August 1449 Wang Zhen, Wade-Giles romanization Wang Chen (died August 1449, Hebei province, China), Chinese eunuch who monopolized power during the first reign of the Ming emperor Yingzong (reigned as Zhengtong; 1435 49).
It is known that the Joseon court adopted Shixianli (a Chinese calendar of Adam Schall) in 1654, the fifth reign of King Hyojong.
Relegated to the indoors for decades following Bratton's first reign of quality of life enforcement or "broken windows theory"—under Mayor Giuliani in the 1990s, pot enthusiasts engaging in public smoking could, until recently, expect an encounter with a uniformed or undercover cop to result in arrest, a night in booking, and maybe even some childish name-calling.
(Anderson Sleigh Bellss and Cults (Friday) The aggressively distorted noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells had an enormous year: They nabbed the musical guest spot in an episode of "Saturday Night Live," and released their anticipated second album, "Reign of Terror" (Mom + Pop).
In "The Sovereignty of Women," Jill Lepore considers the possibility that Hillary Clinton will become America's first female President, and discusses how the sixteenth-century reign of Mary Tudor in England may shed light on the politicking surrounding female rule.
ROME Eighteen feet below one of Rome's most-trafficked junctions is a 900-seat arts center dating back to the second-century reign of Emperor Hadrian, Italian archaeologists have announced.
After the twelfth-century reign of King David I, the Scottish monarchs are better described as Scoto-Norman than Gaelic, preferring French culture to native Scottish culture.
She became the first reigning monarch of Australia and New Zealand to visit those nations.
George was the first reigning monarch of Canada to visit North America, although he had been to Canada previously as Prince Albert and as Duke of York.
