Following Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas for Spain, the Spanish sent numerous expeditions to the region, and they began their conquest of Maya lands in the 1520s.

Following his discovery of Pluto, Tombaugh earned bachelor's and master's degrees in astronomy from the University of Kansas in 1936 and 1938.

Following the discovery, starting in the 1990s, of other Kuiper belt objects, Pluto began to be seen not as a planet orbiting alone at 40 AU, but as the largest of a group of icy bodies in that region of space.

Following the discovery of gold and silver in 1859 on the nearby Comstock Lode, Carson City's population began to rise.

Following the discovery of the islands by Columbus, the area was quickly colonised by several Western cultures ( initially Spain, then later Portugal, England, the Dutch Republic, France and Denmark ).

Following his sensational discovery, Howard Carter retired from archaeology and became a part-time agent for collectors and museums, including the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Following the discovery of the Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai it is now known that the medieval word kami ( 上 ) meaning " above " is a false cognate with the modern kami ( 神 ), and the etymology of " heavenly beings " is therefore incorrect.

Following the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot Andrewes was asked to prepare a sermon to be presented to the king in 1606 ( Sermons Preached upon the V of November, in Lancelot Andrewes, XCVI Sermons, 3rd.

Following the discovery that many Chilean vineyards thought to be planted with Sauvignon blanc was actually Sauvignonasse, the owners of the Chilean winery Domaine Paul Bruno ( who previously worked with Château Margaux and Château Cos d ' Estournel ) invited ampelographers to comb through their vineyards to make sure that their wines were properly identified.

Following the discovery of the pion, Yukawa was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for his predictions.

Following his " discovery " by McCormick and Strachwitz, Lipscomb became an important figure in the folk music revival of the 1960s.

Following the discovery of an infrared excess around Vega, other stars have been found that display a similar anomaly that is attributable to dust emission.

Following the Spanish discovery of great silver deposits at Potosí in Bolivia and in Mexico during the 16th century, international trade came to depend on coins such as the Spanish dollar, Maria Theresa thaler, and, in the 1870s, the United States Trade dollar.

Following the discovery of the Platinum group of metals which include ruthenium, palladium, osmium and iridium, a small quantity of iridium was isolated and used on the iridium-tipped gold dip pen nibs of the 1830s.

Following the discovery and naming of asteroids below 10 m in size ( e. g., 2008 TC3 ), Rubin and Grossman refined the Beech and Steel definition of meteoroid to objects between 10 µm and 1 m in diameter.

Following the discovery of a small statue of the demon Pazuzu ( an actual ancient Assyrian demigod ) and a modern-day St. Joseph medal curiously juxtaposed together at the site, a series of omens alerts him to a pending confrontation with a powerful evil, which, unknown to the reader at this point, he has battled before in an exorcism in Africa.

Following this discovery, the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company of Calcite was founded purchasing at Calcite, the new name for Crawford's Quarry.

Following the American Civil War the county experienced an economic boom after the discovery of natural gas that fueled rapid industrial growth in the surrounding area.

Following the discovery of oil in 1928, crude oil and natural gas joined timber as leading natural resources until about 1934 when oil experienced a natural decline.

Following their discovery in 1956 a number of new pools were dug to encourage population expansion.

Following the discovery of natural gas in 1882, Paola became the first town west of the Mississippi River to use it commercially and have the town illuminated using natural gas lanterns.

Following the discovery of modern medicinal cures, including the vaccine for polio, the interest in natural healing remedies faded, and the city's tourism industry collapsed.

Following the discovery of oil nearby, the population of Baytown and the Tri-cities boomed.

Following the mid-20th century discovery of Roman trading posts in Southern India, Foucher's argument was revised in favour of Roman influence, as opposed to Greek.

Following the death of her parents when she was very young, she lived with her grandmother, Felisa Howard on Arvada III, a colony planet until a great moon collision caused the planet to flood, forcing its evacuation.

Following the events of Speaker for the Dead, we find a story of another set of characters living as a member of a Brazilian Catholic human colony on Lusitania, a unique planet inhabited by the only other two known species of sentient alien life: the Pequeninos " little ones " and the Hive Queen.

Following the game, a book about the pre-history of the planet and a CD with music from the game were released.

Following the rebellion that forced the Quintessons off the planet, the Decepticons-as they named themselves-lusting for power, began a civil war.

Following the initial drive to colonize, pollution has devastated Earth, making any life on the planet near impossible.

Following the success of the protagonist of Quake II in destroying the Strogg's leader, the Makron, Rhino squad is tasked with spearheading the mission to finally secure the aliens ' home planet Stroggos.

Following the success of the Flash, Hawkman was revived in The Brave and the Bold # 34 ( Feb-Mar 1961 ), this time as an alien policeman from the planet Thanagar, though his powers were largely the same.

Following Mata Nui's banishment from his body by Makuta Teridax, the arc starts with the Ignika crashing onto Bara Magna, a vast, mostly-barren planet.

Following this Brainiac unleashes his robot army against the newly created planet of New Krypton, and the Kryptonian citizens rise up to fight the drones.

Following a tip from a Klingon ship, the Enterprise finds debris from an earth ship orbiting an uninhabitable alien planet.

Following Nova to Kvch, the home planet the Technarchy ( parental race of the Phalanx ), Drax and Gamora are freed from the Phalanx by the Technarch Tyro.

Following the Transformers ' victory, Starscream and Shockwave fled the planet in a restored Ark.

Following a rebellion which drove the Quintessons off the planet, the workers became the Autobots and the soldiers became the Decepticons.

Following Scion transmissions, they locate the heart of the Scion society, a medium sized planet called the " Core " planet, which is presumed to be artificial.

Following the flight telemetry of the derelict spacecraft found on LV-426 where the Nostromo crew first encountered the Alien eggs in Alien, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation has discovered a planet with the ruins of an extraterrestrial civilization infested with Aliens.

Following the discovery of a devastated planet Earth and Admiral Adama's support for a permanent alliance with the rebel Cylons, Zarek and Felix Gaeta lead an unsuccessful mutiny on Galactica.

Following Alpha-Q's orders, he led his new army, the Terrorcons to Earth, planning to suck the planet dry of Energon.

Following the Zero Hour reboot of the Legion, Mano was reintroduced, with his origin slightly altered ; while he still destroyed his planet, the inhabitants were already dead, as a result of chemical weaponry.

Following the later discovery of Pluto in 1930, there were eight other recognised planets ; however, the number of other planets was again reduced to seven when Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.

Following the Cataclysm, the Fortisquian colonizers from the planet Arcturus came to Earth to investigate the fate of the Savage Land, which had been created by the alien Nuwali for the enigmatic Beyonders.