When Shah Jahan became ill in 1658, Dara Shikoh ( Mumtaz Mahal's eldest son ) assumed the role of regent in his father's stead, which swiftly incurred the animosity of his brothers.

When Yoshifusa's grandson was enthroned as Emperor Seiwa, Yoshifusa was assumed the role of regent ( sesshō ) for the young monarch.

When his rebellion failed to gain the support of Germany's aristocracy, Henry II was forced to abandon his claims to the throne and to allow Otto III's mother Theophanu, who would serve as regent until 991.

When he died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her ten-year-old son King Charles IX and was granted sweeping powers.

When a regency is necessary, the next qualified individual in the line of succession automatically becomes regent, unless they themselves are a minor or incapacitated.

When Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1525 secularized the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, Insterburg became part of the Duchy of Prussia and was granted town privileges on October 10, 1583 by the Prussian regent Margrave George Frederick.

When the comte de Provence arrived in the Low Countries, he proclaimed himself de facto regent of France.

When Roger I, Count of Sicily, died in 1101, his young son, Simon of Hauteville, became Count, with his mother Adelaide del Vasto as regent.

When Thersander died on Mysia in the Trojan War, Peneleos acted as regent for Tisamenus until he came of age.

When Edward II left the country early in 1308 to marry the French king's daughter Isabella, he appointed Gaveston regent in his place.

When Alfonso died in 1291, James became king of Aragon and left Frederick as regent in Sicily.

When it became known in France that Peter of Courtenay was dead, his eldest son, Philip, Marquis of Namur, renounced the succession to the Latin empire of Constantinople in favor of his brother Robert, who set out to take possession of his distracted inheritance, which was then ruled by Conon of Béthune as regent.

When his elder brother, the emperor Baldwin I, was captured at the Battle of Adrianople in April 1205 by the Bulgarians, Henry was chosen regent of the empire, succeeding to the throne when the news of Baldwin ’ s death arrived.

When Ferdinand died in 1416, his mother was sole regent until she died as well, in 1418.

When the British exiled him in the Seychelles in 1896, along with the King of Asante Prempeh I and other members of the Asante government, Yaa Asantewaa became regent of the Ejisu-Juaben District.

When the regent, General Mannerheim, later heard about this, he invited Gallen-Kallela to design the flags, official decorations and uniforms for the newly independent Finland.

When a boy was born to her in 1813, the infant was declared the King, but the Rani continued to rule as the regent.

When Charles was four, his father died and his mother was made his regent — a position she retained during much of his reign.

When William died on 23 November 1890, Emma became regent for her underaged daughter, Wilhelmina, the late king's only surviving child.

When Liu Shan's regent Zhuge Liang had his first northern expedition in 228, Jiang Wei's commanding officer suspected him of secretly wishing to join Zhuge Liang, and once, when Jiang Wei was outside the city walls with his troops, they closed the city gates and would not allow Jiang Wei to re-enter.

When the Duke of Zhou stepped down as regent, the remainder of Cheng's reign ( 1042 – 1021 BCE ) and that of his son King Kang of Zhou ( 1021 – 996 BCE ) seem to have been peaceful and prosperous.

When Wang Mang first became regent, he accomplished many great deeds to become the basis for his greater evil acts, but these were only acts of ordinary treacherous men.

When the Duc D ' Orléans became regent ( 1715 ) Dubois, who had for some years acted as his secretary, was made councillor of state, and the chief power passed gradually into his hands.

When Gian Gastone died in 1737, Francis Stephen's envoy offered Anna Maria Luisa the position of nominal regent of Tuscany, but she declined.

When this second dilemma first became obvious -- during the mid to late '50's -- the United States appeared to have three choices.

When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.

When the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company reached its 125th year as a going industrial concern during 1958, it became an almost unique institution in the mechanical world.

When these groups were first formed many prominent and accomplished decorators could not have had the advantage of school training since interior design courses were rare and undeveloped during their youth.

When an occurrence Af is isolated during text reading, a random memory address Af, the address of a cell in the X-region, is computed from the form of Af.

When this proposal was made, Stalin spoke with stronger emotion than at any other time during the Conference.

When the Korean war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone down fighting at the Little Big Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World War 2,, the 7th Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition.

When Christie's daughter, Rosalind Hicks, observed Ustinov during a rehearsal, she said, " That's not Poirot!

When heated to form a solution and then cooled quickly, these alloys become much softer than normal, during the diffusionless transformation, and then harden as they age.

When oil prices spiked during the 1967 Oil Embargo, 1973 oil crisis, and 1979 energy crisis, Alberta's economy boomed.

When played back forward the last echos are heard before the effected sound creating a rush like swell preceding and during playback.

When Bern converted during the Protestant Reformation in 1528, the Unteraargau also converted.

When the site was excavated by Soviet archaeologists during 1941-45, they realized that they had discovered a building absolutely unique for the area: a large ( 1500 square meters ) Chinese-style, likely Han Dynasty era ( 206 BCE – 220 CE ) palace.

When the Roman Empire turned Christian during the following century, this imagery came to be used in a more metaphysical sense, and removed legal impediments to the development and public use of the Anno Domini dating system, which came into general use during the reign of Charlemagne.

When Austria joined the ranks of the allies during the War of the Sixth Coalition, Charles was not given a command and the post of commander-in-chief of the allied Grand Army of Bohemia went to the Prince of Schwarzenberg.

When, during his discourses, he recounts his experiences as a young aspirant, he regularly uses the phrase " When I was an unenlightened bodhisatta ..." The term therefore connotes a being who is " bound for enlightenment ", in other words, a person whose aim is to become fully enlightened.

When asked about the rumor during the launch of her endorsement of FLIRT!

When the idea and reality of the National Debt came about during the 18th century this was also managed by the bank.

When Ansgar asked if King Olof would permit him to establish the Christian religion in the kingdom during his second visit in 852, the king said to him:

When Costas was first hired by NBC, Don Ohlmeyer, who at the time ran the network's sports division, told the then 28-year-old Costas that he looked like a 14-year-old ( a story that Costas would recite during an appearance on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien when O ' Brien commented about Costas ' apparent inability to " age " normally ).

When Bixby was eight, his father enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War II and traveled to the South Pacific.

When Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes on October 13, 1972, the survivors resorted to eating the deceased during their 72 days in the mountains.

When the Communist Party of China took over power, previous schools of thought, excepting notably Legalism, were denounced as backward, and later even purged during the Cultural Revolution.