Sentence examples for under whose reign from inspiring English sources

In 1954 its name was changed to the Selimiye Mosque in honour of the Ottoman sultan Selim II, under whose reign Cyprus was conquered.

The roi in this case was the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, under whose reign the typeface was begun in 1694 at the royal printing house, the Imprimerie Royale.

Winning it would be sweet revenge for Mr Nano over his bitterest rival, Sali Berisha, post-Communist Albania's first president and still leader of the opposition Democrats, under whose reign Mr Nano was put in prison.

The first official complete Bible in the vernacular the first such in any Scandinavian country was the Gustav Vasa Bible (Uppsala, 1541), named for the Swedish king under whose reign it was printed.

Userkaf, (flourished 3rd millennium bce), first king of the 5th dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 2465 c. 2325 bce), under whose reign the cult of Re, god of the sun, began to gain unprecedented importance.

Singh and Shaw have not spoken to each other since December and Shaw only seems to have been aware of Singh's decision to dismiss Appleton – under whose reign Rovers have slipped to 18th place in the Championship, four points above the bottom three – shortly before the 37-year-old manager arrived for a meeting with academy staff at around 10am on Tuesday morning.

It survived a Roman invasion though its status was lowered thereby but it later declined in the face of raiding tribes, to fall at the more determined invasions of the Aksumite armies, probably under Ella-Amida, whose reign ended between about ad 320 and 325.

Newcastle, however, were on easy street in 10th position (fifth as far back as November) in comparison to where they stand now under Carver, whose reign is now in danger of complete chaos, summed up by capitulation at the King Power Stadium.

1534 1571 Setthathirat I, also called Sai Setthathirat I, or Setthavong (born 1534 died 1571, southern Laos) sovereign of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang who prevented it from falling under Burmese domination and whose reign was marked by notable achievements in domestic and foreign affairs.

It became Brandenburg's electoral residence in 1640 under Frederick William (the Great Elector) and the Prussian royal residence under Frederick II (the Great), during whose reign (1740 86) it was an intellectual and military centre and virtual capital of Prussia.

Flannery had succeeded Jeffrey R. Immelt, whose reign has come under sharper scrutiny as the company's deeply entrenched problems have surfaced.