the end of his life he opposed the more extreme Protestant groups, led by Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, who refused to accept the succession of James because he was a self-declared Catholic.

Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas ' ud ibn Agha (; / ALA-LC: Muḥammad ‘ Alī Bāshā ; Albanian: Mehmet Ali Pasha ; Turkish: Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Paşa ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849 ) was an Albanian commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.

The initially self-declared title was officially recognized by the Ottoman government in 1867, and used subsequently by Ismail Pasha, and his dynastic successors until 1914.

As a bishop, Hervey was industrious and vigilant ( although he suffered long absences from Ireland ) although a self-declared agnostic.

The chain was founded by Robert Rook, a lawyer and self-declared hippie who has worked closely with the homeless, Vietnam war protesters, civil and gay rights advocates, and numerous rock bands such as Aerosmith, U2, Boston, The Cars, and James Brown.

Dahir Rayale Kahin (, ) ( born 12 March 1952 ) was the third President of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia.

In the next issue there was a letter from a self-declared expert on Greek poetry, " Fred Reed ".

Levin was born into an unobservant Jewish family and has since become a self-declared Liberal Jew.

The Indian revolutionary and self-declared atheist Har Dayal, much influenced by Marx and Bakunin, who sought to expel British rule from the subcontinent, was a striking instance of someone who in the early 20th century tried to synthesize anarchist and Buddhist ideas.

* Akhzivland is a self-declared and officially tolerated " independent republic " established by Israeli hippie and former sailor Eli Avivi on the Mediterranean beach at Akhziv in Israel.

One of Eliade's earliest fiction writings, the controversial first-person narrative Isabel şi apele diavolului, focused on the figure of a young and brilliant academic, whose self-declared fear is that of " being common ".

Attempting to rid themselves of the problem of the protestors, English Heritage gained an interim injunction banning a series of the most prominent protestors from the vicinity of the site, including Des Crow, Geoff Needham, Buster Nolan and Rollo Maughfling, the self-declared " Archdruid of Stonehenge and Glastonbury ", who at one point and climbed on top of Seahenge to declare an eight-point proclamation.

The Cree and Métis migrants and their descendants have lived on the Rocky Boy Reservation under self-declared " adopted " status.

The platform declared independence on 24 June 1968, under the Esperanto name " Insulo de la Rozoj ," with Rosa as self-declared President.

Sports reporter Rafael Bracero travelled to New York to make a documentary about the fighters and the fight, and even former BSN basketball star Fufi Santori, a self-declared not fan of boxing, got caught in the fight's hype, making a prediction on television on the day of the fight.

* King ' Luca: A self-declared suzerain, constantly on the search for new loyal subjects and self-delusions.

The defeat on Ambon resulted in the flight of the self-declared RMS government to the island Seram, and later on the formation of a government in exile in the Netherlands in 1966.

The defeat on Ambon however resulted in the flight of the self-declared RMS government from the islands, and the formation of a government in exile in the Netherlands.

One round of protests culminated on 25 March 2005 ; it was a self-declared attempt to emulate the Kyrgyzstan revolution, and involved over a thousand citizens.

Considered an intellectual, he was instrumental in the formation of the Cambodian Democratic Party in April 1946, created a self-declared government on September 20, 1949, was replaced by Yem Sambaur on September 29.

Li Shimin led a siege on the city of Luoyang, head of the self-declared emperor Wang Shichong, who solicited help from Dou Jiande from the east.

John Nichols Thom, or Mad Tom, ( 1799-31 May 1838 ) was a Cornishman, a self-declared messiah who, in the 19th century led the last battle to be fought on English soil.

* Conan O ' Brien has self-declared a fear of needles ( Late Night on October 11, 2005 when offered a flu shot ).