When the office of Lord High Admiral was in commission, as it was for most of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries until it reverted to the Crown, it was exercised by a Board of Admiralty, officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, & c. ( alternatively of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland depending on the period ).

When it was deployed on duty in Northern Ireland, the British Army was welcomed by Roman Catholics as a neutral force there to protect them from Protestant mobs, the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) and the B-Specials.

When the Northern Expedition was complete, Kuomintang Generals led by Chiang Kai-shek paid tribute to Dr. Sun's soul in heaven with a sacrificial ceremony at the Xiangshan Temple in Beijing in July 1928.

When Chiang became President of China after the Northern Expedition, he carved out Ningxia and Qinghai out of Gansu province, and appointed Muslim Generals as Military Governors of all three provinces: Ma Hongkui, Ma Hongbin, and Ma Qi.

When James V finally managed to escape from the custody of the regents with the aid of his redoubtable mother in 1528, he once again set about subduing the rebellious Highlands, Western and Northern isles, as his father had had to do.

When the Taliban refused to hand over bin Laden to US authorities and to disband al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in which teams of American and British special forces worked with commanders of the United Front ( Northern Alliance ) against the Taliban.

When the Northern Expedition was complete, Kuomintang Generals led by Chiang Kaishek paid tribute to Dr. Sun's soul in heaven with a sacrificial ceremony at the Xiangshan Temple in Beijing in July 1928, among the Kuomintang Generals present were the Muslim Generals Bai Chongxi and Ma Fuxiang.

When French emperor Napoleon I completed his conquest of Northern Italy and began to push his armies towards the edges of the northern territories of the Papal State, San Marino found itself forced to choose between maintaining the alliance with the Papal State or creating a new one with France.

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere faces the Sun more directly and thus experiences warmer temperatures than the Northern Hemisphere.

When Italy quit the war in 1943, German forces occupied most of Northern Italy until 1945.

When Sinn Féin came to nominate its two ministers to the Northern Ireland Executive, for tactical reasons the party, like the SDLP and the Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ), chose not to include its leader among its ministers.

When the Northern Zhou Dynasty defeated the Northern Qi Dynasty in 577 CE, this was the culminating moment and ultimate advantage for the northern Chinese to face south.

When the bill was returned to the House the Senate bill prevailed ; every Northern Whig still supported the proviso, but 22 northern Democrats voted with the South.

When the Northern Cheyenne arrived at Indian Territory, conditions were very difficult: rations were inadequate, there were no buffalo near the reservation and according to several sources, there was malaria among the people.

When serving as assistant editor for the Northern Californian, Harte editorialized about the slayings while his boss, Stephen G. Whipple, was temporarily absent, leaving Harte in charge of the paper.

When New Zealand was separated from the colony of New South Wales in 1841 and established as a Crown colony in its own right, the Royal Charter effecting this provided that " the principal Islands, heretofore known as, or commonly called, the ' Northern Island ', the ' Middle Island ', and ' Stewart's Island ', shall henceforward be designated and known respectively as ' New Ulster ', ' New Munster ', and ' New Leinster '".

When O ' Toole was one year old, his family began a five-year tour of major racecourse towns in Northern England.

When the Northern League consisted of between eight and twelve teams, it played a split season 96-game schedule with two divisions from late May until early September.

When the Northern Kingdom of Israel broke away from the United Monarchy c. 930 BCE, Jeroboam, its first king, established his capital in Shechem.

* When California was admitted as a state in 1850, it was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern.

When captured, John Derek Barker's role as a leader of mercenaries in Northern Angola led the judges to send him to face the firing squad.

When Virginia announced its decision, Lee resigned his commission and took command of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Virginia, later becoming commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

When Ptolemy returned to Egypt, Seleucus recovered Northern Syria and the nearer provinces of Iran.

When the Methodist Mission moved to the Chemeketa plain, the new establishment was called Chemeketa, but was more widely known as the Mill because of its situation on Mill Creek.

When a new Methodist minister arrives in town from Minnesota, she brings some lutefisk to a potluck welcome dinner.

When Blake was seven, he received music lessons from their neighbor, Margaret Marshall, an organist from the Methodist church.

When the location for the Tranquility Methodist Church was being chosen, a disagreement arose over erecting it in Allamuchy Township or Kennedytown.

When the American War of Independence broke out in 1776, he was the only Methodist minister to remain in America.

Hymns from all three churches were sung: All people that on earth do dwell from the Scottish Presbyterian psalm tradition ; the Methodist favourite O for a thousand tongues to sing by John Wesley ; the Congregationalist O God of Bethel ; and When I survey the wondrous cross by the British Nonconformist, Isaac Watts.

When the Methodist Episcopal Church ( MEC ) was founded in the United States in 1784, the denomination officially opposed slavery.

When the Methodist Times newspaper began to complain about the negative influence that British and American films shown in Britain were having on family life, their editorial was answered by the London Evening News who suggested that instead of complaining, the Methodist Church should provide a solution.

When Sankey was 16, he was converted at a revival meeting at the King's Chapel United Methodist Church, which was about three miles away from his home.

" When a sponsor was needed, the founders gained support from the United Methodist Church, which is how " Wesleyan " was added to the original name, " Illinois University.

When Mernda was named in 1913 the township consisted of a school, a Methodist church, a store and a railway station.

Members of the Dixie Club, Florence State Normal College, 1909. When the Methodist Church deeded Florence Wesleyan to the State of Alabama in 1872, the institution became the State Normal School at Florence, the first state-supported teachers college south of the Ohio River.

When Harris and his wife joined the First Methodist Church of Athens, it changed their lives, and the lives of countless others who benefited from their generosity.

When leaders ignored O ' Kelly's protests, he and some sympathizers withdrew from the Methodist Church to form a body originally known as the " Republican Methodist Church.

" When President Olin of Wesleyan died, the chair was offered to McClintock, but he preferred the call to the editorship of The Methodist Quarterly Review 1885 The Methodist Review, a post which he held with distinction for eight years " from 1848 to 1856.

When he recovered from his operation, a local benefactor, John Dean, helped to send him to a Wesleyan school, which was connected to the Methodist Church and where he received a good education.

( When Lincoln offered the assignment in Kentucky to Palmer, then without a command, the general claimed the president directed him firmly: “ Go to Kentucky, keep your temper, do as you please, and I will sustain you .”) Palmer in fact needed little convincing, believing “ that all that was left of slavery Kentucky was its mischiefs ” and, as he related, he was “ determined to ‘ drive the last nail in the coffin ’ of the ‘ institution ’ even if it cost me the command of the department .” ( Indeed, to his wife he opined in 1865 that “ if had been asked five or ten years ago what honor I would ask as the highest which could be confered upon me I would have said let me destroy slavery in Kentucky .”) On March 20, at one of Louisville ’ s Methodist churches, he announced as much.

" When Carson had signed the Covenant he handed the silver pen to Londonderry, and the latter's name was followed in order by the signatures of the Moderator of the General Assembly, the Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore ( afterwards Primate of All Ireland ), the Dean of Belfast ( afterwards Bishop of Down ), the General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church, the President of the Methodist Conference, the ex-Chairman of the Congregational Union, Viscount Castlereagh, and Mr. James Chambers, M. P.

When the Methodist Quarterly Review replaced the Methodist Magazine in 1832, the General Conference continued Bangs in the editorship.

When Dallas was selected by Methodist Church leaders as the site for Southern Methodist University, the Polytechnic campus was designated the " woman ’ s college for Southern Methodism ," eventually becoming Texas Woman ’ s College in 1914, attracting young women from around Texas and the Southwest.