Years were to pass before these plans came off the paper, and Wright was justified in thinking, as the projects failed, that much of what he had to show his country and the world would never be seen except by visitors to Taliesin.

Years before she died, Agrippina had visited astrologers to ask about her son ’ s future.

Years after Wallace's death, Robert the Bruce, now Scotland's king, leads a Scottish army before a ceremonial line of English troops on the fields of Bannockburn where he is to formally accept English rule.

Caltech is on the quarter system: the fall term starts in late September and ends before Christmas, the second term starts after New Years Day and ends in mid-March, and the third term starts in late March or early April and ends in early June.

He first saw action against the Ottoman Turks at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 and the subsequent War of the Holy League, before serving in the Nine Years ' War, fighting alongside his cousin, the Duke of Savoy.

On 9 August 2010, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live – The Early Years in the UK as a DVD compilation that includes Fusion – Live in London ( 1976 ) along with never before released live performances at Brunel University ( 1973 ) and on a German TV show Rockpalast ( 1974 ).

The staunch Protestant Duke Charles forced the Catholic King to let go of the throne of Sweden in 1599, a part of the preliminary religious strife before the Thirty Years ' War, and reigned as regent before taking the throne as Charles IX of Sweden in 1604.

It was found in Holland by English troops who were fighting against the Spanish in the Eighty Years ' War who noticed its calming effects before battle, which is the origin of the term Dutch courage.

The German lands saw armies marching back and forth, bringing devastation ( albeit on a far lower scale than the Thirty Years ' War, almost two centuries before ), but also bringing new ideas of liberty and civil rights for the people.

An article in The New York Times ( March 8, 1953: E9 ), titled " Looking Back Two Billion Years " describes the work of Wollman ( William ) M. MacNevin at The Ohio State University, before the Miller Science paper was published in May 1953.

Years before Robin Hood had even entered production, Disney had considered doing a project on Reynard the Fox.

Years before meeting the Dashwoods, Ferrars proposed to Lucy Steele, the niece of his tutor.

Years before holding his first office, Jefferson had spent much time researching procedures and rules for governing bodies.

The Thirty Years ' War marked the last major religious war in mainland Europe, ending the large-scale religious bloodshed accompanying the Reformation, which had begun over a century before.

* June – Eighty Years ' War – Leading a Dutch army, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange captures in short succession the cities of Venlo, Roermond and Sittard, before besieging the city of Maastricht.

* February 21 – 26 – Seven Years ' War – At the Battle of Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland, a force of French troops under the command of privateer François Thurot captures and holds the town and castle of Carrickfergus before retiring ; the force is defeated ( and Thurot killed ) in a naval action in the Irish Sea on February 28.

* August 30 – Seven Years ' War – Battle of Legnica: By a series of brilliant maneuvers, Frederick the Great manages to defeat the Austrian army of Marshal Laudon before it can unite with that of Marshal Daun.

Years later, and moments before his death, Gull has an extended mystical experience, where his spirit travels through time, observing the crimes of the London Monster, instigating or inspiring a number of other killers ( Peter Sutcliffe, Ian Brady ), causing Netley's death, as well as serving as the inspiration for both Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and William Blake's painting " The Ghost of a Flea ".

It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt ( 1415 ) during the Hundred Years ' War.

Not everybody was supportive ; Coward's sympathy was limited: " He's been fighting like a steer to keep going as before the war and hasn't done a thing for the general effort ", but when Novello returned to The Dancing Years after his release, he received " a rapturous ovation " on his first entrance.

However, the conflict between the two companies continued by proxy during the interval before the outbreak of the Seven Years War, with British and French forces fighting on behalf of rival claimants to the thrones of Hyderabad and the Carnatic.

: They are proud and wilful, but they are true-hearted, generous in thought and deed ; bold but not cruel ; wise but unlearned, writing no books but singing many songs, after the manner of the children of Men before the Dark Years.

At a banquet, Count Adhemar tries to trip up the unsophisticated " Sir Ulrich " by urging him to show the other guests a dance from his own country ; William, who's only spent a couple of hours learning to dance that day before the banquet, improvises with Jocelyn and comes up with something suited to a rock video ( the featured song in this scene was " Golden Years " by David Bowie ).

In 1759 it was occupied by British General Wolfe when his forces occupied the island shortly before the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years War.

The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years ' War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt.

The Battle of Świecino ( named for the village of Świecino, near Żarnowiec Lake, northern Poland ) also called the Battle of Żarnowiec or in German Battle of Schwetz, took place on September 17, 1462 during the Thirteen Years ' War.

During the Seven Years ' War the Battle of Hastenbeck was fought on July 26, 1757, near the city.

* 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years ' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.

* November 8 – Thirty Years ' War – Battle of White Mountain: Catholic forces are victorious in only two hours near Prague.

* June 20 – Spanish troops under Ferdinand of Austria defeat a much larger Dutch force near Antwerp at the Battle of Kallo during the Eighty Years War.

* August 25 – Seven Years ' War – Battle of Zorndorf: Frederick defeats the Russian army of Count Wilhelm Fermor near the Oder.

Two major military battles occurred near the city: in 732, the Battle of Poitiers ( also known as the Battle of Tours ), in which the Franks commanded by Charles Martel halted the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate, and in 1356, the Battle of Poitiers, a key victory for English forces during the Hundred Years ' War.

Although commonly referred to as simply Robinson Crusoe, the book ’ s complete, original title as it appears on the title page of the first edition is The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque ; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself.

Years later, Crusoe joins an expedition to bring slaves from Africa but he is shipwrecked in a storm about forty miles out to sea on an island ( which he calls the Island of Despair ) near the mouth of the Orinoco river on September 30, 1659.

Years later, during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency used land near the airport as a staging area for manufactured homes intended for transport as temporary housing for hurricane victims.

Years ago, dozens of fish-processing factories, most recently Omega Protein Corporation ( successor to Zapata Haynie, Reedville Oil and Guano Company and Haynie Products Company ) and Standard Products Company, dotted the Northumberland coastline near Reedville and adjacent fishing communities.

Years later Harry Orchard, who owned a share of the Hercules Mine in the nearby mountains before it began producing, and who later confessed to dynamiting a $ 250, 000 mill belonging to the Bunker Hill Mining Company near Wardner during another miners ' uprising in 1899, would also confess to a secret, brutal and little understood role in the Colorado Labor Wars before returning to Idaho to assassinate former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.

On 23 April 1568 the Battle of Rheindalen occurred near Roermond, which signaled the start of the Eighty Years ' War.

During the Eighty Years ' War, Hillegom found itself several times between the opposing Spanish and Dutch Rebel armies, resulting in its near destruction in 1577.

The city is near the site of the 1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands between British and French forces during the Seven Years War ( also known in the US as the French and Indian War.

The fort was constructed during the French and Indian War ( Seven Years ' War ) on the bluff above the river near a prehistoric earthwork mound that was also the site of historic Native American burial grounds.

The Battle of Sainte-Foy, sometimes called the Battle of Quebec, was fought on April 28, 1760 near the British-held town of Quebec in the French province of Canada during the Seven Years ' War ( called the French and Indian War in the United States ).

The Battle of White Mountain, 8 November 1620 ( Bílá hora is the name of White Mountain in Czech ) was an early battle in the Thirty Years ' War in which an army of 30, 000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt were routed by 27, 000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor under Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy and the German Catholic League under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly at Bílá Hora, near Prague ( now part of the city ).

Also a French province before the Revolution ( and Spanish before the Thirty Years ' War ), Roussillon derived its name from Ruscino ( Rosceliona, Castel Rossello ), a small fortified place near modern-day Perpignan where Gaulish chieftains met to consider Hannibal's request for a conference.

Pierre La Vérendrye established a secure French trading post, Fort St. Charles, to the south of present-day Kenora near the current Canada / U. S. border in 1732, and France maintained the post until 1763 when it lost the territory to the British in the Seven Years ' War — until then, it was the most northwesterly settlement of New France.

Years before the game begins, Thoros, the latest ruler, finds it near impossible to choose between his two sons as the next ruler.

Founded by Count Frederick of Wied in 1653, Neuwied was located near the village of Langendorf, destroyed during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ).

The Battle of Rossbach ( November 5, 1757 ) took place during the Seven Years ' War ( 1756 – 1763 ) near the village of Roßbach, in the Electorate of Saxony.

From 27 to 30 October 1396, Charles VI of France and Richard II of England had met at Ardres near Calais to treat for peace during the Hundred Years ' War.