Sentence examples for from the cession from inspiring English sources

Often a voice for moderation against the advocacy of radical measures by Jakob Stämpfli, he tempered passions in the Neuchâtel affair and urged peaceful accommodation in the controversy arising from the cession of Savoy to France (1860).

As the prize of its victory in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 95, Japan demanded from China the cession of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Requests for the cession of Colombo met with evasive replies.

In 1766 the East India Company joined the nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad against Hyder Ali in return for the cession of the Northern Sarkars.

He recognized Charlemagne's title of emperor (Western, Holy Roman) in return for the cession to Byzantium of Venice and other cities on the Adriatic.

In 1124, Song officials further angered the Jin by asking for the cession of nine more border prefectures.

In 1900, Hay negotiated of a treaty with Denmark for the cession of the Danish West Indies.

To counterbalance this, Britain required a possession in the Eastern Mediterranean where it might base ships and troops, and negotiated with the Ottomans for the cession of Cyprus.

The first test of Manuel's reign came in 1144, when he was faced with a demand by Raymond, Prince of Antioch for the cession of Cilician territories.

Approached with similar demands, Finland refused to comply, even though the U.S.S.R. offered territorial compensation elsewhere for the cessions that it was requiring for its own strategic reasons.

In 1872 he was made governor of the self-governing colony of New South Wales, and he was employed from 1874 to 1875 on special service in connection with the cession of the Fiji Islands to Great Britain.