* 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 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 succeeded an experienced leader in an election-year, he failed to establish himself in time.

Having won this battle, Ulugh Beg advanced toward Herat and massacred its people in 1448, but Ala-ud-Daulah's brother Mirza Abul-Qasim Babur bin Baysonqor came to his aid, defeating Ulugh Beg.

Having become Sirdar of the Egyptian Army in 1892-with the rank of brigadier-general and then major-general in the British Army — in 1896 he led his British and Egyptian forces up the Nile, building a railway to supply arms and reinforcements, and defeating the Sudanese at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898, near Khartoum.

Having reached the 2012 Copa del Rey Final by defeating giantkillers CD Mirandes ( based in a small town close to Bilbao ), Athletic faced the same opponent as in 2009-powerful FC Barcelona, who again proved too strong in another 3-0 result.

Having been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ( GCMG ) in 1921, he was also elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1925, defeating former Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith.

Having largely succeeded in Ulster, O ' Neill, along with Rory O ' Moore, then tried to march on Dublin, defeating a government force at Julianstown, but failed in the Siege of Drogheda 1641.

Having first joint the National Party in the 70s, he was first elected to Parliament for Rangitikei in the 1984 election, defeating Social Credit Party leader Bruce Beetham.

Having resisted this reprogramming signal, Mega Man responds by defeating all four of these previous foes in battle and chases Wily to a large tank.

Having locked Deng's forces into this frenzy, the Chimei forces then collapsed on them, defeating them.

Having persisted too long in deliberate ignorance and denial of the forces that threatened her, Pamela was relieved now to admit their potency and to be taking definite steps toward grappling with them.

Having ( through my unflagging effort and devotion ) achieved stardom, a fortune and a world-renowned wife at an age when most young men are casting their first vote, Letch proceeded to neglect them all.

Having effected a separation from England and its cultural icons, America was left without history -- or heroes on which to base a shared sense of their social selves.

Having migrated to Italy from north of the Alps, some of the defeated Celts simply moved back to their kinsfolk.

Having described how the Israelites and Joshua have carried out the first of their God's commands, the story now turns to the second, to " put the people in possession of the land.

Having lost their entire baggage and supplies, the Bastarnae were obliged to withdraw from Dardania and to return home.

Having thus become the enemy of Persia, Athens was already in a position to support the Ionian cities when they began their revolt.

Having gained control of China, Chiang's party remained surrounded by " surrendered " warlords who remained relatively autonomous within their own regions.

Having recanted, they were obliged to sew yellow crosses onto their outdoor clothing and to live apart from other Catholics, at least for a while.

Having cleared Syria of the Franks, the Mamluk Sultans of Egypt turned their attention to the schismatic Muslims of Syria.

Having shown that enzymes could function outside a living cell, the next step was to determine their biochemical nature.

Having defeated the Ethiopian forces in Eritrea, EPLF troops took control of their homeland.

Having lost their academic home in May 2003, they increasingly cross genres and print write-ups of all books and media received, as well as of events that feature creative works that imaginatively challenge gender such as intentional communities, performance events, and film festivals.

Having in mind the example of our fathers and discharging the duty of our pastoral office, we decree that churches and their possessions, as well as the persons connected with them, namely, clerics and monks and their servants ( conversi ), also the laborers and the things they use, shall remain safe and unmolested.

Having a patient sit with their stronger side next to a wall and instructing them to lean towards the wall is an example of a possible treatment for pusher behaviour.

' Having said this, he and most of the members who had a right to sit in Parliament, withdrew from the House ; so that there was not the fourth part of a quorum of lawful members present in the House when the Secluded Members, who had been voted out of the Parliament by those that had an undisputed authority over their own members, undertook to dissolve the Parliament, which was not to be done, unless by their own consent ; and whether that consent was ever given, is submitted to the judgment of all impartial men.

Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored other genres in their next studio album Minutes to Midnight ( 2007 ).

Having failed to build Zion within the confines of American society, the Mormons began to construct a society in isolation, based on their beliefs and values.

Having rescued her, the Catbus then whisks her and Satsuki over the countryside to see their mother in the hospital.

Having failed at their earlier attempt to conduct market-economy reforms such as those carried out in China by Deng Xiaoping, Kim opted for continued ideological purity.

There is no clear evidence that the United States actually exercised such a degree of control as to justify treating the contras as acting on its behalf ... Having reached the above conclusion, the Court takes the view that the Contras remain responsible for their acts, in particular the alleged violations by them of humanitarian law.