Following an ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire, the remaining members of the alliance entered the conflict on 17 October.

Following the US-led invasion and the removal of the Taliban in late 2001, the military of Afghanistan is being rebuilt and reformed by NATO military alliance, mainly by the United States Armed Forces.

Following the disastrous defeat of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile, at Alarcos, Kings Alfonso IX, of Kingdom of León, and Sancho VII, of Navarre, entered an alliance with the Almohads and invaded Castile in 1196.

Following the defeat, a political marriage alliance was negotiated in which the Han became the de facto inferior partner.

Following Reginald de Braose's death in 1228, Llywelyn also made an alliance with the powerful Mortimer family of Wigmore when Gwladus Ddu married as her second husband Ralph de Mortimer.

Following the Riskflotte ( Risk Fleet ) theories of Tirpitz, Raeder argued to Hitler that the Navy had two political purposes to play, which made the Navy indispensable to his foreign policy, namely its " risk " value and " alliance " value.

Following in the footsteps of Charles of Egmond, Duke William formed an alliance with France, an alliance dubiously cemented via his political marriage to French King Francis I's niece Jeanne d ' Albret ( who reportedly had to be whipped into submission to the marriage, and later bodily carried to the altar by the Constable of France, Anne de Montmorency ).

Following Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Triple Intervention of Russia and France forced Japan to return the territory won in Liaodong, leading to a de facto Sino-Russian alliance.

867 Following the loss of York, Osberht and Ælla formed an alliance against the Danes.

Following the restoration of the Portuguese Royal House, and her father's accession to the throne on 1 December 1640, she was proposed as a bride for John of Austria, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Louis XIV and Charles II, She was seen as a useful conduit for contracting an alliance between Portugal and England, after the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 in which Portugal was arguably abandoned by France.

Following the establishment of the SDP by the ' Gang of Four ' ( Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers, Shirley Williams ), who had left the Labour Party in March 1981, the new party entered into an informal alliance with the existing centre party, the Liberals, led by David Steel.

The Scottish Socialist Party was formed from the Scottish Socialist Alliance ( SSA ), an alliance of left-wing organisations in Scotland, Following reasonable results by the alliance in the 1997 General Election, the decision was taken to transform the SSA from an electoral alliance into a single party to contest the first elections of the new Scottish Parliament.

Following a year of fighting over the Romagna, during which the Veneto-Papal alliance was repeatedly defeated, the Pope proclaimed a Holy League against the French ; this rapidly grew to include England, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire.

Following rule changes in 1992, the two stations resumed their alliance under the name Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television plc.

Following elections when there is no clear leader, the Monarch will hold a " King / Queen's meeting " () where, after a series of discussions and agreements, the leader of the largest alliance and the largest party within that alliance — usually the Social Democrats or Venstre-is appointed as Prime Minister-elect.

Following a brief occupation, the Trade Federation is defeated by an alliance of the Naboo Royal Guard and the indigenous Gungan Tribes, with the help of the Jedi, and the Viceroy is forced to surrender and deactivate his droid armies.

Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, on 13 June 2011 the Wafd Party announced its alliance ( the National Democratic Alliance for Egypt ) with the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, to present a joint list of candidates for the 2011 parliamentary election.

Following widespread corruption and allegations of nepotism by the DMK government, in the 2011 assembly election, the party, continuing its alliance with the Left Front and also with new allies like actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam ( DMDK ), stormed back to power, winning 202 seats, with the AIADMK alone winning 150.

Following Booth's speech, an alliance between UKIP and the UK Labour Party MEPs persuaded the EU Transport Commissioner to amend the directive, allowing the service ( and similar ' social carriers ' across Europe ) to continue in business.

Following the latter's success in winning Normandy from John Lackland of England, he was approached by Innocent III to lead the crusade himself but turned this down being heavily committed to defend his gains against John and against the emerging alliance between England, the Empire and Flanders.

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 independence local soldiers that fought along with the Portuguese Army against the PAIGC guerrillas were slaughtered by the thousands.

Following the war, the Dutch fought Indonesian independence forces after Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945.

Following a frenetic shipbuilding race through the Spring and Summer of 1776 by the British at the north end of the lake and the Americans at the south end, they fought a significant naval engagement on October 11 at the Battle of Valcour Island.

Following this battle, Ali fought a battle against Muawiyah, known as the Battle of Siffin.

Following the French Revolution, French privateers became a menace to British and American shipping in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean, resulting in the Quasi-War, a brief conflict between France and the United States, fought largely at sea, and to the Royal Navy's procuring Bermuda sloops to combat the French privateers.

Following the Portuguese Liberal Revolution of 1820, and after several battles and skirmishes were fought in Pará and in Bahia, the heir apparent Pedro, son of King John VI of Portugal, proclaimed the country's independence in 1822 and became Brazil's first emperor ( He later also reigned as Pedro IV of Portugal ).

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he fought in the Russian Civil War until 1920.

Following the defeat of Japan, nationalist forces fought French colonial forces in the First Indochina War that lasted from 1945 to 1954.

Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 and the collapse of Najibullah's Soviet-backed regime in 1992, the country fell into chaos as various mujahideen factions fought for control.

Following the death of Louis the Pious, the surviving adult Carolingians fought a three-year civil war ending only in the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the empire into three regna while according imperial status and a nominal lordship to Lothair I.

Following the end of the First Punic War in which Marcellus fought as a soldier, the Gauls of the North declared war upon Rome in 225 BC.

Following the Skirmish of Sporting Hill, the Confederate forces retreated south into the little town of Gettysburg where the Battle of Gettysburg would be fought.

Following his instructions, the French division commander fought a rear guard action, drawing the Spanish troops toward Oms.

Following the formal termination of the shogunate, the Boshin War ( 戊辰戦争 Boshin Sensō, literally " War of the Year of the Dragon ") was fought in 1868-1869 between the Tokugawa army and a number of factions of nominally pro-Imperial forces to seize power and fill the gap thus created.

Following the victory of Constantine I over Maxentius ( for whom the Equites singulares augusti had fought ) at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, the guard were abolished and the fort demolished.

Following the return of the French in October, the French-Indochina War ( 1946 – 1954 ) was fought between France and the Vietminh.

Following the end of the Byzantine period, klephtic music arose before the Greek Revolution, developed among the kleftes, warriors who fought against the Ottoman Empire.

Following the death of Sulla, who had been dictator in 79 BC but had resigned a year later, the elder Brutus was killed by Pompey after the surrender of Mutina, where he had fought him in 77 BC.

Following Shiloh, Govan took part in Edmund Kirby Smith's Kentucky Campaign and fought at the Battle of Perryville in October.

Following this battle ( the first among four pitched land battles fought in the First Punic War ), the Romans occupied Agrigentum and sold the whole population into slavery.

Following the capture of Baghdad, the 13th Division fought a number of battles to consolidate British control over the Baghdad vilayet.

Following Milošević's agreement to the Dayton accords in 1995 to bring peace to Bosnia, Šešelj denounced Milošević as " the worst traitor in Serbian history ", and likened the event to Serbia's greatest defeat since the Battle of Kosovo fought against the Ottoman Empire in 1389.

Following a close fought contest with Sharon Hodgson, the MP for Gateshead East and Washington West, Clelland was chosen to fight the new seat at the next election for the Labour Party.