The Battle Hostile_encounter of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William , the Duke of Normandy , and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson , beginning Process_start the Norman conquest of England .

The background to the battle Hostile_encounter was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066 , which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne .

Harold was crowned Change_of_leadership king shortly after Edward 's death , but faced Confronting_problem invasions Attack by William , his own brother Tostig , and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada ( Harold III of Norway ) .

Gordius waited Temporary_stay until King Mithradates VI arrived Arriving himself with the main Pontic army .

Pope Innocent III and his successor Pope Honorius III organized Arranging crusading armies led by King Andrew II of Hungary and Leopold VI , Duke of Austria , and an attack Attack against Jerusalem ultimately left the city in Muslim hands .

The Acadians were expelled Removing , both those captured Conquering in arms and those who had sworn the loyalty oath to the King .

After the outbreak Process_start of the war , a Swedish army under the command Control of King Eric XIV marched Self_motion into Halland .

The Venetians launched Process_start a diplomatic campaign for allies , since the Uskoks were vassals of Archduke Ferdinand of Inner Austria ( who was likely to seek help from the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias—his uncle—and King Philip III of Spain , his brother-in-law .

Kevin Lau , former editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong daily newspaper `` Ming Pao '' , was attacked Attack in the morning of 26 February 2014 as he was getting out Motion of his car in Lei King Wan , Hong Kong by two men who were waiting for him .

The games Competition was opened Openness and closed Process_end by Bhumibol Adulyadej , the King of Thailand at the Suphalachasai Stadium .

The war began Process_start when Usman dan Fodio , a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher , was exiled Removing from Gobir by the King Yunfa , one of his former students .

The war ended Process_end when the Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski decided Deciding to seek a diplomatic solution , asked Request for a ceasefire with the Russians and joined Becoming_a_member the Targowica Confederation , as demanded Request by the Russian Empire .

The band then embarked Process_start on an Australian leg in the beginning Process_start of 2009 , followed by a European leg , which was supported Supporting by Strike Anywhere and Rentokill , with all UK dates supported Supporting by Anti-Flag and Flobots ( except the two last ones , where The King Blues replaced Anti-Flag ) .

The men of the Isles , accompanied by forces from the Kingdom of Dublin , were commanded Control by Somairle mac Gilla Brigte , King of the Isles .

Somairle first appears Presence on record in the 1150s , when he is stated Statement to have supported Supporting the cause of Máel Coluim mac Alasdair in a rebellion Change_of_leadership against Malcolm IV , King of Scotland .

In 1156 , he wrested about half of the Kingdom of the Isles from his brother-in-law , Guðrøðr Óláfsson , King of the Isles .

After the fall of the Shang dynasty , King Wu of Zhou had appointed Request his brothers Guanshu , Caishu and Huoshu as the `` Three Guards '' of the East to secure the newly conquered Shang lands .

After his death and his young son King Cheng 's coronation , King Wu 's brother Dan , the Duke of Zhou , declared Expressing_publicly himself regent and took over Change_of_leadership the court .

After his death and his young son King Cheng 's coronation , King Wu 's brother Dan , the Duke of Zhou , declared Expressing_publicly himself regent and took over Change_of_leadership the court .

The Third Macedonian War ( 171–168 BC ) was a war fought Hostile_encounter between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon .

In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died Death and was succeeded Change_of_leadership by his ambitious son Perseus .

Hurricane King was the most severe hurricane to strike Attack the city of Miami , Florida since the 1926 Miami hurricane .

Hurricane King crossed Motion_directional Cuba on October 17 , causing Causation seven deaths and $ 2 million in damage Damaging ( 1950 USD ) .

Further inland , King caused Causation heavy crop damage Damaging , particularly to the citrus industry .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength to a tropical storm , King moved Motion across Georgia , where it caused Causation isolated power outages and minor damage Damaging .

King Albert I the Belgian Commander in Chief , saw Self_motion that the Germans had strengthened Cause_change_of_strength most of their positions south of Antwerp and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the attack Attack to an operation Military_operation against , which had advanced Self_motion from Brussels towards Dendermonde .

King of the Ring ( 1997 ) was a professional wrestling Competition pay-per-view ( PPV ) event Competition produced Manufacturing by World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) .

It was the fifth annual King of the Ring event Competition and took place Hold on June 8 , 1997 , at the Providence Civic Center in Providence , Rhode Island .

The undercard included Cause_to_be_included the 1997 King of the Ring tournament , won by Hunter Hearst Helmsley .

The games was opened Process_start and closed Process_end by Sultan Azlan Shah , the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka .

The conflict encompassed Surrounding the Williamite war in Ireland and Jacobite risings in Scotland , where William III and James II struggled Hostile_encounter for control of England and Ireland , and a campaign in colonial North America between French and English settlers and their respective Indigenous allies , today called Name_conferral King William 's War by Americans .

Louis XIV also accepted Receiving William III as the rightful King of England , while the Dutch acquired Getting a Barrier fortress system in the Spanish Netherlands to help Assistance secure their borders .

The rising Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale was sparked Process_start by Catholic fears Change_sentiment of an impending invasion Attack of Ireland by anti-Catholic forces Hostile_encounter of the English Long Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters , who were defying Agree_or_refuse_to_act the authority of King Charles I ( king of England , Scotland , and Ireland ) .

The English and Scottish Parliaments refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale an army Bearing_arms to put down the rebellion unless it was under their command Control rather than the King 's .

The King David Hotel bombing Terrorism was a terrorist Terrorism attack Terrorism carried out Attack on Monday , July 22 , 1946 , by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization the Irgun on the British administrative headquarters for Palestine , which was housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine .

The King David Hotel bombing Terrorism was a terrorist Terrorism attack Terrorism carried out Attack on Monday , July 22 , 1946 , by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization the Irgun on the British administrative headquarters for Palestine , which was housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine .

Medina Sidonia was an aristocrat without naval command experience but was made Causation commander by King Philip II .

The Armada could have anchored Connect in The Solent between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland and occupied Control the Isle of Wight , but Medina Sidonia was under orders from King Philip II to meet Come_together up with the Duke of Parma 's forces in the Netherlands so England could be invaded Attack by Parma 's soldiers and other soldiers carried Carry_goods in ships of the Armada .

Fought Hostile_encounter by the Parliamentarians , commanded Control by Sydnam Poyntz , and the Royalists under the personal command Control of King Charles I , it was a significant defeat Earnings_and_losses for the Royalists , with heavy losses Earnings_and_losses and Charles prevented Preventing_or_letting from relieving Assistance the Siege Besieging of Chester .

King Æthelred of Wessex and Prince Alfred fought Hostile_encounter against the Danes , who were possibly under the leadership of King Halfdan Ragnarsson , who had commanded Control many of the earlier battles that year .

King Æthelred of Wessex and Prince Alfred fought Hostile_encounter against the Danes , who were possibly under the leadership of King Halfdan Ragnarsson , who had commanded Control many of the earlier battles that year .

It was the last of the battles Hostile_encounter known Know to be fought Defending by Æthelred against the Danes that year , and the defeated King is reported Reporting to have died Death on 15 April 871 .

The more westerly locations tend to be favoured Protest because King Æthelred was buried Rite in Wimborne Minster , Dorset , shortly afterwards .

Another possible location for the battle Hostile_encounter is at Merritown , on the River Stour , a few miles downstream of Wimborne , thus providing Supply a short journey Traveling with the body of King Æthelred .

The Lao royal family were arrested Arrest by the Pathet Lao after the war Military_operation and sent Sending to labor camps , where most of them died Death in the late 1970s and 1980s , including King Savang Vatthana , Queen Khamphoui , and Crown Prince Vong Savang .

The city , before then a possession of the King of Hormuz , had been in Portuguese hands since 1507 , when a Portuguese fleet under Afonso de Albuquerque attacked Attack the city , destroyed Destroying it , and then came back Arriving soon after to occupy Control it .

However , after disputes over the control of the city between the Order and the King of Poland arose , the knights murdered Killing a number of citizens within the city and took Conquering it as their own .

King , and The Spinners as well as prominent African performers such as Miriam Makeba , TPOK Jazz , and Tabu Ley Rochereau .

The Yugoslav coup d'état of 27 March 1941 in Belgrade , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , replaced Change_of_leadership the regency led by Prince Paul and installed Change_of_leadership King Peter II .

The military conspirators brought Bringing to power the 17-year-old King Peter II , whom they declared Expressing_publicly to be of age to assume the throne , and a weak and divided government of national unity was formed Creating with Simović as prime minister and Vladko Maček and Slobodan Jovanović as his vice-premiers .