French India was governed Control from Pondicherry ( modern Puducherry ) on the Coromandel Coast .

The siege continued through the summer , but in July and August Alfonso was leading forces Hostile_encounter in a place called Name_conferral `` Rocha Tallata '' or `` Rocathalada '' , possibly modern Peyrehorade .

It was the first major military victory Getting in the modern era of an Asian power over a European one .

the royal yugoslav army air force ( unk ) had only 77 modern fighter aircraft available to defend Defending belgrade against the hundreds of german fighters and bombers that struck Attack in the first wave early on 6 april .

In 356 AD , after leaving Departing Cologne , Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate over-wintered in Senonae ( possibly modern Sens ) in Gaul .

After his defeat Conquering , the emperor granted Giving the Company the right to the `` collection of Revenue '' in the provinces of Bengal ( modern day Bengal , Bihar , and Odisha ) , known as `` Diwani '' to the Company .

With the establishment of the Turkish National Movement , the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire , and the abolition of the sultanate , the Ottoman era and the Empire came to Self_motion an end Process_end , and with Atatürk 's reforms , the Turks created Creating the modern , secular nation-state of Turkey on the political front .

The manhunt Military_operation lasted almost seven days , and was the largest in modern British history , involving Cause_to_be_included 160 armed officers and armed response Communication vehicles , many seconded for the operation from other police forces .

By 1910 , the Kingdom of Portugal was in deep crisis : British pressure Request on Portugal 's colonies , the royal family 's expenses , the assassination Killing of the King and his heir in 1908 , changing Change religious and social views , instability of the two political parties ( Progressive and Regenerador ) , the dictatorship of João Franco , the independence movement Reforming_a_system of its most valuable colony , Brazil , and the regime 's apparent inability to adapt Cause_to_make_progress to modern times all led to Causation widespread resentment against the Monarchy .

The Korean War Hostile_encounter is among the most destructive Destroying conflicts Hostile_encounter of the modern era , with approximately 3 million war Hostile_encounter fatalities and a larger proportional civilian death Death toll than World War II or the Vietnam War .

It has been known as the Great Patriotic War ( , '' Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna '' ) in the former Soviet Union and modern Russia , while in Germany it was called Name_conferral the Eastern Front ( ) , or the German-Soviet War by outside parties .

Today , the terms `` modern wushu '' or `` contemporary wushu '' refer Adducing to forms that are practised Practice for health , exhibition and competition Competition .

Comedy is the largest section , making up over one-third of the programme and the one that in modern times has the highest public profile , due Causation in part to the Edinburgh Comedy Awards .

The Red Army also pushed Motion deep into Hungary ( the Budapest Offensive ) and eastern Czechoslovakia and temporarily halted Process_end at what is now the modern German border on the Oder–Neisse line .

Initially a tropical storm Catastrophe , it moved Motion west-northwestward and intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale by August 19 .

The Vandalic or Vandal War ( , `` Vandēlikòs Pólemos '' ) was a conflict fought Hostile_encounter in North Africa ( largely in modern Tunisia ) between the forces of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire and the Vandalic Kingdom of Carthage , in 533–534 .

Capturing Conquering the cacique or indigenous ruler was standard operating procedure for Spaniards in their expansion Expansion in the Caribbean , so capturing Conquering Motecuhzoma had considerable precedent but modern scholars are skeptical that Cortes and his countrymen took Conquering Motecuhzoma captive at this time .

It subsequently became Becoming the largest among the nationwide uprisings Violence in Iran against the new state and one of the most intense Kurdish rebellions Violence in modern Iran .

A modern embroidery created Creating for the millennium celebration in 1991 and , in part , depicting the battle , can be seen Perception_active at the Maeldune Centre in Maldon .

The Siege of Sarajevo was the siege Besieging of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the longest of a capital city in the history of modern warfare .

over the years , military casualties Catastrophe of both sides grew higher , as both parties used Using more modern weaponry , and hezbollah progressed in its tactics .

It was the longest running violent conflict Violence in modern Western Europe .

the revolution opened Openness the way for cataclysmic change in persia , heralding the modern era .

This festival Social_event is a celebration Social_event of Australia 's maritime heritage Preserving , though restricts Preventing_or_letting participation by organizations with interests in modern maritime issues Creating , such as preservation Preserving of maritime law and combating Hostile_encounter poachers in the Australian Whale Sanctuary .

Mu'tasim targeted Aiming Amorium , a Byzantine city in western Asia Minor ( modern Anatolia ) , because it was the birthplace of the ruling Byzantine dynasty and , at the time , one of Byzantium 's largest and most important cities .

Based on research Research by modern historians , out of the at least 4 million Hui in Shaanxi before the revolt Change_of_leadership , only 20,000 remained in the province while the rest of the Hui were all killed Killing in massacres Killing and reprisals Revenge by government and militia forces Hostile_encounter or deported Removing out of the province .

The battle Hostile_encounter took place Process_start near Ramlah ( modern Israel ) and ended Process_end with a Tulunid victory .

The Armenian Genocide is acknowledged Statement to have been one of the first modern genocides Killing , because scholars point to the organized Arranging manner in which the killings were carried out Action .

Chroniclers described Statement the period as one in which `` Christ and his saints were asleep '' and Victorian historians called Name_conferral the conflict `` the Anarchy '' because of the chaos , although modern historians have questioned Communication the accuracy of the term and of some contemporary accounts .

In 1949 the conflict turned Change into a conventional war between two armies equipped Supply with modern weapons supplied Supply by the United States , China and the Soviet Union .

Prior to the Second Battle of Gaza , the town had been developed Coming_to_be into a strong modern fortress , with entrenchments , wire entanglements and a glacis on its south and south–eastern edges .

On November 6 , the storm Catastrophe became Becoming a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale .

This timeline of modern American conservatism lists important events , developments and occurrences which have significantly affected Influence conservatism in the United States .

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ostensibly to stop Process_end these raids Attack , but also to disrupt Hindering the growing alliance between the sadf and the national union for the total independence for angola ( unita ) , which the former was arming Hold with captured plan equipment , the soviet union backed the people 's armed forces of liberation of angola ( fapla ) through a large contingent of military advisers and up to four billion dollars ' worth of modern defence technology in the 1980s .

The soldiers of the Greek Expeditionary Force , Sparta Battalion adapted Change its name and called Name_conferral it Outpost `` Haros '' , the modern Greek equivalent to Charon , Greek mythology 's ferryman to the underworld of Hades .

through the celebration Social_event of contemporary art from around the world , the unk biennale seeks to invoke the historic cosmopolitan legacy of the modern metropolis of kochi , and its mythical predecessor , the ancient port of muziris .

His army , exhausted Expend_resource , homesick , and anxious by the prospects of having to further face large Indian armies throughout the Indo-Gangetic Plain , mutinied Change_of_leadership at the Hyphasis ( modern Beas River ) and refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to march Self_motion further east .

The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken Action by the Spanish `` conquistadores '' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the modern Mexican state of Chiapas .

Whether or not the battle Hostile_encounter actually took place Process_start near the modern-day town of Cedynia is disputed Quarreling in modern scholarship .

Inspired by liberal and radical ideas , the Revolution profoundly altered Change the course of modern history , triggering Causation the global decline Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of absolute monarchies while replacing Change_of_leadership them with republics and liberal democracies .

the modern era has unfolded in the shadow of the french revolution Change_of_leadership .

its central phrases and cultural symbols , such as `` la marseillaise '' and `` UNK , UNK , UNK , ou la mort '' , became Becoming the clarion call for other major upheavals in modern history , including the russian revolution Change_of_leadership over a century later .

It became Becoming the focal point for the development of most modern political ideologies , leading to Causation the spread Dispersal of liberalism , radicalism , nationalism , and secularism , among many others .

After the end Process_end of the War the Ottoman Empire offered Giving to harbour the Circassians who did not wish to accept Response the rule of a Christian monarch , and many emigrated Escaping to Anatolia , the heart of the Ottoman territory and ended up Process_end in modern Turkey , Syria , Jordan , Palestine , Israel , Iraq and Kosovo .

It was the most powerful Influence earthquake Catastrophe ever recorded Recording in Japan , and the fourth most powerful earthquake Catastrophe in the world since modern record-keeping Statement began Process_start in 1900 .

Researchers at the Manchester Metropolitan University found Know that the metabolic cost Cost for modern ski models is about 2.5 J/kg*m as compared to about 5 J/kg*m for ski models dated 542 AD .

They also estimated Statement maximum cross country speed for the 542 AD ski to 5 m/s , compared to about 12 m/s for modern cross country skis ; for long distance skiing ( several hours ) results were 3 and 7 m/s respectively .

The bombing Attack has however been viewed by some as a 'catalyst ' for starting Process_start the city 's mass regeneration and turning Becoming Manchester into a modern British `` powerhouse '' city with above national average economic growth in the 20 years following the bombing Attack .

The battle Hostile_encounter took place Process_start at Otford , in the modern English county of Kent .