* 1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.

Having succeeded in defeating their foes, the majority of the Gauls returned to their homelands but retained an occupation force and colonial settlements throughout the Greek world.

Having borne only a female heir presumptive, it appeared that Ferdinand would be succeeded by his brother, Infante Carlos of Spain.

Having outlived his father Philip, Charles succeeded Maximilian as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, and thus ruled both the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire simultaneously.

Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.

Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.

Having succeeded Anderson at Louisville, Sherman now had principal military responsibility for Kentucky, a border state in which Confederate troops held Columbus and Bowling Green and were present near the Cumberland Gap.

Having no son, he is succeeded by his son-in-law, Mirian.

Having succeeded his father at such a young age, Francis Hyacinth did not rule de facto being only 5 years old.

Having caught a fever, he died at the Castle of Valentino, and was succeeded by his brother Charles Emmanuel II.

Having succeeded in ceasing his mother's power in Savoy, Victor Amadeus looked to his oncoming marriage with the youngest child of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ( brother of Louis XIV ) and Henrietta of England.

Having been elected King of the Romans in 1636, he succeeded his father as Holy Roman Emperor in 1637.

Having quadrupled the area of Baden, Charles Frederick died in June 1811, and was succeeded by his grandson, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, who was married to Stéphanie de Beauharnais ( 1789-1860 ), a cousin of Empress Josephine's first husband who had been adopted by Napoleon I.

Having succeeded his grandfather as Duke of Ormonde on 21 July 1688, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter on 28 September 1688.

Having been made a Privy Councillor, Ormonde succeeded Lord Rochester as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1703.

Having failed to buy into Thames Television in 1985, Carlton finally succeeded in ousting that broadcaster in the 1991 / 92 franchise round, for reasons that were seen as political.

Having succeeded as Duke of Devonshire in 1891 and entered the House of Lords, he eventually joined Salisbury's third government in 1895 as Lord President of the Council.

Having held professorial appointments at Kiel and Heidelberg, he succeeded his tutor, Friedrich Ritschl, in the chair of classical philology at Leipzig, where he died.

Having succeeded to the earldom in 1891, Macdonald's prediction came true when Lord Minto was named Governor General of Canada in the summer of 1898.

Having assented, General Van Rensselaer resigned immediately after the battle and was succeeded as senior officer on the Niagara by Alexander Smyth, the officer whose insolence had badly injured the invasion attempt.

Having succeeded with GM, the UAW next turned its attention to Chrysler, which quickly came to terms.

Having succeeded his father as the 6th Earl of Fife, he was elevated to Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom two days after his marriage in 1889 to Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VII ) and Alexandra of Denmark.

Having succeeded another dynamic young minister, Patrick Hillery, O ' Malley acted swiftly to introduce the recommendations that were made in an official report regarding education.

Having succeeded at the Ministry of Transport, in 1937 he was controversially appointed by Neville Chamberlain as Secretary of State for War replacing the popular Alfred Duff Cooper, who later resigned from the government over Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.

Having experienced almost nothing of society, the boy remained a savage.

Having experienced the trauma of the Decembrist Revolt on the very first day of his reign, Nicholas I was determined to restrain Russian society.

Having grown around the railroad industry, the city is currently working to recover from industrial decline and urban decentralization experienced in recent decades.

Having studied the Desert Fathers and other Christian mystics as part of his monastic vocation, Merton had a deep understanding of what it was those men sought and experienced in their seeking.

Having already experienced repeated defeats at the hands of the British and being very short on ammunition, Rewi was very reluctant to fight from such a poorly sited and tiny position with no water supply.

Having experienced such a breakout into separate labor classifications at Boston transit, Ching opposed such a concept when he became director of industrial relations for the United States Rubber Company.

Having lost her mother years ago, Melanie also seems to expect Scarlett to assume the role of the experienced woman advising her on her pregnancy.

Having experienced some level of success with their previous record, You Come Before You, a long and hard touring cycle left certain members of the band disenchanted.

Having all 3 red Dvonn pieces grouped together near the edge almost guarantees a win for an experienced player playing with white.

Having never experienced social interactions, Sousuke is found as a military maniac by his schoolmates as he interprets everyday situations from a combat perspective.

Having lost experienced men in Yangon, the Burmese forces now numbered about 10, 000, of mixed quality, including some of the king's best soldiers but also many untrained and barely armed conscripts.

Having experienced stupendous growth since 1994, like the rest of urban South Africa, many businesses have relocated there, and property development is boosting the ever expanding city limits.

Having satisfied the public's demand for a more traditional book, J. L. White finally experienced a degree of success.

Having the advantage of being an experienced duelist, she wins a lead over Tea while berating her attempts to prove friendship as a driving force behind Yugi and Joey ’ s victories.

Having experienced GM ’ s reliability, CIE decided in 1964 to fit higher-powered engines in both Class 001 and Class 201 locos.

Having experienced the loss of his mother at an early age, and with a desire to leave behind a callous father, he heads to university.

As he wrote to Lady Fitzwilliam on 4 September: " Having experienced very closely and very attentively his Lordship's conduct of late, and consequently having formed an opinion of his present principles, I can see no reason to expect that as an honest man I shall ever be able to give support to his administration, and therefore as a fair one I must decline receiving any favour at his hands ".

Having experienced intense fighting with German troops supported by armour and unable to successfully dig in and hold the village, the Battalion withdrew, moving back to Herouvillette where they took part in its defence.

Having experienced a difficult start at the club, McAllister won over the fans and remains a respected figure at Coventry City.

Having already experienced occupation by the Soviet regime followed by the Nazi regime, many people were unwilling to accept another occupation.

Having experienced a variety of health problems since his early 20's, he had had suspicions and was neither surprised, or terrified by the diagnosis.

Having experienced no live theatre but a few school shows, he fell in love with stage work while washing dishes at the Kennebunkport Playhouse one summer.

Having ridden bodyboards since the inception of the sport he is one of the most experienced bodyboarders currently on the tour.

Having published his autobiography A Stalk on the Wild Side, Millon has attained a not-inconsiderable level of celebrity himself and has his own stalker, Adam Gnusense ( who, as an experienced stalker himself, having risen to Grade 3, has recently acquired his own stalker, who he describes as being a Grade 34 loser after catching him rummaging through his dustbins ).