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victory and Holy
the ever burning lusts of the flesh or the powerful victory of Holy Spirit discipline.
Thus the victory will be yours if we allow you to be not the steward but the lord of Holy Scripture.
At the time, the Concordat of Worms was proclaimed as a great victory for Henry V inside the Holy Roman Empire.
* 1538 – Ottoman – Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
* 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.
At that point, a decisive victory for Austria, uniting the Holy Roman Empire with the Spanish crown, would have upset the balance of power just as much as a victory for France.
* September 17 – Thirty Years ' War: In the Battle of Breitenfeld, Tilly's imperial army is decisively defeated by Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, shattering the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire and marking the first significant victory for the Protestants in the war.
As a result of Napoleon's victory over Austria in the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved.
In October the " Holy Constable " invaded Castile and won another victory at Valverde.
The counts of Flanders, Boulogne, and Hainaut came together with England and the Holy Roman Empire of Germany and declared war on France and Philip II of France, a war that ended with the French victory at Bouvines in 1214.
He strengthened the international position of Poland by his victory over the Holy Roman Empire in the Holy Roman-Polish War of 1109.
The records of Aristoteles present an overview about the festivities: the Games lasted for six to eight days and were started by a Holy Game, which showcased the victory of Apollo over Python.
The Holy League credited the victory to the Virgin Mary, whose intercession with God they had implored for victory through the use of the Rosary.
Again, this victory was attributed to the Holy Virgin.
His victory over Prince Ferdinand at Bergen ( 1759 ) won him the rank of marshal of France from the French King Louis XV and the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire Reichsfürst from Emperor Francis I.
The signing on June 28, 1859 of a concordat with the Holy See, which placed education under the oversight of the clergy and facilitated the establishment of religious institutes, led to a constitutional struggle which ended in 1863 with the victory of secular principles, making the communes responsible for education, though admitting the priests to a share in the management.
The final, six-week long, siege was lifted following the victory of the Parliamentary forces in the Battle of Nantwich on 26 January 1644, which has been re-enacted as Holly Holy Day on its anniversary every year since 1973 by the Sealed Knot, a registered charity devoted to re-enacting English civil war battles for educational purposes.
The Yorkist commander, later Edward IV, convinced his initially frightened troops that it represented the Holy Trinity and Edward's troops won a decisive victory.
For the latter victory, Catherine the Great made Suvorov a count with the name " Rymniksky " in addition to his own name, and the Emperor Joseph II made him a count of the Holy Roman Empire.
The British were victorious over the Turks in the Middle East during World War I and with victory in Palestine, General Sir Edmund Allenby, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, entered Jerusalem on foot, out of respect for the Holy City, on December 11, 1917.
Władysław's victory was beyond dispute, being backed by his alliances with the Rus ', Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire.

victory and League
The Dallas Texans were back home Monday with their third victory in four American Football League starts -- a 19-12 triumph over the Denver Broncos -- but their visit will be a short one.
The Delian League, founded about 477 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, members numbering between 150 to 173, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.
Charlton then lifted the League One trophy on 5 May 2012, having been in the top position since 15 September 2011, and after recording a 3 – 2 victory over Hartlepool United, recorded their highest ever league points score of 101, the highest in any professional European league that year.
Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who led the team to victory in the League Cup Final and the Cup Winners ' Cup Final in 1998, the FA Cup in 2000 and their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League.
The tense diplomatic relations between East and West Pakistan reached a climax in 1970 when the Awami League, the largest East Pakistani political party, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, ( Mujib ), won a landslide victory in the national elections in East Pakistan.
With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti ( Serie A league titles ) and three European Cups – though he did not take part in the last win, his club's 1994 Champions League victory, through suspension.
Brown returned to the mound for Game 6, pitching a complete game victory to secure the Marlins their first-ever National League pennant.
General Ivanov, commander of the 2nd Bulgarian Army, acknowledged the role of the Greek fleet in the overall Balkan League victory by stating that " the activity of the entire Greek fleet and above all the Averof was the chief factor in the general success of the allies ".
Bench had another strong year in 1972, again winning the Most Valuable Player Award and leading the National League in home runs ( 40 ) and RBI ( 125 ), to help propel the Reds to another National League West Division title, and a five-game victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1972 National League Championship Series.
Liverpool achieved this by winning the League Championship by two points over Everton ( Dalglish himself scored the winner in a 1 – 0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to secure the title on the final day of the season ), and the FA Cup by beating Everton in the final.
In February 2012, Dalglish led Liverpool to their first trophy in six years, with victory in the 2011 – 12 Football League Cup.
Losing 1 – 0 going into injury time in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored late goals to claim a dramatic victory over Bayern Munich, in what is considered one of the greatest comebacks of all time.
In the 2005 – 06 season, Manchester United failed to qualify for the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over a decade, but recovered to secure a second-place league finish and victory over Wigan Athletic in the 2006 Football League Cup Final.
This resulted in a surge of Slovene and Croat nationalism in response and the collapse of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1990, the victory of nationalists in multiparty elections in most of Yugoslavia's constituent republics, and eventually civil war between the various nationalities beginning in 1991.
The victory moved the Cardinals to within a half game of Houston in the National League Central Division, and the Cardinals went on to win the division by six games.
In 1971, the Pirates repeated as Eastern Division winners, and reached the 1971 World Series, taking 3 out of 4 from the San Francisco Giants in the 1971 National League Championship Series, with Clemente's throwing prowess, timely hitting and heads-up base-running leading the way in the decisive victory.
While the Metropolitans were initially the more successful club, Day and Mutrie began moving star players to the Gothams and the team won its first National League pennant in 1888, as well as a victory over the St. Louis Browns in an early incarnation of the World Series.
Highlights included Johnson earning his 300th career victory, becoming the twenty-fourth pitcher in Major League history to do so, as well as struggling starter Jonathan Sánchez tossing a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres on July 10, the first Giants no-hitter since 1976.
** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.
* October 9 – The 1985-88 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 25 – 12 victory over New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park before 47, 363 spectators.

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