When he safely returned to Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang was surprised by Zhao Yun's smooth retreat and told Zhao to distribute the excess silk fabrics to his soldiers as a consolation.

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 Zhuge Liang of Shu Han launched his Northern Expeditions against Wei in 227, Zhang He was recalled to his old battlefield west of Chang ' an to fend off the attack.

When Prince Wu sought permission to build a highway directly from his capital Suiyang to Chang ' an, the same officials, fearing that the highway might be used for military purposes if Liang rebelled, opposed it.

When approached by Empress Lü Zhi to help Liu Ying retain his position, Zhang Liang recommended the " Four Haos of Mount Shang " ( 商山四皓 ) to help Liu Ying, and the four men succeeded in convincing Gaozu to keep Liu Ying as the crown prince.

When Zhuge Liang finally did retreat, Sima Yi ordered Zhang He to pursue, who was ambushed and killed.

When the tribes of Qiang and Hu rebelled with local gentries Han Sui and Bian Zhang in Liang Province, Dong was reinstated as Knight General and sent to suppress the rebels.

When Communist troops finally broke into the city and began to occupy large sections of it, Liang barricaded himself inside a large, fortified prison complex filled with Communist prisoners.

When the dynasty was founded by Emperor Wu, it was exceedingly weak, possessing only a small portion of the territory once held by its predecessor Liang Dynasty -- and that portion was devastated by wars that had doomed Liang.

When Xiahou Yuan began his subjugation of the Liang province, Han Sui fought against this, but was ultimately defeated and forced to retreat.

When Zhuge Liang discovered this, he recommended that Li Yan be removed from his office and put under house arrest, and Liu Shan accepted the recommendation.

When Meng Huo was captured, Zhuge Liang showed him around the Shu camp, asking how he felt about the army.

When Zhuge Liang came to her, her figure was silouetted by the yellow full moon and her head was covered with two red veils.

When the first escapement came, in + 725 ( AD ), I-Hsing and Liang Ling-tsan arranged for two jacks to strike the hours, standing on the horizon surface of their sphere or globe.

When Liu Bei left Jing Province ( 荆州, present day Hubei and Hunan ) to conquer Shu in 215, Ma Liang was left in the province as an advisor to the military general, Guan Yu.

When he died at the age of sixty ( in 252 CE or shortly after ), the Wu ruler of the time, Sun Liang, is said to have written a letter to the monastic community mourning his death.

When Northern Wei forces next attacked the fortress of Zhongli ( 鍾離, in modern Bengbu as well ), however, they were defeated by a Liang army commanded by Wei and Cao Jingzong ( 曹景宗 ) in spring 507, allowing Liang to keep Zhongli and effectively ending the war.

When William Milne ( missionary ) ( 1785 – 1822, another missionary sent by the London Missionary Society ) arrived at Guangzhou in 1813 and worked with Morrison on translation of the Bible, he also came to know Liang Fa.

When Liu Shan, the Shu Han emperor, asked Zhuge Zhan to think of a plan to save the state, he thought of a plan by dressing up like his father Zhuge Liang, to scare the enemy off.

When Zhou Jing ( 周景 ), the Inspector of Yu Province, passed by Liang, Qiao reported to him the crimes of Yang Chang ( 羊昌 ), Chancellor of Chen.

When the Province of New Jersey was separated from the Province of New York in 1674, it was argued that Staten Island belonged to the former.

When the Province of Canada was formed, its borders were not entirely clear, and Ontario claimed to eventually reach all the way to the Rocky Mountains and Arctic Ocean.

When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, the original Cape Colony was renamed the Cape Province.

When Emperor Tsuchimikado moved to Tosa Province ( on Shikoku ), he was raised by his mother's side of the family.

When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Broome County was part of Albany County.

When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Cayuga County was part of Albany County.

When Indonesia occupied East Timor between 1975 and 1999, declaring it " the Republic's 27th Province ", the use of Portuguese was banned, and Indonesian was declared the sole official language, but the Roman Catholic Church adopted Tetum as its liturgical language, making it a focus for cultural and national identity.

When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Jefferson County was part of Albany County.

When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Monroe County was part of Albany County.

When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Saratoga County was part of Albany County.

When counties were established in the British Province of New York in 1683, the present Tompkins County was part of Albany County.

Please note: When this article refers to Santo Domingo it is most likely referring to the Greater Santo Domingo Area ( Distrito Nacional plus Santo Domingo Province ).

When the decision for independence was announced, it included the condition of a referendum being held in the North West Frontier Province because it was ruled by the Khudai Khidmatgar-backed Congress government of Dr. Khan Sahib.

When looking at a map of the Province of Madrid, it can be seen that it is almost an equilateral triangle, in whose center would be the city.

When Monzón was six years old, his family moved to Barranquitas Oeste, a poor neighborhood, of Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe Province.

When Queen Anne's War ended, the town was selected by Governor Joseph Dudley to host negotiations for the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth, which temporarily ended hostilities between the Abenaki Indians and English settlements of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire.

When the British Province of Georgia became a crown colony in 1755 and was divided into parishes, the area around Augusta became St. Paul's Parish.

When Samaria, Judea proper and Idumea were first amalgamated into the Roman Judaea Province ( which some modern historians spell Iudaea ), from AD 6 to the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt in 66, officials of the Equestrian order ( the lower rank of governors ) governed.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Anthony Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Mifflin Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Piatt Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Porter Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When Woodward township was first settled by migrants from Europe it was outside the boundaries of the Province of Pennsylvania.

When the legislative Council, on 10 May 1729, enacted the law erecting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which included all the lands of the Province lying westward of a straight line drawn northeasterly from the headwaters of Octorara Creek ( near the southern borders ) marked with blazed trees, to the Schuylkill River, then this placed Pottsville in Lancaster County.