Following the 1899 season, the National League disbanded four teams, including the Cleveland franchise.

Following the 1945 elections to the Constituent Assembly in France, which were held with a very limited franchise, the French authorities gradually extended the franchise until in November 1955 the principle of universal sufferage was passed into law and implemented the following year.

Following this model the Mario series has gone on to become the best selling video game franchise of all time with 193 million units sold as of January 2007, almost 40 million units ahead of second ranked franchise ( Pokémon, also by Nintendo ).

Following a transitional period, the right to operate the two tram businesses was officially transferred from the government to the private sector under franchise agreements on 29 August 1999.

Following the 2006 season the franchise was acquired by the group PS and J Professional Baseball Club, LLC headed by Steve Malliet, an experienced minor league executive in both affiliated and independent baseball.

Following TWW's loss of contract, the Teledu Cymru name was once again utilised by the Independent Television Service for Wales and the West that ran the franchise until HTV could begin broadcasting.

Following the intervention of the ITA, a temporary service was set up — Independent Television Service for Wales and the West, broadcasting from the old TWW Pontcanna studios in Cardiff, and staffed by former TWW workers, until Harlech ( soon renamed " HTV ") was ready to take over its franchise early, on 20 May 1968.

Following Govia's successful bid for the West Midlands franchise in 2007, another 37 Desiros were ordered to replace its older fleet of 321s.

Following the loss of Thames ' franchise and the amalgamation of the company into talkbackTHAMES, the Euston Road base of Thames was sold off and demolished.

Following Stan's passing away from lymphoma in 2005, Michael collaborated with his mother on writing and illustrating Berenstain Bears installments, while Leo has been involved with the business side of the franchise.

Following the conclusion of the 2005 MLS season, the franchise was officially put on hiatus and the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to Houston, Texas, where they became the Houston Dynamo.

Following their 1956 campaign, tragedy struck the Roughriders franchise when four members of the team were killed in a plane crash on December 9, 1956, while returning from the CFL All-Star Game in Vancouver.

Following submission of their application, TVS were anticipating that they would be forced into a shotgun marriage with Southern but won outright since their plans for a better mix of programmes and greater investment were considered good enough to operate the franchise alone.

Following the award of the franchise to TVS, Southern sold the site to the new company at a premium.

Following the Super Bowl win, Parcells was courted by the Atlanta Falcons to become the Head Coach and General Manager of the franchise.

Following the War, the Panthers became a minor league franchise of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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 announcement however, concerns were again raised by critics, speculating that Bell Media may attempt to acquire full rights to the NHL once CBC's current contract with the league expires in the 2013 – 14 seasonusing their potential ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the NHL's highest valued franchise, as an impetus for such a coup.

Following the focus on the Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and Indiana Jones franchises, LucasArts entered a new franchise in 1993 with Sam & Max Hit the Road.

Following the season, Paul Pierce, team captain and face of the franchise, expressed frustration with the team's failures.

Following the privatisation of British Rail, the rights to run services on the line were put out to tender as a franchise.

Following the Cuban Revolution in 1959 the team relocated to Jersey City, New Jersey, but soon folded ; the franchise was bought by the Cleveland Indians, who moved it to Jacksonville as the Jacksonville Suns in 1962.

Following its liquidation, Commodore's former assets went their separate ways, with none of the descendant companies repeating Commodore's early success.

Following the fall of the Derg regime in 1991, Abune Merkorios abdicated under public and governmental pressure and went to exile in the United States.

Following their bye week, Dallas went on a three game winning streak including wins over Atlanta and NFC East division rival Philadelphia.

Following his retirement, he went on to publish more than 200 articles, in a variety of journals — more than some reputable scientists publish in their entire careers ; 14 of his 25 books were published after he was 65.

Following Napoleon's defeat in the Napoleonic Wars France went through several further regime changes, being ruled as a monarchy, then briefly as a Second Republic, and then as a Second Empire, until a more lasting French Third Republic was established in 1870.

Following his Washington visit Holt went on to London and in a speech there given on 7 July he was sharply critical of the UK, France and other U. S. allies that had refused to commit troops to the Vietnam War.

Following a year of unprofitable practice, he went to law school.

Following Orta's single, the Cardinals dropped an easy popout and suffered a passed ball, before the Royals went on to win with a bloop base hit by seldom used pinch hitter Dane Iorg.

Following his mother's death, he moved house near the end of the series, but only went as far as the other side of Victor's house, into the Trenches '/ McVitie's old house claiming he'd always wanted to live in an " end house, without leaving the area ".

Following political turmoil during the first three decades of the 20th century, Paraguay went to war again, this time with Bolivia.

Following the election, he went to London in 1886 and married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow.

Following the Teletubbies ' appearance in New York City, they went on their first live European tour, performing shows in London, Paris, Bremen, Darmstadt, Halle ( Saale ), Hamburg, Köln, and Hannover.

Following the events of the September 11 attacks, and the subsequent war on terror, the Air Wing went on to expand their operations from mainly anti-narcotics operations to also support security of United States nationals and interests, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Following the murder, Ono went into complete seclusion for an extended period.

Following the end of the strike, Singer fired 400 workers, including all strike leaders and purported members of the IWGB, among whom was Arthur McManus, who later went on to become the first chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain between 1920 and 1922.

Following the release of the album, the band again went on a tour through Europe, opening on Kharkiv's Freedom Square in front of 350, 000 Ukrainian fans.

Following his abdication, he went into seclusion ; but, in 1410, he returned to Yoshino.

Following some initial setbacks, the war went exceptionally well for England ; the victories of Crécy and Poitiers led to the highly favourable Treaty of Brétigny.

Following a wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace prepared by chef Gabriel Tschumi, the new duchess and her husband honeymooned at Polesden Lacey, a manor house in Surrey, and then went to Scotland, where she caught " unromantic " whooping cough.

Following bitter conflict with the Rio Grande Western during lease disagreements and continued financial struggles, the D & RG went into receivership in July 1884 with court appointed receiver William S. Jackson in control.

Following his conquest of Gaul, Maximus went out to meet his main opponent, emperor Gratian, whom he defeated near Paris.

Following many of his classmates, Zhou went to Japan in July 1917 for further studies.

Following the exposure given to " Kayleigh " and its subsequent chart success, the album went to No. 1 in the United Kingdom, knocking Bryan Ferry off the top spot and holding off a challenge from Sting, who released his first solo album in the same week.

Following the withdrawal of Bridgetown, Barbados, in the mid 1880s, St. George's went on to become the replacement capital of the former colony of the British Windward Islands.

Following the album release, the group went on the Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-95, resulting in the live and video album of the same name, which featured a selection of recordings from the two-year tour, including the performance in Sarajevo on the date of the signing of the Dayton agreement.