When Olympias was repudiated by her husband, 337 BC, she went to her brother, and endeavoured to induce him to make war on Philip.

When his wife Queen Mary fell ill in 1558, King Philip sent the Count of Feria to consult with Elizabeth.

When Philip of Macedon was about to attack the city, according to the legend she alerted the townspeople with her ever present torches, and with her pack of dogs, which served as her constant companions.

When John still refused to come, Philip declared John in breach of his feudal responsibilities, reassigned all of John's lands that fell under the French crown to Arthur – with the exception of Normandy, which he took back for himself – and began a fresh war against John.

When Richard arrived in 1191, he and Philip took different sides in the succession dispute.

When Mary insisted on marrying Philip, insurrections broke out.

When the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson in January 1788, Phillip ordered Lieutenant Philip Gidley King to lead a party of 15 convicts and seven free men, including surgeon Thomas Jamison ( the future Principal Surgeon of New South Wales ), to take control of the island and prepare for its commercial development.

When the bull was presented to Philip, the Count of Artois, Robert II, reportedly snatched it from the hands of Boniface's emissary and flung it into the fire.

When word reached Philip that Richard had finished crusading and had been captured on his way back from Holy Land, he promptly invaded the Vexin.

When Pope Innocent III called for a crusade against the Albigensians or Cathars, in 1208, Philip did nothing to support it, but neither did he stop his nobles from joining.

When Philip created the league of the Greeks on the pretext of unifying Greece against Persia, the Spartans chose not to join — they had no interest in joining a pan-Greek expedition if it was not under Spartan leadership.

When Captain Dana " Dynamite " Holmes ( Philip Ober ) learns of his reputation as a talented boxer, he recommends that Prewitt join the regimental boxing club that he heads, and promises that Prewitt will be promoted to corporal or even sergeant, if he helps win the boxing trophy on December 15, but Prewitt refuses, though he keeps silent about his reasons.

When Mary of Burgundy, granddaughter of Philip the Good married Maximilian I, the Low Countries became Habsburg territory.

When Philip II, son of Charles, ascended the Spanish throne he tried to abolish all Protestantism.

When the War of the Polish Succession began in 1733, Philip and Elisabeth saw another opportunity to advance the claims of their sons and recover at least part of the former possessions of the Spanish crown on the Italian peninsula.

When Philippe, grandson of Louis XIV, became King of Spain as Philip V, he gave up his French titles.

When Burton joined the Port Talbot Squadron of the Air Training Corps as a cadet, he re-encountered Philip Burton, his former teacher, who was the commander.

When James II fled at the Glorious Revolution, William refused to accept the title of king consort ( which Philip II of Spain had been granted under Queen Mary I in the 1550s ) and insisted on being named King in his own right.

When Pausanias complained to Philip the king felt unable to chastise Attalus, as he was about to send him to Asia with Parmenion, to establish a bridgehead for his planned invasion.

When the northern Netherlands revolted against King Philip II of Spain in the Dutch Revolt, the three northern quarters of Gelderland joined the Union of Utrecht and became part of the United Provinces upon the 1581 Act of Abjuration, while only the Upper Quarter remained a part of the Spanish Netherlands.

When the French Estates met at Chinon in September 1428, they pressed the Dauphin to make peace with Philip III of Burgundy " at any price ".

When Worlds Collide ( 1951 ) based on a 1933 novel by Philip Wylie, deals with two planets on a collision course with Earth – the smaller planet a " near miss ," causing extensive damage and destruction, followed by a direct hit from the larger planet.

When Forster ’ s cousin, Philip Whichelo, donated a portrait of Forster to the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association ( GLHA ), Jim Herrick, the founder, quoted Forster's words: " The humanist has four leading characteristics-curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

* When King Philip II of Macedon attacks Perinthus and Byzantium, King Artaxerxes III of Persia sends support to those cities.

When the Persians besieged Kandahar, Nur Jahan was at the helm of affairs.

When the besieged garrison of Kaunas surrendered in 1915, 20, 000 Russians became prisoners.

When King Gustav Vasa finally besieged and conquered the city three years later, an event which ended the Kalmar Union and the Swedish Middle Ages, he noted every second building in the city was abandoned.

When informed of the ominous situation at Chattanooga, Grant relieved Maj. Gen. Rosecrans from duty and placed Maj. Gen. Thomas in charge of the besieged Army of the Cumberland.

When the Carthaginians learned of this they abandoned negotiations and the city was immediately besieged, beginning the Third Punic War.

When King Stephen besieged Newbury Castle in 1152, according to William's biographer, he used the young William as a hostage to ensure that John kept his promise to surrender the castle.

When Andries Bicker and Cornelis de Graeff, the great regents of the city of Amsterdam refused some mayors he appointed, he besieged Amsterdam.

When Hygelac's ( aka Chlochaicus ) brother Hæthcyn was fighting with the Swedes, Hygelac ( aka Chlochilaicus ) arrived one day too late at Hrefneshold to save his brother Herebeald, but managed to rescue the surviving Geatish warriors, who were besieged by the Swedish king Ongentheow had three sons named

When the Ostrogoths conquered Rimini in 493, Odoacer, besieged in Ravenna, had to capitulate.

When Antigonus Gonatas, the son of the latter, besieged and captured Athens ( 261 ), Philochorus was put to death for having supported Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt, who had encouraged the Athenians in their resistance to Macedonia.

When the enemy besieged Rome, Camillus slew most invaders at the Marcian heights, setting fire to their palisades during the windy hours of dawn.

When Yuri refused to surrender the Mongols besieged Ryazan.

When the Turks besieged Vienna in the spring of 1683 Louis XIV did nothing to help the defenders.

When its caliph al-Mustasim refused to submit to the Mongols, Baghdad was besieged and captured by the Mongols in 1258, an event considered as one of the most catastrophic events in the history of Islam, and sometimes compared to the rupture of the Kaaba.

When Ma Chao heard that Liu Bei had besieged Liu Zhang in Chengdu, he killed Yang Bai to prove his loyalty and sent a secret letter to Liu Bei, requesting to join him.

When Guan Yu was later besieged by Cao Cao's army in Xiapi, it was Zhang Liao who persuaded him to surrender.

When Ambiorix and the Eburones rebelled in 53 BC, the remaining Nervii joined the uprising and besieged Quintus Tullius Cicero – brother of the orator – and his legion in their winter camp until they were relieved by Caesar in person.

When the play opened, the theatre was besieged by almost 2, 000 protesters, furious at what they considered blasphemy.

When they besieged the city of Sempach, troops from Zurich, Lucerne and the Forest Cantons marched out and defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Sempach.

When a coastal cities or fortresses were besieged from the landward side, the besiegers would often blockade the seaward side as well.

When John III of Nicaea besieged Constantinople in 1236, Geoffrey II came to the aid of the Latin Empire with 100 knights, 800 archers and 6 vessels.

When food and supplies at the hospital begun to dwindle, a large convoy carrying doctors and supplies set out for the besieged hospital.

When the city of Fan ( a district of present day Xiangfan, Hubei ) was besieged by Guan Yu and the first relief force led by Yu Jin was vanquished by a natural disaster, Xu was sent with a second relief force to help protect the city.

When Cao Cao heard that Yan Province had fallen into Lü Bu's hands, he turned back and besieged Lü Bu at Puyang.