When a monarch does act, political controversy can often ensue, partially because the neutrality of the crown is seen to be compromised in favour of a partisan goal, while some political scientists champion the idea of an " interventionist monarch " as a check against possible illegal action by politicians.

When Republican Rome turned into a de facto monarchy in the second half of the 1st century BC, at first there was no name for the title of the new type of monarch.

When the monarch has no or few legal restraints in state and political matters, it is called an absolute monarchy and is a form of autocracy.

When the monarch grew tired of a first minister, he or she could be dismissed, or worse: Cromwell was executed and Clarendon driven into exile when they lost favour.

When Shaka's mother Nandi died for example, the monarch ordered a massive outpouring of grief including mass executions, forbidding the planting of crops or the use of milk, and the killing of all pregnant women and their husbands.

When Stephen reached adolescence, Great Prince Géza convened an assembly where they decided that Stephen would follow his father as the monarch of the Hungarians.

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

When Franco died on 20 November 1975 a Bourbon monarch was restored to the throne of Spain two days later as Juan Carlos I.

When the monarch is not in residence, the Union Flag is flown at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Sandringham House, whereas in Scotland the Royal Standard of Scotland is flown at Holyrood Palace and Balmoral Castle.

When Dunstan eventually found the young monarch, he was cavorting with a noblewoman named Æthelgifu and refused to return with the bishop.

When the death of that monarch deprived him of the assistance which he had just received, he went to Muzaffar Husain Mirza at Kandahar, and then to Mirza Muhammad Hakim at Kabul.

When people use metonymy, they do not typically wish to transfer qualities from one referent to another as they do with metaphor: there is nothing press-like about reporters or crown-like about a monarch, but " the press " and " the crown " are both common metonyms.

" When witnessing a failed peace conference, Cadfael forms the opinion that Maud's half-brother Robert would have made a better monarch then both of them, but for his illegitimate birth ( which would not have debarred Robert in Wales, with its law having a different definition of a bastard ).

When ambassadors from Emperor Zara Yaqob attended the Council of Florence in 1441, they were confused when council prelates insisted on referring to their monarch as Prester John.

When Frederick William decided that he could gain very little by continuing to battle the astonishingly effective revolutionary forces of the young Republic of France, and that there were much easier pickings for his army in the Kingdom of Poland, he stopped armed hostilities with the Republic and turned the state prisoners back over to his erstwhile coalition partner, the Habsburg Austrian monarch Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.

When the monarch proposed that theft from churches be made a capital crime, agitation against the Crown increased.

When Emperor Buretsu died with no apparent heir, it was Ōtomo no Kanamura who recommended Emperor Keitai, a very distant imperial relative who resided in Koshi Province, as the new monarch.

When Queen Victoria died, for a short time she was known as HRH Princess Mary of Cornwall and York ( as her father was now the eldest living son of the monarch and thus Duke of Cornwall as well as Duke of York ) and then HRH

When a male monarch held the title his wife, the queen consort, used the style Queen-Empress, but was not herself a reigning monarch.

When Parliament reconvened that year they denounced the Declaration and announced that the English monarch did not possess the power to issue proclamations that suspended penal laws passed by the Parliament.

When Faisal was deposed by the French in 1920, Nuri followed the exiled monarch to Iraq, and in 1922 became first director general of the Iraqi police force.

When Rama I became the Thai monarch, he appointed Luang Surin Phakdi as the province's governor.

When I fell on my back, I saw a vulture hovering.

Read the next two verses: `` When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

When the Macdonald government fell due to the Pacific scandal in 1873, the Governor General, Lord Dufferin, called upon Mackenzie, who had been chosen as the leader of the Liberal Party a few months earlier, to form a new government.

When Alaric II was killed fighting Clovis I, king of the Franks, in the Battle of Vouillé ( 507 ), his kingdom fell into disarray.

When Calatayud fell, he took Bubierca, Alhama de Aragón, Ariza, and Daroca ( 1120 ).

When the work was completed, three dragons rushed against the wall, and while the two of them which attacked those parts of the wall built by the gods fell down dead, the third forced its way into the city through the part built by Aeacus.

When it fell to the British Raj, the fort was dismantled on the orders of Lord William Bentinck and was converted into a sanatorium for the British troops stationed at the garrison town of Nasirabad.

When the Labour government fell in 1979, the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher won a victory which served to push the Liberals back into the margins.

When consensus could not be reached on locating the Bank in London, Brussels or Amsterdam, the choice fell on Switzerland.

When the city fell to the Turks in 1453, the church was demolished to make room for the tomb of Mehmet II the Conqueror.

When the team fell out of contention in mid -, Shapiro fired manager Charlie Manuel and traded pitching ace Bartolo Colón for prospects Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Grady Sizemore ; acquired Travis Hafner from the Rangers for Ryan Drese and Einar Diaz ; and picked up Coco Crisp from the St. Louis Cardinals for aging starter Chuck Finley.

When Apollo slew Python, its body fell into this fissure, according to legend, and fumes arose from its decomposing body.

When they entered Hera's temple, they fell into a slumber and never woke, dying at the height of their admiration, the perfect gift.

When Dien Bien Phu fell in May 1954, Ike refused to intervene despite urgings from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Vice President and the head of NCS.

When Hooper fell into financial difficulties, the Britannica was managed by Sears Roebuck for 18 years ( 1920 – 23, 1928 – 43 ).

When her warriors fell, she made them rise again to continue fighting.

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

When the Attorney-Generalship fell vacant in 1594, Lord Essex's influence was not enough to secure Bacon that office.

When Tripoli fell under siege by British forces, he and his colleagues made a narrow escape by boarding a German military plane flying to Sicily.

When Castaneda inexplicably disappeared and the project fell through, Fellini ’ s mystico-shamanic adventures were scripted with Pinelli and serialized in Corriere della Sera in May 1986.

When Europeans first arrived on Guam Chamorro society roughly fell into three classes: matao ( upper class ), achaot ( middle class ), and mana ' chang ( lower class ).

When this failed and Barcelona fell to the Nationalists in early 1939, it was clear the war was over.

When the Hundred Years ' War was lost in August 1453, Henry fell into a period of mental breakdown that lasted until Christmas 1454.

When Baum had been touring New York State in the title role, the actor playing the ghost fell through the floorboards, and the rural audience thought it was part of the show and demanded that the actor repeat the fall, because they thought it was funny.

When the Great Depression hit in the 1930s there were no easily available jobs in the US and Canada and emigration fell to less than 50, 000 a year, bringing to an end the period of mass migrations that had opened in the mid-18th century.