Following various business failures, Nobel's father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

Following its construction, the Arc de Triomphe became the rallying point of French troops parading after successful military campaigns and for the annual Bastille Day Military Parade.

Following his close friend Milton Caniff's lead ( with Steve Canyon ), Capp had recently fought a successful battle with the syndicate to gain complete ownership of his feature when the Shmoos debuted.

Following his successful invention of the telephone and being relatively wealthy, Bell acquired land near Baddeck in 1885, largely due to surroundings reminiscent of his early years in Scotland.

Following the examples of Vitruvius and the five books of the Regole generali d ' architettura by Sebastiano Serlio, published from 1537 onwards, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola produced an architecture rule book that was more practical than the previous two books, which were more philosophical in nature, his Cinque ordini di erchitettura ( The Five Orders of Architecture ) from 1562 ; the book is considered " one of the most successful architectural textbooks ever written ", despite having no text apart from the notes and the introduction.

* Following a touchdown and convert attempt ( successful or not ), play resumes with the scoring team kicking off from its own 35-yard line ( 45-yard line in amateur leagues ).

Following the first successful kidney transplant in 1953, in the United States, Barnard performed the first kidney

Following Locke's successful attack on innate ideas, Tindal's " Deist Bible " redefined the foundation of deist epistemology as knowledge based on experience or human reason.

Following his discharge from the Army, he formed another orchestra, which was successful in live appearances and recordings.

Following a successful decision in 2010 by the Arkansas Supreme Court regarding newly produced DNA evidence, the West Memphis Three reached a deal with prosecutors.

Following the return of the Labour Party to government in 1997, Dewar became the Secretary of State for Scotland and campaigned for a ' Yes-Yes ' vote in the successful referendum on Scottish devolution.

Following the successful completion of the test, he provided the results to the British government.

Following Holden's successful application for a A $ 149 million government grant to build a localised version of the Chevrolet Cruze in Australia from 2011, Holden in 2009 announced that it would initially import the small car unchanged from South Korea as the Holden Cruze.

Following successful legal action against it, on 21 March 1982 London Buses fares were subsequently doubled and London Underground fares increased by 91 %.

Following the successful completion of EDSAC, the Lyons ' board agreed to start the construction of their own machine, expanding on the EDSAC design.

Following The Frost Report the Palin / Jones team worked both as actors and writers on the show Twice a Fortnight with Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, and the successful children's comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle and David Jason.

Following a successful fan campaign by nightsintodreams. com, Nights was integrated into Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing as the flagman, and Nights and Reala appear as playable characters in Sega Superstars Tennis.

Following this successful test, installation works of the first telegraph line ( Istanbul-Adrianople-Şumnu ) began on 9 August 1847.

Following the burning of the Yeshovoth in Mainz and Worms by the Crusaders, Rashi started a successful school in Troyes, which lasted for generations ( until the second crusade ).

Following this success, Jamal organized another successful attack against the Solomonic forces and inflicted heavy casualties in what was reportedly the largest Adalite army ever fielded.

Following the Xunta's considerable investment and hugely successful advertising campaign for the Holy Year of 1993, the number of pilgrims completing the route has been steadily rising.

Following Raft's departure, the studio gave Bogart the role of Roy Earl in the 1941 film High Sierra, which helped establish him as one of the studio's top stars ; following High Sierra, Bogart was also given a role in John Huston's successful 1941 remake of the studio's 1931 failure, The Maltese Falcon.

* April 17 – Following several weeks of successful fighting the Khmer Republic surrenders there fore the Cambodian Civil War ends, in which the Communist party of the Khmer Rouge guerilla forces capture Phnom Penh, prompting a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starting off the infamous genocide.

Following a constitutional referendum of July 2000, the president of the CNSP decided to run for president, and indeed declared himself president after the elections of 22 October 2000.

Following the 1998 resignation of Suharto, on 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum.

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

Following the referendum Josef Bürckel was appointed on 1 March 1935 as the German Reich's commissioner for reintegration ( Reichskommissar für die Rückgliederung des Saarlandes ).

Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.

Following the referendum the armed forces announced a plan for the return to civilian rule, and national elections were held in 1984.

Following the Maltese constitutional referendum, 1964, approved by 54. 5 % of voters, on 21 September 1964, Malta became an independent state as a Constitutional Monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its Head of State.

Following a referendum on 5 October 1960, in which whites voted in favour of a republic, the Union became the Republic of South Africa on 31 May 1961 and left the Commonwealth in the face of condemnation of its apartheid policies.

Following a successful referendum in 2011 on extending the law making powers of the National Assembly it is now able to make laws, known as Acts of the Assembly, on all matters in devolved subject areas, without needing the UK Parliament's agreement.

Following a second decree ( decreto legge luogotenenziale 16 marzo 1946, n. 98 ), during the government of De Gasperi, a referendum was held on 2 June and 3 June 1946 ( 2 June later was named as a national holiday ).

Following the end of the regime of Hosni Mubarak during the 2011 Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood, likely to hold a key role in any future government, announced that the peace treaty with Israel may be put to a referendum.

Following a campaign led from within the Bangladeshi community, the referendum was won and at the ensuing Mayoral election in October 2010, Lutfur Rahman was elected Mayor.

Following the forged referendum, in October 1946, the new government nationalized all enterprises employing over 50 people and all but two banks.

Following a successful incorporation referendum in May 2004, the city was incorporated on January 14, 2005.

Following the 1993 victory of opposition forces against the Stalinist government in an Ethiopian civil war, Eritrea ( formerly known as " Bahri Negash " before being renamed to " Eritrea " by Italian colonizers from 1890 – 1941 ), seceded in a United Nations referendum with the blessing of the newly formed Ethiopian government.

Following negotiations involving the OAS, the government, and opposition groups, Alberto Fujimori's initial response was to hold a referendum to ratify the auto-coup, which the OAS rejected.

Following the referendum held in March 2011, in which the majority vote for the Assembly's law-making powers to be extended, Measures will be replaced by Acts of the Assembly.

Following Karamanlis ' resounding victory in the November 1974 parliamentary elections ( his New Democracy party won 54. 4 % of the vote ), he called for a referendum ( for 8 December 1974 ) on whether Greece would restore the monarchy or remain a republic without reference to the illegal republic still in place appointed by the military junta.

Following the successful independence referendum in May 2006, Podgorica became the official capital of an independent state, boosting its status as a regional centre and raising its economic prospects.

Following Montenegro's vote for full independence in the referendum of 21 May 2006 ( 55. 4 % yes, 44. 6 % no ), Montenegro declared independence on 3 June 2006 .< ref name =" bbc_2007 ">

Following the close rejection of membership in the 1972 referendum, his cabinet resigned.

Following Suharto's 1998 resignation from the Presidency, the Indonesian government ceded control of East Timor in 1999 following a referendum vote for independence.

Following the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, section five of the Peace of Prague stated that the people of Northern Schleswig should be granted the right to a referendum on whether they would remain under Prussian rule or return to Danish rule.