Following Fender's lead, Gibson released the first short scale violin-shaped electric bass with extendable end pin in 1953, allowing it to be played upright or horizontally.

Following Desargues ' thinking, the sixteen-year-old Pascal produced, as a means of proof, a short treatise on what was called the " Mystic Hexagram ", Essai pour les coniques (" Essay on Conics ") and sent it — his first serious work of mathematics — to Père Mersenne in Paris ; it is known still today as Pascal's theorem.

Following an operation to cure deafness, an abscess formed in his ear and burst ; he endured intense pain for a week and died at 2am on 18 January 1873 just short of his 70th birthday.

Following this short stint in the military, Ebbinghaus finished his dissertation on Eduard von Hartmann ’ s Philosphie des Unbewussten ( Philosophy of the Unconscious ), and received his doctorate on August 16, 1873, when he was 23 years old.

Following the Gutian period, there is a brief Sumerian renaissance in the 21st century, cut short in the 20th century BC by Amorite invasions, a Semitic people from the north east Levant who founded Babylon as an independent state in 1894 BC.

Following the collapse of the Ur-III dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites gained control over most of Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms.

Following his marriage Albéniz settled in Madrid and produced a quantity of music in a relatively short period. By 1886 he had written over 50 piano pieces.

Following a series of screenings which he and the National Film Theatre programmer Karel Reisz organized for the venue of independently-produced short films by himself and others, he developed a philosophy of cinema which found expression in what became known, by the late-1950s, as the Free Cinema movement.

Following the 2011 election, Welsh Labour held exactly half of the seats in the Assembly, falling just short of an overall majority.

Following the notable but short reign of Rudolf IV ( the first to claim the title of Archduke of Austria ), his brothers Albert III and Leopold III split the realms in the Treaty of Neuberg in 1379.

Following the collapse of the last Sumerian " Ur-III " dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites, another Semitic people, gradually gained control over most of southern Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms, while the Assyrians reasserted their independence in the north.

Following is short list of major philosophical movements, in rough chronological order:

Following her death, six of her short stories were adapted by Shaftesbury Films into the dramatic anthology series The Shields Stories.

Following the 1938 Our Gang short Came the Brawn, McFarland " retired " from Our Gang, beginning a personal appearance tour.

Following the defeat of the French army, Dewey escaped through Spain to Portugal, where he was interned for a short time.

Following the commercial failure of his novel The Tragic Muse, in 1890, James renounced novel writing and dedicated himself to short fiction and plays, which he described as related forms.

Following Zapata's death, the Liberation Army of the South slowly fell apart, his rebellion in the south soon fizzled and, in the short run, his ideals of land reform and fair treatment for Mexico's poor farmers were put to an end.

Following a short break, the group released " Being Nobody ", a mash-up of Chaka Khan's " Ain't Nobody " and The Human League's " Being Boiled ".

Following the first guest is a short segment to bridge two commercial breaks sequentially.

Following the capture of Little Rock by the Union Army in 1863, the Confederate government moved the state government offices to Hot Springs for short time, then ultimately based the state government out of Washington, making it the Capital of Arkansas from 1863-1865.

Following a short prison term for his involvement in the 1871 raid, O ' Neill became a land speculator and promoter of Irish settlement in Nebraska.

Following partial restoration, which saw the Trust working on the park, and Herefordshire Council, owners of the park, working on the canal, a short section at Aylestone was used for a boat rally in May 2011.

Following Harald's death in 1040, Harthacanute succeeded him for a short time, but as neither Harald nor Harthacanute left offspring, the throne was offered to Edward on Harthacanute's death in 1042.

Following Marmont at a short distance were further reinforcements, two Guard infantry divisions ( Friant and Curial ) under the command of Marshal Ney and with them was Napoleon himself.

Following an appropriate period of mourning, the monarch is also crowned in the United Kingdom in an ancient ritual, but one not necessary for a sovereign to reign.

Following the capture of Memphis, he restored the temples and cults neglected during the reign of the Libyans.

Following the crackdown, no one in the country dared to defy the king and João saw no further conspiracies during his reign.

Following the Revolution of 1848 that saw the end of the reign of King Louis Philippe, Delacroix ' painting, Liberty Leading the People, was finally put on display by the newly elected President, Louis Napoleon ( Napoleon III ).

Following Alexander's conquest of Persia in 330 BCE, the Seleucids ( 312-248 BCE ) instituted the Hellenic practice of counting years from the start of an ' era ', as opposed to starting a new count at the beginning of the reign of each individual king.

Following his reign, the Awan dynasty collapsed as Elam was temporarily overrun by the Guti, a people speaking a Language Isolate, from what is now north west Iran.

Following the death of Queen Mary from smallpox in 1694, William continued to reign as William III, with his regnal years continuing to date from 1688.

Following the death of Queen Mary from smallpox in 1694, William continued to reign as William III.

Following the death of Queen Mary from smallpox in 1694, William continued to reign as William III.

Following the death of Queen Mary from smallpox in 1694, William continued to reign as William III.

Following the reign of the first Sui Dynasty Emperor Wen of Sui all commanderies were abolished to be replaced by a two tier province and county system ( 州 / 郡 ).

Following his Cruiserweight Championship reign, Mysterio challenged Ultimate Dragon for the J-Crown Championship, but was unsuccessful in his title match at World War 3 in November.

Following Constantine's deathbed conversion in 337 all emperors adopted Christianity, except for Julian the Apostate who, during his brief reign, attempted unsuccessfully to re-instate paganism.

Following these al-Afshin patiently overcame the rebel, securing a significant victory of this reign.

Following his brother's directives, Priscus collected heavy taxes that eventually led to rebellion and the uprising of Jotapianus, one of the four usurpers reported for Philip's reign.

Following in the path struck out by Strickland in her Lives of the Queens of England, and by Lord Brougham's Lives of Eminent Statesmen, Campbell produced Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of Queen Victoria, in ten volumes.

Following disagreements with van Huerter over land holdings, Van de Haegen settled in Quatro Ribeiras, Terceira until journeying to Ribeira da Cruz on Flores during the reign of King John II.

Following the death of Agila in 554, he was sole ruler for the rest of his reign.

Following the succession dispute of the Date, very few disturbances occurred for the remainder of Ietsuna's reign, except some defiant daimyo.

Following the rebellion by Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby his lands became part of the Duchy of Lancaster until the reign of Charles I.

Following the control of the region, the settlement received its first foral () in 1195, during the reign of Sancho I.

Following the Industrial Revolution, Saddleworth became a centre for cotton spinning and weaving during the 18th and 19th centuries, so much so that by the end of Queen Victoria's reign, mechanized textile production had become a vital part of the local economy.

Following Lancashire's reign as One Day champions in the 1970s, a programme of renovation and replacement was initiated in 1981.