Towards the close of the 5th century a great company of monks known as the Nine Saints are believed to have established themselves in the country.

Towards the end, the alternates were very distant cousins counted in degrees of male descent ( but all that time, intermarriages occurred within the imperial house, thus they were close cousins if female ties are counted ).

Towards the close of the year he returned to Kassel, where his mother and Wilhelm had settled, the latter having finished his studies.

Towards the north of the constellation are globular clusters NGC 5824 and NGC 5986, and close by the dark nebula B 228.

Towards the close of the millennium, the Han Dynasty extends Chinese power towards Central Asia, where it borders on Indo-Greek and Iranian states.

Towards the close of the millennium, Egypt became the stage of the first popular revolution recorded in history.

Towards the close of the 11th century crusading knights came from every part of Europe to aid the kings of León, Castile and Aragon in fighting the Moors.

Towards the close of his reign he became embroiled in a dispute with Pope Innocent III.

Towards the close of 1803 Arago entered the École Polytechnique, Paris, but apparently found the professors there incapable of imparting knowledge or maintaining discipline.

Towards the close of the 2nd century BC, when the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms were equally depressed, the Nabataean kingdom came to the front.

Towards the close of its career, the atmospheric engine was much improved in its mechanical details and its proportions by John Smeaton, who built many large engines of this type during the 1770s.

) Towards the close of the century, ships were built with more than 100 guns, and they too were classed as first rates.

Towards the close of the eleventh century the popes found it necessary to restrict episcopal authority on this point, and decreed that the virtues and miracles of persons proposed for public veneration should be examined in councils, more particularly in general councils.

Towards the close of his life Burney was paid £ 1000 for contributing to Rees's Cyclopaedia all the musical articles not belonging to the department of natural philosophy and mathematics: the latter being written by John Farey, Sr.

Towards the close of 1804, Napoleon entrusted to Fesch the difficult task of securing the presence of Pope Pius VII at the forthcoming coronation of the emperor at Notre Dame, Paris ( December 2, 1804 ).

Towards the close of his episcopate, Nectarius abolished the office of presbyter penitentiary, whose duty appears to have been to receive confessions before communion.

Towards the close of 1785, he decided to leave Norwich-principally because his post as headmaster did not pay well but required a great deal of his time.

Towards the close of the year 1837 he returned to France, and on 21 December married Mlle Agathe Delamalle ( Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, 15 October 1819 – Paris, 13 July 1853 ), daughter of the government prosecuting attorney at the court of Angers.

Towards the end of the nineteenth century several parcels of land were held by the parish as charitable lands namely ; Town land meadow, Town Land close, the Barn Close ( near Hill Top ), the Old Close and part of Breach Field.

Towards the end of the both the Nickelodeon and Disney series, they become close friends and reciprocate romantic feelings for each other.

Towards the close of his career he played two new characters of quite different types with great success, Shakespeare's Caliban and Gritzenko, the Kalmuck, in Scribe's and Meyerbeer's L ' étoile du nord.

Towards the close of 1875 the first volume of his Life of Swift was published ; and he had made some progress in the preparation of the second at the time of his death.

Towards the close he incurred the hostility of some of the nobility, especially, it is said, of the Metelli, by the attacks which he made upon them on the stage, and at their insistence he was imprisoned.

Towards the close of his speech, Rush stated that the troop surge would only serve to make the Iraqi situation more volatile.

Towards the close of her life, the Legislature of Nova Scotia granted her a small pension.

Towards the end of the 1980s, a second restructuring process was initiated.

Towards the mid 1980s, however, things began to change.

Towards the end of the 1980s, this technique was used to derive the first input recommendation maps for fertilizers and pH corrections.

Towards the end of the 1980s, the band began shifting to a more guitar-oriented alternative rock sound, and away from the use of horns and synthesizers.

Towards the end of the 1980s due to tightening emission standards, the Pinto engine began to be phased out-the 1. 8 in 1988 replaced by a 1. 8 CVH, the 2. 0 in 1989, replaced with the Ford I4 DOHC engine and the 1. 6 in 1992, replaced by the 1. 6 CVH first seen in the Escort in 1980, described as a " CFi ", a single point fuel injection system with a catalytic converter. The 2. 9 L Cologne engine was available in the Sierra XR4x4 and the Sierra Ghia.

Towards the end of the 1980s, Galland's health began to fail.

Towards the end of 1984, a " greatest hits " compilation spanning the band's 1980s output was released entitled The Collection.

Towards the end of the 1980s there was a liberalization of the FLN regime.

Towards the end of the late 1980s, increasingly violent clashes occurred between the Communist authorities, the resurgent Georgian nationalist movement and nationalist movements in Georgia's minority-populated regions ( notably South Ossetia ).

Towards the end of the 1980s a new line was planned to join the Castilian Meseta with Andalusia without passing through the Despeñaperros national park.

Towards the late 1980s and in the 1990s, the company came under much more competition from what became Nestlé Purina PetCare.

Towards the end of the 1980s, Lancashire's side began to develop, with Graeme Fowler and Gehan Mendis building a productive opening partnership, while David Hughes and Neil Fairbrother provided support in the middle order.

Towards the end of the 1980s, after some time teaching at polytechnic schools, he co-founded the Yugoslav School of Astronomy, later known as the Višnjan School of Astronomy.

Towards the mid 1980s Ethiopia underwent a series of famines, exacerbated by adverse geopolitics and civil wars, which eventually resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands.

Towards the end of the 1980s, he featured in a number of other films, and began to be known for his political satire.

Towards the end of the 1980s, it became apparent that Hewson Consultants were suffering financial difficulties.

Towards the end of the 1980s, the fleet could be found mostly on the West of England route, as well as fast services from Paddington to Oxford.

Towards the 1980s, the market expanded into Europe and later into Japan.

Towards the late 1980s, many players ( and coaches ) were brought over from Croatia to help elevate the team and its youth programs.

Towards the end of the 1980s, the Soviets were retreating in defeat.

Towards the end of his career, he turned out for non-league side Altrincham in the early 1980s, when they were competing in the Alliance Premier League ( which became the Football Conference in 1986 ).

Towards the end of the 1980s, the Stasi's influence was waning, and Dynamo Dresden reclaimed the title in 1989, and retained it in 1990, adding a cup win to complete a double.

Towards the end of the 1980s, Division Marines participated in Operation Just Cause, the invasion of Panama.

Towards the end of the 1980s however, just before the collapse of the iron curtain, the East German government opened a state-owned gay disco in Berlin.