Until the French Revolution, this canon was of considerable importance in criminal law, not only ecclesiastical but even civil.

Until 1955, the Kerguelen Islands were part of the French colony of Madagascar.

Until the French intervention The Casamance was a heterogeneous entity, weakened by internal rivalries.

Over a decade in the making and developed after a series of discussions Wenders had with French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, Until the End of the World is Wenders ' most ambitious film.

Until the French colonization in the mid-19th century, Vietnam's economy had been uniformly agrarian, subsistence-based and village-oriented.

Until the establishment of the Consulate in 1799, Catholics were heavily repressed by the French.

Until the period following World War II, governmental affairs in French West Africa were administered from Paris.

Until 1875, control of the prototype units of measure was maintained by the French Government when it passed to an inter-governmental organisation – the Conférence générale des poids et mesures ( CGPM ).

Until the early 17th century, the French used the name Rivière du Canada to designate the Saint Lawrence upstream to Montreal and the Ottawa River after Montreal.

Until 1968, it was unheard of for Canadian French vocabulary to be used in plays in the theatre.

Until the age of three, he lived principally with his grandparents, Kateřina Kiliánová ( née Bartlová )( d. 1950 ) and Tomáš Kilián ( d. 1925, a descendant of a French soldier injured at the battle of Austerlitz, on the outskirts of Brno ), in Brno while his mother worked in Polná as an assistant book-keeper in the town's brewery.

Until the middle of the 20th century the city was situated in the French Flemish area ; today the local Flemish dialect, a variety of the Dutch language, can still be found but has been largely replaced by French.

Until the early 1930s, Boyer mainly continued making French films, and Mayerling co-starring Danielle Darrieux in 1936 made him an international star.

Until the 15th century, La Rochelle was to be the largest French harbour on the Atlantic coast, dealing mainly in wine, salt and cheese.

Until the early-to mid-twentieth century the people almost exclusively spoke Cajun French at home.

Until the final war-the French and Indian War-the Wabanaki Confederacy remained the dominant military force in the region.

Until the mid-20th century, Belgian writers more often wrote in French even if they were Flemish, due both to the then-dominant position of that language in worldwide culture and its dominant position within Belgium itself ( e. g. Suzanne Lilar, Emile Verhaeren or Maurice Maeterlinck ), and many French-speaking individuals come from originally Dutch-speaking families ( particularly in Brussels, e. g. Jacques Brel ).

Until 1788 a rank of brigadier des armées (" brigadier of the armies "), which could be described as a senior colonel or junior brigade commander, was used in the French Army.

Until 1987, the quetzal was pegged to and domestically equal to the United States dollar and before the pegging to the US dollar, it was pegged to the French franc as well, since it ( the Guatemalan quetzal ) utilized the gold standard.

Until 1793, a rank of brigadier des armées (" brigadier of the armies ") existed in the French Army, which could be described as a senior colonel or junior brigade commander.

Until the early fourteenth century, Law French largely coincided with the French used as an everyday language by the upper classes.

Until these complementary industries developed, French railways were at an economic disadvantage compared to those of other states.

Until 1697 for every three Allied soldiers that were equipped with the new flintlocks, two soldiers were still handicapped by matchlocks: French second-line troops were issued matchlocks as late as 1703.

Until the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the foreign policy of Czechoslovakia had followed that of the Soviet Union.

Until the Quiet Revolution of the early 1960s, Tremblay saw Quebec as a poor, working-class province dominated by an English-speaking elite and the Roman Catholic Church.

Until this episode Santa Anna's reputation had been that of a cunning and crafty man, rather than a cruel one ... together with the fall of the Alamo, branded both Santa Anna and the Mexican people with a reputation for cruelty and aroused the fury of the people of Texas, the United States, and even Great Britain and France, thus considerably promoting the success of the Texas Revolution.

Until at least 1908, the British took the Macdonald line to be the boundary, but in 1911, the Xinhai Revolution resulted in the collapse of central power in China, and by the end of World War I, the British officially used the Johnson Line.

Until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the rails were made of wood, were a few inches wide and were fastened down, end to end, on logs of wood or " sleepers ", placed crosswise at intervals of two or three feet.

Until the American Revolution, Oxford enjoyed prominence as an international shipping center surrounded by wealthy tobacco plantations.

Until the Revolutionary war Cohoes was a small quiet hamlet with isolated farms, after the Revolution things slowly began to pick up and Cohoes was linked to the larger settlements of Lansingburg and Albany.

Until the Velvet Revolution ( 1989 ) narcotics were only a minor problem in Czech society.

Until the Iranian Revolution, Mandaeans had mainly been concentrated in the Khuzestan province, where the community used to exist by side with the local Arab population.

Until Mao Zedong's death, Kunming was still generally thought in much of the rest of the country as a remote frontier settlement and so it acted as a place up to then for the government to exile people who had fallen politically out of favor, especially during the Cultural Revolution.

Until the French Revolution, the settlement was often referred to as Port-Neuilly, but at the creation of French communes in 1790 the " Port " was dropped and the newly born commune was named simply Neuilly.

Until a new constitution was adopted, political power resided in the Council of the Revolution, a predominantly military body intended to foster cooperation among various factions in the army and the party.

Until the Russian Revolution, it was the tallest structure in the city, as construction of buildings taller than that was forbidden.

Until its abolition following the Russian Revolution of 1917, just over one thousand awards had been made.

Until the October Revolution of 1917, the town served as the capital of Tobolsk Governorate.

Until the Russian Revolution his father had been the director of a bank.

Until the French Revolution, Riom was the capital of the province of Auvergne, and the seat of the dukes of Auvergne.

Until the 19th century Sherburn was a farming village, but with the Industrial Revolution came the sinking of mines to provide coal to fuel the industries and railways to ensure its distribution.

Until the American Revolution, the Dutch and then the English governed the site.

Until the eve following the uprising Naga City on September 19, 1898 during the Philippine Revolution, the Franciscan considered Milaor as their favorite resting place and abode away from the adjacent rapidly developing settlement that is Naga City today.

Until the Industrial Revolution, Bradford Village was rural with woodland, pastures and streams.

Until the Industrial Revolution, the use of traditional number systems was common among shepherds, especially in the dales of the Lake District.

Until the 1986 People Power Revolution, Virata held this position.