Following the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002, a UK bankruptcy will now normally last no longer than 12 months and may be less, if the Official Receiver files in court a certificate that his investigations are complete.

Following the 1868 – 1878 rebellion of the Ten Years ' War, all slavery was abolished by 1884, making Cuba the second-to-last country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery, with Brazil being the last.

Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Attlee and Churchill wanted the coalition government to last until Japan had been defeated.

Following the defeat of Gog, the last judgment begins: " The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Following low-speed tests conducted at the Goodwood circuit in Sussex, England, the CN7 was taken to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, scene of his father's last LSR triumph in 1935.

Following the liberation of Denmark and the end of World War II, the last British troops left in September 1945.

Following the failure of the last of the national uprisings, the January Uprising of 1863, the Polish nation, subjected within the territories under the Russian and Prussian administrations to still stricter controls and increased persecution, preserved its identity in nonviolent ways.

Following these, he has released 21 other albums including his harps, from 1970 until now ( the last one is " Explore "-2006-).

Following Chyngyshev's dismissal, Akayev dismissed the government and called upon the last communist premier, Apas Djumagulov, to form a new one.

Following Kulov's resignation, Akayev dismissed the government and called upon the last communist premier, Apas Djumagulov, to form a new one.

Following the death of his wife Jenny in December 1881, Marx developed a catarrh that kept him in ill health for the last 15 months of his life.

Following this, according to the last chapters of Exodus, the Tabernacle was constructed, the priestly law ordained, the plan of encampment arranged both for the Levites and the non-priestly tribes, and the Tabernacle consecrated.

Following Labour's 1979 general election defeat by Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan remained party leader for the next 18 months before he resigned and Foot was elected Labour leader on 4 November 1980, beating Denis Healey in the second round of the leadership election ( the last leadership contest to involve only Labour MPs ).

Following the last obligatory daily prayer ( Isha ') special, optional tarawih prayers are offered in larger mosques.

Following the 1919 Nickle Resolution, however, it was against non-binding policy for the sovereign to grant such honorific titles to Canadians ; the last prime minister to be knighted was Sir Robert Borden, who was premier at the time the Nickle Resolution was debated in the House of Commons.

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

Following figures show that the ethnic composition of the resident population has been stable over the last 30 years, while non-resident population has boomed.

Following the game ABC premiered the television drama Extreme starring James Brolin ; this was the last series to premiere following the Super Bowl until Family Guy premiered following Super Bowl XXXIII and is one of only four in the last fourteen years to premiere following a Super Bowl ( joining Family Guy, its spinoff American Dad !, and Undercover Boss which premiered following Super Bowl XLIV ), since the networks have preferred to have new episodes of established shows to catch as much of the post-game audience as possible.

Following Super Bowl XXXII it would be the last back-to-back Super Bowls played outdoors until Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV.

Following the unification of Italy, Vatican City became the last surviving territory of the former Papal States.

Following this evidence, the Russians continued a scientific whale hunt, though the verisimilitude of the intentions of the hunt over the last 40 years are questioned.

* May 28 – Following the invasion of the Paris Commune by Government troops, 147 Communards, the last defenders of the workers ' district of Belleville, are shot, on the last day of the " Bloody Week " ( Semaine Sanglante ) in which the Commune is crushed.

* April – Following the death of its last count, the Palatinate-Landsberg passes to the King of Sweden.

Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed, after failed attempts at reconciliation and a negotiated settlement.

Following failed peace talks between Mobutu and Kabila in May 1997, Mobutu left the country, and Kabila marched unopposed to Kinshasa on 20 May.

Following the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising, the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge in India.

Following the failed Pisonian conspiracy against Nero in 65, he had been forced to commit suicide.

Following Allen's failed attempt on St. John, many of his men drifted away, presumably drawn by the needs of home and farm.

Following the failed coup of 1361, a number of Boccaccio's close friends and other acquaintances were executed or exiled in the subsequent purge.

Following a failed royalist coup, the monarchist parties abstained, leading to a landslide for the Liberals and their allies.

Following the failed insurrections of 1896 – 97 the Ndebele and Shona groups became subject to Rhodes's administration thus precipitating European settlement en masse which led to land distribution disproportionately favouring Europeans, displacing the Shona, Ndebele, and other indigenous peoples.

Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child.

Following the failed coup, Gorbachev found a fundamentally changed constellation of power, with Yeltsin in de facto control of much of a sometimes recalcitrant Soviet administrative apparatus.

Following the 1989 World Series defeat to the Oakland A's, a local ballot initiative to fund a new stadium in San Francisco failed, threatening the franchise's future in the city.

Following that game, which sapped the team's bullpen strength, the Padres stumbled, dropping games at home, where they struggled to score runs, and on the road, where they committed uncharacteristic errors and failed to hold leads.

Following Hagelin's and the Natural Law Party's failed attempt at a coalition with the Reform Party in 2000, the Natural Law Party ran its own ticket of Hagelin and Nat Goldhaber.

* April 1 – Following a failed attempt at a coup, French defense minister Georges Boulanger is forced to flee the country.

Following a failed rebellion to claim the throne from himself, Henry II was forced to pass the regency to Otto III's mother Theophanu.

Following Otto I's death in 973, Mieszko I's sided with Duke Henry II of Bavaria against Emperor Otto II during Henry's failed revolt in 977.

Following parliamentary elections in 2003, the seats were allocated as follows ( the United People's Party failed to meet the 5 % threshold ):

Following the failed Nanchang and Autumn Harvest Uprisings of 1927, the Communists began to focus on establishing a series of rural bases of operation in southern China.

Following a failed attempt to establish a coalition with the Liberals, Heath conceded power to a minority Labour government under Harold Wilson, which won a small majority in a second election in October that year.

Following a suicide attempt involving a handgun that failed to go off, he eventually rallied and returned to filmmaking.

Following the failed effort to record a new studio album, the Police effectively disbanded.

Following a failed expedition to the town led by Louis the Pious around 812, allegiance to the Franks collapsed after Enecco Arista jumped to prominence.

Following a failed initial approach to Anton Bruckner, Schnabel studied music theory and composition under Eusebius Mandyczewski.

Following the massive bankruptcy of the Penn Central in 1970, Congress created Amtrak to take over the failed company's intercity passenger train service, under the Rail Passenger Service Act.

Following the war, Boone worked as a surveyor and merchant, but fell deeply into debt through failed Kentucky land speculation.