Indeed, the administration's curious position on the sales tax was a major factor in contributing to its defeat.

He reformed Austria's armies to adopt the nation at arms principle ; in 1809, he went into the War of the Fifth Coalition with confidence and inflicted Napoleon's first major setback at Aspern-Essling, before suffering a defeat at the bloody Battle of Wagram.

It was the first major legislative defeat of Clinton's administration.

The Party suffered a major defeat in the parliamentary elections of September 2011 in which the party lost more than half of its seat and also lost governmental power.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany.

* 1598 – Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.

Additionally Britain's use of radar and the advantages of fighting above Britain's home territory allowed the RAF to deny Germany air superiority, saving the British Isles from German invasion and dealing the Axis their first major defeat of the Second World War.

Austria played a major role in the final defeat of France — in recognition of this, Francis, represented by Clemens von Metternich, presided over the Congress of Vienna, helping to form the Concert of Europe and the Holy Alliance, ushering in an era of conservatism in Europe.

France responded to Burgoyne's defeat by entering the war, openly allying with America and turning the Revolutionary War into a major worldwide war.

In 1964, Banks finally won his first major trophy though when Leicester beat Stoke City 4 – 3 in the League Cup final over two legs, though they lost the trophy a year later after a 3 – 2 defeat by Chelsea on aggregate in the final.

In addition to this, the final defeat of the uprising led by the Welsh prince, Owain Glyndŵr, in 1412 by Prince Henry ( who later became Henry V ) represents the last major armed attempt by the Welsh to throw off English rule.

Scottish troops played a major part in the defeat of Charles I, notably at the battle of Marston Moor.

This was a major political defeat for France and the American threats during the war were received with indignation by the French popular opinion.

It lasted until 1646 although its power declined after a major military defeat in 1565 by the Deccan sultanates.

Since playing a major role in the defeat of Napoleon, Russia had been regarded as militarily invincible, but, once pitted against a coalition of the great powers of Europe, the reverses it suffered on land and sea exposed the weakness of Tsar Nicholas ' regime.

The Boers, another major challenger to the impi, also saw defeat by imperial forces, in the Boer War of 1902.

At the Battle of Coronel, it inflicted the first major defeat on the Royal Navy in over one hundred years, although the German squadron of ships was subsequently defeated at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, only one ship escaping destruction.

So long as everyone was using the same tactics these weaknesses were not immediately apparent, but with the advent of the Roman legion they proved fatal in every major engagement, the most famous being the Battle of Pydna, as the Romans were able to advance through gaps in the line and easily defeat the phalangites once in close.

* 1476 – Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.

In the elections to the House of Deputies in 1866, liberals suffered a major defeat, losing their large majority.

In 1233 the work began in Marienwerder ( Kwidzyn ), and during the winter the Prussians gathered a large army for a major battle on the Sirgune River, where they suffered a great defeat.

Borrell II of Barcelona was facing major defeat from the Andalusian powers so he sent a delegation to Córdoba to request a truce.

In mid-1987, the Bofors scandal broke his honest, corruption-free image and resulted in a major defeat for his party in the 1989 elections.

After the Islamic Moorish conquest of nearly all of the Iberian Peninsula in 711-718 and the establishment of the emirate of Al-Andalus, an Umayyad were expedition suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Toulouse and were halted for a while on their way north.

From its stronghold of Narbonne, they tried to conquer Aquitaine but suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Toulouse ( 721 ).

This resulted in an improved appearance, but was followed by an increase in printing cost that necessitated the institution of major economies to keep within the total of allocated funds.

In general, friendly contact with a member followed by contact with a clergyman will account for a major share of recruitment by the churches, making it quite evident that the extension of economic integration through co-optation is the principal form of mission in the contemporary church ; ;

Intel introduced AGP support with the i440LX Slot 1 chipset on August 26, 1997, and a flood of products followed from all the major system board vendors.

In the late 1950s the most widely used term was " neuroleptic ", followed by " major tranquilizer " and then " ataraxic ".

Every year there has been a major reduction in economic growth, it is followed by a reduction in the US trade deficit.

In the Andes, the first urban centers developed in the Norte Chico civilization ( also Caral or Caral-Supe civilization ), Chavin and Moche cultures, followed by major cities in the Huari, Chimu and Inca cultures.

During this decade and the one that followed, Urbina and his archrival, García Moreno, would define the dichotomy — between Liberals from Guayaquil and Conservatives from Quito — that remained the major sphere of political struggle in Ecuador in the 1980s.

The major markets for Eritrean goods were Sudan, followed by Italy, Djibouti, and Germany.

Debuting as a director with The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), John Huston followed with the major noirs Key Largo ( 1948 ) and The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ).

Mussolini believed that following a brief entry of Italy into war with France, followed by the imminent French surrender, Italy could gain some territorial concessions from France and then concentrate its forces on a major offensive in Egypt where British and Commonwealth forces were outnumbered by Italian forces.

Changes in costume often took place at times of economic or social change ( such as in ancient Rome and the medieval Caliphate ), but then a long period without major changes followed.

In order to gain weapons and to secure a major power base in the Vaasa-Seinäjoki area the Whites continued disarmament of Russian garrisons, initiated locally in western and eastern Finland during 21 – 23 January, followed by a major operation in Ostrobothnia during the early hours of 28 January.

Historians debate whether or not Washington preferred a Fabian strategy to harass the British with quick, sharp attacks followed by a retreat so the larger British army could not catch him, or whether he preferred to fight major battles.

There followed in quick succession two musicals which have secured Kelly's reputation as a major figure in the American musical film, An American in Paris ( 1951 ) and – probably the most popular and admired of all film musicals – Singin ' in the Rain ( 1952 ).

There followed the second and third of the three major operas of Verdi's " middle period ": in 1853 Il Trovatore was produced in Rome and La traviata in Venice.

This was the second major earthquake to hit Saint-Domingue as it followed the 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake which had left only a single stone built building standing in the town.

Shi ' a Muslims do not use the six major hadith collections followed by the Sunni.

This Bronze Age civilization collapsed before the end of the second millennium BCE and was followed by the Iron Age Vedic Civilization, which extended over much of the Indo-Gangetic plain and which witnessed the rise of major polities known as the Mahajanapadas.

These remained the only major streets until around 1800 when London Road was constructed, to be followed by Hatfield Road in 1824 and Verulam Road in 1826.

In 1831 Nicholas crushed a major uprising in Congress Poland ; it would be followed by another large-scale Polish and Lithuanian revolt in 1863.

Matti Vanhanen's two cabinets followed suit until autumn 2008, when the state became a major shareholder in the Finnish telecom company Elisa with the intention to secure the Finnish ownership of a strategically important industry.

' Religion remained the major cause of differentiation in all Irish diaspora communities and had the greatest impact on identity, followed by the nature and difficulty of socio-economic conditions faced in each new country and the strength of continued social and political links of Irish immigrants and their descendants with the old country.

Arthurian literature thrived during the Middle Ages but waned in the centuries that followed until it experienced a major resurgence in the 19th century.

In the 2011 fall term, among students who had designated a major, the School of Engineering was the most popular division, enrolling 62. 7 % of students in its 19 degree programs, followed by the School of Science ( 28. 5 %), School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences ( 3. 7 %), Sloan School of Management ( 3. 3 %), and School of Architecture and Planning ( 1. 8 %).