Until 1990, Nepal was an absolute monarchy running under the executive control of the king.

Until then, a king who ruled by the grace of God had been the center around which everything turned.

Until he took complete charge as king in 1388, France was ruled primarily by his uncle, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

Until the king was declared adult in 1171 the government was controlled first by the chancellor Stephen du Perche, cousin of Margaret ( 1166 – 1168 ), and then by Walter Ophamil, archbishop of Palermo, and Matthew of Ajello, the vice-chancellor.

Until his time bishops had formed part of the king's court and traveled with him around the country to take care of the ecclesiastical affairs while the king took care of worldly matters.

Until superseded by a change in EU law, the Reinheitsgebot was also enforced in Greece from the early 19th century due to a law by the first Greek king, Otto ( originally a Bavarian prince ) that had remained in effect for over a hundred years.

Until the deaths of Charles X and his son in 1836 and 1844, respectively, many Legitimists continued to recognize each of them in turn as the rightful king, ahead of Chambord.

Until he did so, only Indra, king of the gods, had earned that distinction.

Until he did so, only Indra, king of the Gods, had earned that distinction.

Until then, Comrade Prachanda, Comrade Kiran and others were convinced that they would be able to rise to power just by having a dialogue with the king ’ s government.

Until 1987, each of the celebrities bet on all the performances and the most accurate one was selected to be that show's Wettkönig (" bet king ").

Until then there had only been one in Stockholm, because the Council in Christiania was supposed to be led by an appointed governor, a position which had been vacant for 15 years because no Swedish king had dared or wished to appoint a new governor.

Until this time Armagnac had remained practically independent by shifting alliances, but the rule of the Black Prince was so harsh that the count of Armagnac appealed to the French king for help in 1369.

Until the French Revolution the kings of France carried the additional title king of Navarre.

Until then the Althing had only been an advisory body to the Danish government and king.

Until recently, consensus was that he ruled between c. 130 – 110 BCE in Northern India and that his father was the great king Menander I. Menander ruled the entire Indo-Greek empire, but in this scenario, the western parts including Paropamisade and Arachosia, gained independence after the death of Menander I, pushing Strato and Agathokleia eastwards to Gandhar and Punjab.

Until 1917, Sinn Féin, under its founder Arthur Griffith, had campaigned for a form of government championed first by O ' Connell, namely that Ireland would become independent as a dual monarchy with Great Britain, under a shared king.

Until the death of Sigismund Augustus, the last king of the Jagiellonian dynasty, monarchs could only be elected from within the royal family.

Until the end of the 18th Dynasty the canopic jars had the head of the king, but later they were shown with animal heads.

Until this point, the Mexica did not have a legitimate king.

Until the end of the 1st dynasty, it would seem to have been a tradition that the family and court of the king committed suicide ( or were killed ) and were then buried along side the ruler in his necropolis.

Until king Senedj, all posthumous king lists accord with each other.

Until then, all those who have died are " asleep.

Until late 2002 it served Mexico, Central America, South America and all of the Caribbean.

Until the mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials ; primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used.

Until then much of the Roman world outside of Italy supported Pompey and his allies due to the extensive list of clients he held in all corners of the Republic.

Until 1928 all notes were " White Notes ", printed in black and with a blank reverse.

Until that time, neutron stars, like black holes, were regarded as just theoretical curiosities ; but the discovery of pulsars showed their physical relevance and spurred a further interest in all types of compact objects that might be formed by gravitational collapse.

Until the end of the 19th century, it seems to have been generally assumed that the general meeting ( of all shareholders ) was the supreme organ of the company, and the board of directors was merely an agent of the company subject to the control of the shareholders in general meeting.

Until recently, fur seals were all grouped under a single subfamily of Pinnipedia, called Arctocephalinae, to contrast them with Otariinae – the sea lions – based on the most prominent common feature, namely the coat of dense underfur intermixed with guard hairs.

Until 1990, all telephone services were operated by the Gibraltar Government Telephone Department.

Until 1987 New South Wales had twenty peremptory challenges for each side where the offence was murder, and eight for all other cases.

Until recently, the Principality's banking laws permitted banks to issue numbered accounts, but new regulations require strict know-your-customer practices for all accounts.

Until the mid-20th century, there were Jews all across the Levant ; now most are in Israel.

Until recently an open dialing plan was used but as of April 1, 2012 Moldova has implemented a closed dialing plan on all of its territory.

Until 1751 in England and Wales ( and all British dominions ) the new year started on 25 March – Lady Day, one of the four quarter days ( the change to 1 January took place in 1600 in Scotland ).

Until about 1800, all London porter was matured in large vats, often holding several hundred barrels, for between six and eighteen months before being racked into smaller casks to be delivered to pubs.

Until a United States Supreme Court decision in 1895, all income taxes were deemed to be excises ( i. e., indirect taxes ).

Until modern times, the form of government for almost all states was monarchy.

Until the end of the Cold War nearly all men reaching the age of military service were conscripted.

Until 1981, they shared all the source code with MIT and kept it on an MIT server.

Until nitrox was widely accepted in the late 1990s, almost all recreational scuba used simple compressed and filtered air.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, time was believed to be independent of motion, progressing at a fixed rate in all reference frames ; however, later experiments revealed that time slows at higher speeds of the reference frame relative to another reference frame.

Until 1891 Canna, Rùm and Muck were historically part of the counties of Argyll ; Eigg was historically part of Inverness-shire, and all of the Small Isles were in Inverness-shire, from 1891 to 1975.

Until June 2012, all treatment offered at Shriner's Hospitals for Children was offered without any financial obligation to patients and their families.

Until recently all slot machines used revolving mechanical reels to display and determine results.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.