Following the expansion of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the construction of a railroad depot, Middleton was chartered in 1850.

Following this early beginning, Penn began offering a full-time program in law in 1850, under the leadership of George Sharswood, an innovator in legal education.

Following the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, both John Jacobs and Harriet Jacobs feared for each other ’ s safety.

Following the successful example of the Illustrated London News, Harper began publishing Harper ’ s Monthly in 1850.

Following 1850, much of the common land was sold off for agricultural development.

Following the establishment of a new Catholic hierarchy in the United Kingdom in 1850 by the decree of Pope Pius IX, it was raised to cathedral status in 1852, becoming one of the first four Catholic cathedrals in England and Wales since the English Reformation.

Following Taylor's death in 1850, Crittenden resigned the governorship and accepted Millard Fillmore's appointment as attorney general.

Following the Compromise of 1850, the sale of slaves was outlawed within Washington D. C. Slavery in the District of Columbia ended in 1862 and nearly 3, 000 slaves were offered a compensation.

Following 1850, the Māori mission continued in the Auckland diocese in an attenuated form and could not be revived until after the New Zealand land wars of the 1860s.

Following the introduction of the electric telegraph around 1850, time balls could be located at a distance from their source of Meantime and operated remotely.

Following Brown's defeat in the Tennessee gubernatorial race of 1849, President Zachary Taylor, at the urging of Tennessee Whig Senator John Bell, appointed Brown U. S. Minister to Russia on May 2, 1850.

Following the United States ' victory in 1848, California was annexed by the U. S. and became a state in 1850.

Following Evelina's death in 1847, he married Eliza Stephenson in 1850.

Following an explosive growth in town population between 1850 and 1860, Pecan soon contained not only log and frame houses, but also was lined with wagon yards, livery stables and saloons to meet the needs of travelers.

Following on his early demonstration of the origin of stomata ( 1838 ), he wrote a classical paper on their opening and closing ( 1850 ).

Following Patrick's graduation in 1850, he entered the Jesuit order and continued his studies.

Following independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the new Kingdom of Belgium in 1832 adopted its own franc, equivalent to the French franc, followed by Luxembourg in 1848 and Switzerland in 1850.

Following 1850 Qormi became one of the largest inhabited centres in Malta, with amenities such as water and electricity, which were somewhat rare in those times.

Following his term in Congress, Washington served in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1843 and 1846 and in the North Carolina Senate in 1848, 1850, and 1852.

Following the work of the 1850 Commission to examine the organization of the University, All Souls College suppressed ten of its fellowships to create the funds to establish the first two Chichele professorships: The Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, established in 1859 and first held by Mountague Bernard, and the Chichele Professor of Modern History, first held by Montagu Burrows.

* 2005: Following various disputes, the State of Missouri contracts to have the border resurveyed, which finds many of the markers from the Supreme Court survey of 1850.

Following the 1849 failure of James Clark Ross's attempt to locate the lost Franklin Expedition, Austin led an 1850 expedition that also attempted to find Sir John Franklin and his crew.

Following a period of informal activity, the Society was revitalised and renamed the Australian Philosophical Society on 19 January 1850.

Following the 1850 Census, Louisville was reported as the nation's tenth largest city, while Kentucky was reported as the eighth most populous state.

Following the election, the McGuinty government asked former Provincial Auditor Erik Peters to examine the province's finances.

Following the referendum victory, the NCA reorganized itself as the new province's Liberal Party under Smallwood's leadership.

Following his defeat as a PQ candidate in neighbouring Verdun riding in the 1994 election, the PQ government appointed Holden to the province's rental housing board on which he served until 1999.

Following a tour of the province by Braithwaite ( who was a spellbinder orator ), the Patrons succeeded in nominating candidates in all but two of the province's ridings, in anticipation of the next provincial election.

Following the Biafran War in Nigeria, the McLeans returned to Canada, and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Walter was involved in that province's Centennial Celebrations in 1970.

Following British Columbia's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1871, Sproat became the new province's agent general in London, a position he held from 1872 until his return to the province in 1876.

Following talks between the parties, the level of the province's autonomy was increased by the omnibus law in 2002.

Following World War II, Alabama experienced growth as the economy of the state transitioned from one primarily based on agriculture to one with diversified interests.

Following the Falklands War in 1982, Lord Shackleton published a report on the economy of the Falkland Islands which recommended many modernisations.

Following the closure of the Maarmorilik lead and zinc mine in 1990 and the collapse of the cod fisheries amid colder ocean currents, Greenland faced foreign trade deficits and a shrinking economy, but it has been growing since 1993.

Following the transition to market economy, the industry underwent restructuring and remarkable modernization.

Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the economy to a great extent shut down ; attempts are underway to revive it from the damages of war and rampant crime.

Following the collapse of the so-called Bubble economy and the 1990s boom in the US, the Japanese economy was perceived as less of a threat to US interests.

Following the forged referendum, the Polish economy started to become nationalized.

Following its accession to power in 1975, the communist government imposed a dogmatic Soviet-style command economy system, replacing the private sector with state enterprises and cooperatives ; centralizing investment, production, trade, and pricing ; and creating barriers to internal and foreign trade.

Following Pennoyer, extreme applications of territorial jurisdiction revealed imperfections in the doctrine, and societal changes began to present new problems as the United States ' national economy became more integrated by increasingly efficient multi-state transportation technology and business practices.

Following a gold standard would mean that the amount of money would be determined by the supply of gold, and hence monetary policy could no longer be used to stabilize the economy in times of economic recession.

Following the 1978 reforms, the People's Republic of China instituted what it calls a " socialist market economy ", in which most of the economy is under state ownership, but the state enterprises are reorganized into joint-stock companies where various government agencies own controlling shares through a shareholder system.

Following independence, the country had a centrally directed economy with most means of production owned and controlled by the state.

Following the Abdallah regime's rapprochement with France in 1978, the Comoran economy became increasingly dependent on infusions of French aid, along with assistance from other governments and international organizations.

Following the decline of the whisky industry locally, the city's economy has now diversified to include insurance and banking.

Following the nationalizations in 1979 and the outbreak of the Iran – Iraq War, over 80 % of Iran's economy came under the control of the government.

Following moderate real GDP growth of 1. 7 %, 2 % and 1. 2 %, respectively, in 1995, 1996, and 1997, the economy rebounded and with real GDP expansion of 2. 9 percent in 1998 and 2. 2 % in 1999.

Following the membership in the World Trade Organization ( WTO ), the Government of Barbados aggressively tried to make the Barbados economy fully WTO compliant.

Following the end of World War II, high-speed rail was forgotten for several years while traffic of passengers and freight steadily increased on the conventional Tōkaidō Main Line along with the reconstruction of Japanese industry and economy.

Following its closure in 1971, the economy of the city hovered in recession for more than a decade.

Following the extensive national deindustrialization of the 1970s and 80's, the city's economy diversified and is now based primarily on light industry, education, health care, and social services.

Following a nationwide population upswing after World War II the agriculture-based economy of the area began to show a decreasing population.

Following the economic difficulties of the war, the residents of Taylorsville focused their energies on expanding railroads to boost the economy.