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 the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit.

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 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 completion of the Erie Canal in 1817, which opened up easier travel to Lake Erie from the East Coast of the United States, the Detroit River became a heavily traversed route for settlers traveling to northern Michigan, and Detroit, as well, experienced a sudden increase in population.

Following the death of his father-in-law in May 1866, Custer returned to Monroe, Michigan, where he considered running for Congress.

Following this a large flouring mill was erected, and large brick blocks have taken the place of round log cabin, and instead of the plank road we find the Air Line Division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, and instead of the hamlet in the woods, we find a beautiful village of fifteen hundred inhabitants, adorned with churches, schools, and fine residences.

Following the War of 1812, the federal War Department built a chain of forts and installed Indian agents between Lake Michigan and the Missouri River.

Following the decision, petitions were circulated to change the Michigan State Constitution.

In 1993 it published a study on the Michigan Education Special Services Association ( MESSA ), a school health insurance administrator created by the MEA, characterizing the entity as the “ MEA ’ s money machine .” Following publication of the study a state statute was adopted prohibiting unions from making the selection of health insurance providers a bargaining issue.

Following the war, he returned to Michigan and recovered at the Percy Jones Army Hospital in Battle Creek, where he became acquainted with fellow future U. S. Senators Bob Dole and Daniel Inouye.

Following graduation, she took a junior job with a firm in Pontiac, Michigan.

Following the departure of the Madison Muskies after the 1993 season who had represented Madison in the Midwest League from 1982 to 1993 to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a new stadium to become the West Michigan Whitecaps, the Springfield Cardinals franchise moved from Springfield, Illinois to Madison and became the Madison Hatters.

Following the approach suggested by, Thomas Hales, then at the University of Michigan, determined that the maximum density of all arrangements could be found by minimizing a function with 150 variables.

Following school, one of his first paying gigs was at WGRD in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he worked evenings.

Following an example set by American lumberman Henry W. Sage, Thompson Smith established a number of mills at Cheboygan, Michigan.

Following his draft, he joined the college hockey ranks with the Michigan Wolverines of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ( CCHA ).

Following two 40th place finishes in a row ( a Bristol Motor Speedway wreck, caused by miscommunications between Casey Mears and his spotter, and a Michigan International Speedway engine failure ), Kahne found himself sitting outside of the top 12, out of contention for the Chase.

Following the demise of the IIHL, the Northern Michigan Predators began to play in the IIHL's smallest arena, but a zoning issue with Harbor Springs officials resulted in the allocation of only 300 seats.

Following decades of research and the success of a 1945 clinical trial involving Grand Rapids, Michigan school children, PHS gave formal support to fluoridation as of June 1950, and Scheele issued his public, unqualified recommendation on April 24, 1951, enhancing PHS's public credibility and further elevating the role of the Surgeon General as a spokesperson for health.

Following her marriage to archaeologist and ancient history scholar, Charles Ebel, she moved with him to a home in Michigan.

Following the 1930 U. S. Census, Michigan gained four new seats in the U. S. House of Representatives.

Following this, Ohio became a state and the eastern half of Michigan was attached to the Indiana Territory.

Following this, Berry studied at the University of Michigan, received a Ph. D. in history from the University of Michigan and a J. D.

Following the 1993 passage of a Michigan state referendum capping local property taxes, money for schools had grown tighter.

Following high school, he moved to Detroit, Michigan where his father operated a taxicab company.