New year's (day) Sentence Examples

Taken by storm on New Year's day 1813 by the Russians, Lenkoran was in the same year formally surrendered by Persia to Russia by the treaty of Gulistan, along with the khanate of Talysh, of which it was the capital.

On New Year's Day 1708 he crossed the Vistula, though the ice was in a dangerous condition.

On New Year's Day 1534 the bishop interdicted all preaching unauthorized by himself, and ordered the burning of all Protestant Bibles.

Hockey claims many votaries, there usually being on New Year's day a match at shinty, or camanachd, between opposing teams of Highlanders resident in the city.

He was much employed, owing to Richelieu's influence, in the fetes of the dauphin's marriage, and was rewarded through the influence of Madame de Pompadour on New Year's Day 1745 by the appointment to the post of historiographer-royal, once jointly held by Racine and Boileau.

On New Year's Day 1820 he made his pronunciamiento with his regiment at the village of Cabezas de San Juan.

In Scotland, January Ist Was Adopted For New Year'S Day From 1600, According To An Act Of The Privy Council In December 1599.

On the 24th of January 1895 she formally renounced all claim to the throne and took the oath of allegiance to the republic. The ex-queen and forty-eight others were granted conditional pardon on the 7th of September, and on the following New Year's Day the remaining prisoners were set at liberty.

In the final recension of Tschudi's Chronicle (1734-36), which, however, differs in many particulars from the original draft still preserved at Zurich, we are told how Albert of Austria, with the view of depriving the Forest lands of their ancient freedom, sent bailiffs (among them Gessler) to Uri and Schwyz, who committed many tyrannical acts, so that finally on 8th November 1307, at the Riitli, Werner von Stauffacher of Schwyz, Walter Fiirst of Uri, Arnold von Melchthal in Unterwalden, each with ten companions, among whom was William Tell, resolved on a rising to expel the oppressors, which was fixed for New Year's Day 1308.

Morris, having passed his finals in the preceding term, was entered as a pupil at the office of George Edmund Street, the well-known architect; and on New Year's Day the first number of The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine appeared.

Carson moved on New Year's Day 1913 to exempt Ulster from the operation of the bill, Mr. Law defined his position thus.

The first order of business on lunar New Year's Day is offering ritual homage to one's ancestors.

Adult tickets £ 10.00, Child tickets, £ 5.00 1st January 2006-- New Year's Day A late morning brunch will be served.

They married on New Year's Day 2002 on the same day as the baby's christening.

For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year's Day will bring good fortune.

On New Year's Day 1570 Frederick's difficulties seemed so overwhelming that he threatened to abdicate; but the peace of Stettin came in time to reconcile all parties, and though Frederick had now to relinquish his ambitious dream of re-establishing the Union of Kalmar, he had at least succeeded in maintaining the supremacy of Denmark in the north.

It is also open on weekends in December and daily during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain tied the knot on New Year's Day 2011 with Swiss businessman Frederic Thiebaud in a private, oceanside ceremony in Puerto Rico.

One of his first acting jobs was in a 1987 Löwenbräu beer commercial, which led to a part in the box office fiasco, New Year's Day.

Instead, you can take a holiday cruise, which sails over Christmas and New Year's Day.

On New Year's Day in 1960, businessman and hotel developer Del Webb opened Sun City to visitors.

She was born in 1842 on New Year's Day in an English town called Bangor.

But, if your cards have more of a general winter theme, you can send end them out anytime before New Year's Day.

In South France, Yule logs would be burned from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day.

January 1st is Il Capodanno, or New Year's Day.

In Canada, Boxing Week continues until New Year's Day.

Guests interested in visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park can do so every day of the year except Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, and New Year's Day.

Additionally, sticking to a consistent and healthy exercise program will see you reaping the benefits all the way to New Year's Day!

However, Chinese New Year's Day is January 26, 2009.

A simple red or green velvet gown can be worn from Thanksgiving thru New Year's Day.

The zoo is open 362 days a year, closed only on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

Alcatraz is open every day except for Christmas and New Year's Day.

Right after Christmas, you'll want to plan some New Year's Day crafts for kids to entertain your children on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Consider making your child a craft kit or box to entertain him or her while Mom and Dad are out partying on New Year's Eve and while football games dominate adult attention on New Year's Day.

Many Americans make a point of eating black-eyed peas, cabbage, and hog jowls or ham on New Year's Day for luck because all of these foods are symbols of prosperity.