When Absalon retired from military service in 1184 at the age of fifty-seven, he resigned the command of fleets and armies to younger men, like Duke Valdemar, the later king Valdemar II.

When Duke Jing of Qi asked about government, by which he meant proper administration so as to bring social harmony, Confucius replied:

When Emperor Shaddam IV orchestrates a plot to destroy the " Red Duke " Leto, the Baron eagerly lends his aid.

When, three years later, 3D Realms released Duke Nukem 3D, a tongue-in-cheek science fiction shooter based on Ken Silverman's technologically similar Build engine, id Software had nearly finished Quake, its next-generation game, which mirrored Dooms success for the remainder of the 1990s and significantly reduced interest in its predecessor.

When, after the death of Emperor Otto I in 973, a struggle for the supremacy in Germany began, both Dobrawa's husband and brother Boleslav II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia, supported the same candidate for the German throne, Duke Henry II of Bavaria.

When the Duke learns this, he is furious, and rounds up his gang to chase them down.

When the Salian dynasty ended with Henry V's death in 1125, the princes chose not to elect the next of kin, but rather Lothair, the moderately powerful but already old Duke of Saxony.

When Frederick I became Duke of Swabia in 1079, his coat of arms depicted a black lion on a gold shield.

When Austria annexed Salzburg under the Treaty of Pressburg ( 1805 ), the Duke of Salzburg moved to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and retained his electorate.

When, on 2 August 1100, William II was killed by an arrow in a hunting accident in the New Forest, where Henry was also hunting, Duke Robert had not yet returned from the First Crusade.

When Henry went to Gąsawa in 1227 to meet his Piast cousins, he narrowly saved his life, while High Duke Leszek I the White was killed by the men of the Pomerelian Duke Swietopelk II, instigated by Władysław Odonic.

When asked about the exiled Duke Senior, the character of Charles says that he is " already in the forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him ; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England.

" When his father died in 1347, Louis succeeded him as Duke of Bavaria ( as Louis VI ) and Count of Holland and Hainaut together with his five brothers.

When Henry's branch died out in 1340 the duchy was reunited under Emperor Louis IV, a son of Duke Louis II.

When Otto III reached is majority he again took to the field against the Lutici in the fall of 995, aided by the Polish Duke Bolesław I Chrobry.

When Wenceslaus I was assassinated in 935, his brother Boleslaus I succeeded him as Duke and refused to continue paying the annual tribute to Germany.

When Eckard was assassinated in April, Bolesław I lent his support to Henry IV, Duke of Bavaria, and helped him ascend to the German throne as Henry II.

When Ottokar was placed under the Imperial ban, Duke Bolesław II the Bald of Legnica took the occasion, had his nephew Henry seized at Jelcz and imprisoned him in 1277.

When Mercer died, Paul Ellington kept the Duke Ellington Orchestra going.

When James Best briefly boycotted the show during the mid-second season, he was temporarily replaced several " one off " Sheriffs, the longest standing being Sheriff Grady Bird, played by Dick Sargent, who appeared in two episodes (" Jude Emery " and " Officer Daisy Duke ").

When Francis I of France proposed his second son, Henry, Duke of Orléans, in early 1533, Clement jumped at the offer.

When the Opposition raised the issue of reform during one of the first debates of the year, the Duke made a controversial statement defending the existing system of government, recorded in the formal " third-party " language of the time:

When news of this invasion reached Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, on 21 October 1496, he wrote to his ambassador in Spain, to request the Spanish monarchs make peace between England and Scotland.

When the Shang were overthrown by the Zhou, a new political, religious and philosophical concept was introduced called the " Mandate of Heaven ".

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 Kuomintang government abandoned Wuhan in 1939, Zhou brought Li to Chongqing, where Li was enrolled in middle school.

When Nankai became a university in August 1919, Zhou was in the first class, but he was an activist full-time.

When Nationalists concerned with the increasing number of Communist members and organizations at Whampoa set up a " Society for Sun Yatsenism ," Zhou attempted to squelch it ; the conflict between these student groups set the background for Zhou's removal from the academy.

When the Soviet agent Pavel Mif arrived in Shanghai to lead the Comintern in China in December 1930, Mif criticized Li's strategy as " left adventurism ", and criticized Zhou for compromising with Li.

When Fa Mulan hears that her elderly father Fa Zhou, the only man in their family, is forced to join the army, she decides to stand in his place, disguising herself as a young man named " Ping ".

When Fa Mulan hears that her elderly father Fa Zhou, the only man in their family, is forced to join the army, she decides to stand in his place, disguising herself as a young man named " Ping ".

When Chinese traveller Zhou Daguan came to Angkor in AD 1296, he found what he took to be three separate religious groups.

When King Wu became king, three gods appeared to him in a dream, telling him that they had drowned Shang Zhou in wine and that King Wu was to attack him.

When the Zhou overthrew the Shang at the Battle of Muye they used 45, 000 troops and 300 chariots.

When the Japanese invaded Shanxi, the Red Army ( renamed the Eighth Route Army ) assisted the Kuomintang warlord, Yan Xishan, in resisting the Japanese, and Peng travelled to the provincial capital of Taiyuan with Zhou Enlai to coordinate tactics.

When Wang Ling rebuked Chen Ping and Zhou Bo in private for going against Emperor Gaozu's law, they rationalised that their compliance with the grand empress dowager's wishes was necessary to protect the empire and the Liu clan.

When Lu Su took over Zhou Yu's position, he went to visit Lü Meng.

When Lì died in exile, Gonghe retired and power passed to Li's son King Xuan of Zhou ( 827 – 782 BCE ).

When Sun Ce entered Kuaiji, Zhou Tai was appointed Major with a Separate Command, and was given troops to command.

When the bandits were finally dispersed, Zhou Tai was found unconscious with 12 deep wounds, which took a long time to heal.

When the coalition against Dong Zhuo was formed, Zhou Yi led his family to migrate to Lujiang.

When Sun was about to cross the Yangtze River to begin his Jiangdong campaign, he sent a letter to Zhou Yu, stating his ambition.

When King Li died in exile in 828 BC, power was passed to his son, King Xuan of Zhou.

When Zhou asked Zhuge for evidence that Cao was after the Two Qiaos, Zhuge mentioned that he heard that Cao Cao asked his son Cao Zhi to write a poem titled Ode to the Bronze Sparrow Platform ( 銅雀臺賦 ).

When the Zhou Dynasty was founded, the conquered lands were given to Zhou relatives and ministers as hereditary fiefs.