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" Following Leopold's death in 1787, Nannerl had to do without this support, and Halliwell asserts that " there is every reason to believe that Leopold's death was devastating " to her.

Following a devastating flood in 1964, a dike was constructed to protect the lower town.

Following a devastating blizzard in 1949, Colorado Air Guard C-47s dropped hay to stranded and starving livestock throughout the Rocky Mountain region.

Following Makhno's devastating attack on Denikin's rearguard in September – October 1919, the Mennonite colonies found themselves once more under Makhnovist occupation.

Following a devastating fire of 1763, the city was rebuilt in a Neoclassical style.

Following a devastating fire in 1869, the citizens of Dresden immediately set about rebuilding their opera house.

Following devastating floods in December 1955, the Army Corps of Engineers built flood control measures along the San Lorenzo River and Branciforte Creek through downtown Santa Cruz.

Following a devastating attack by the Other, the castle was nearly destroyed and its artificial intelligence was fractured into multiple pieces that cannot communicate with each other.

Following his devastating critique in Antiquity, vol 40: 159, 1966 pp 212-216 with “ Moonshine on Stonehenge ”, of Gerald Hawkins 1965 book Stonehenge Decoded, Atkinson reversed his position in the face of intense research by A. Thom and associates, See Journal for the History of Astronomy vol 5 1974, etc.

Following the devastating 2010 Tennessee flood that inundated Gaylord Opryland and the Grand Ole Opry House, the station broadcast from a makeshift studio at its transmitter site for six months, while the Grand Ole Opry rotated between several performance sites, until the buildings at the Opryland complex were repaired.

Following the initial devastating air strikes by the Canberras, Hunters and Vampire FB9's, as well as ten Alouette III helicopter gunships, engaged opportunity targets in allocated areas which together inflicted the majority of the casualties, while 2 Vampire T11's flew top cover.

Following such a devastating and one sided loss in a title fight, many questioned whether Peter would have the mental strength to return to top form.

Following the devastating Persian invasion of 1795, 18-years-old Alexandre helped his father to restore the capital Tbilisi.

Following a third and devastating fire, in 1964, the three Naper sons went to court and requested that the state allow the family trust to be broken up and the estate divided between the three sons.

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, DLA provided humanitarian support to Haiti, including 2. 7 million ready-to-eat meals.

Following Alexander's kidnapping, Daventry endured terrible hardship in the form of many devastating earthquakes that destroyed many landmarks.

Following the devastating famine of 1770, which was partially caused by this short-sightedness, Company officials in Calcutta better understood the importance of oversight of revenue officials.

Following the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Heap told Washington Times Communities journalist and recording artist Jennifer Grassman, that she intended to continue organizing Live 4 X events to benefit various charitable causes.

Following the devastating battle of the Basque Roads, Napoleon ordered the reinforcement of the fortification of the area of the mouth of the Charente.

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Following the 2002 European floods, the Prague system sustained damage, and operation was halted until recently when Czech start up Lime & Tonic revived the Prague pneumatic postal system to integrate their reservations system with their merchants.

Following the storm, a long, high seawall was constructed to protect the city from floods and hurricane storm surge.

Following severe floods in July 1935 the railroad was partially out of service and its abandonment in June 1936 was readily approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission which from an early date approved railroad abandonment to promote highway truck use.

Following the floods of 1861-62 and 1867-68, the highest water on record reached between 216 and 220 ft above sea level.

Following a flood along the river in 1938, in which the dam was required to pass through all of the flow of water, there was criticism of the dam project as failing to meet its promise of preventing downstream floods.

Following the floods, a reassessment of the function of the regulators was carried out, and in view of the costs of maintaining them, the Environment Agency intend to remove them once some reconfiguration of the river channel has been completed.

Following the 2007 United Kingdom floods, which left 13 people dead, 44, 600 homes flooded and caused £ 3bn damage, Defra announced an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt.

Following the catastrophic Queensland floods in 2010 – 2011 the Australian Government have commissioned a feasibility study on flood-proofing the Bruce Highway.

Following serious floods, which washed parts of embankments away, the line was closed for about a fortnight during July and August 2007 for repairs.

Following floods in September 1984, construction of the lake was proposed to prevent future flooding and provide recreational facilities.

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, Pine Flat Dam was closed to all public access because of its importance in protecting the region from floods and the damage that the impounded water would do if the dam was breached.

Following flash floods in 1908 which partially destroyed the original city, in 1910, the present-day city was established around away from the old town near Drahma.

Following the 2009 floods, an hourly shuttle service is operational northbound stopping at stations to Maryport.

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Following the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, 15 of the 16 rebel leaders were shot by the British military authorities under martial law.

Following a number of extensions to the parliament and departmental buildings and a fire in 1916 that destroyed the Centre Block, Parliament Hill took on its present form with the completion of the Peace Tower in 1927.

Following the turmoil of World War I 1914 – 1918, the 1916 rising, the Irish War of Independence 1919 – 1921, and the Irish Civil War 1921 – 1923, the Irish government found it necessary to remove the members of several local authorities and replace them temporarily by paid commissioners.

Following an unresolved conflict over control of the company, it was wound up on 24 July 1916.

Following the enormous losses of the French offensives in Artois and Champagne in 1915, and after further losses at Verdun in 1916, where the Germans initially made good progress against fortifications which had had their guns removed for use elsewhere, Joffre's political position weakened.

Following the catastrophic defeats of France's ally Romania at the hands of Central Powers in late 1916, that forced the capital Bucharest to be evacuated, Joffre was appointed as head of the French Military Mission aimed at reforming the Romanian army.

Following her divorce from Reagan, Wyman married Hollywood music director and composer Frederick M. Karger ( 1916 – 1979 ) on November 1, 1952, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara.

Following the surrender of the garrison on April 29, 1916, the survivors of the siege were marched to imprisonment at Aleppo.

Following the request he advanced towards Baghdad in April 1916 but turned back when news reached him of the surrender.

Following his graduation in 1916, he traveled to Spain to study art and architecture.

Following a split in the Labor party in 1916, Cook joined William Morris Hughes ' Nationalist Party of Australia, and following the Nationalist victory in the 1917 election, served as Minister for the Navy, then Treasurer under Hughes.

Following financial difficulties during the First World War, the mining operations were bought by Store Norske, which was incorporated in Oslo on 30 November 1916.

Following a protracted period of factional struggle, in 1916 the party's anti-war forces gained decisive control of the party and saw the defection of its pro-war Right Wing.

Following the accession of Emperor Karl to the throne in November 1916, Conrad was elevated to the rank of field marshal, one of only three men in Austria-Hungary to hold that rank at the time.

Following the fighting around Pozières, all three divisions of I ANZAC took part in the Battle of Mouquet Farm, which took place between 10 August and 3 September 1916.

Following their victory at the Battle of Romani on 4 August 1916, British mounted forces supported by infantry, went onto the offensive ; their pace of advance governed only by the speed by which the railway and water pipeline could be constructed across the Sinai Peninsula.

Following the completion of the lower dams, the entire Elan Valley Railway had been entirely lifted by 1916.

Following the British evacuation of Gallipoli, the corps was moved to France in 1916, where it was commanded by Alexander Hamilton-Gordon until he was relieved in 1918.

Following the outbreak of World War I, Patterson in 1916 enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army, serving as a cavalry officer.

Following three more seasons in the minor leagues, he stayed in the major leagues after signing with the Indians in 1916.

Following the bankruptcy of the family business and the mental breakdown of George, Sr., the family moved to Richmond in 1916.

Following the surrender, MacDonagh was court martialled, and executed by firing squad on 3 May 1916, aged thirty-eight.

Following graduation, Ensign Wead departed, on 2 June 1916, for leave and travel to his first sea-duty assignment.

Following the Dissolution of St Albans Abbey in 1539 the manor of Norton passed into private hands, but its manorial courts continued to record the activities of its villagers until 1916.

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