Napoleon Bonaparte had gained Louisiana for French ownership from Spain in 1800 under the Treaty of San Ildefonso, after being a Spanish colony since 1762.

Soon after Confederation, the urban population grew ( and more importantly, most city dwellers gained the franchise after property ownership was no longer required to gain the vote ).

As Song society became more and more prosperous and parents on the bride's side of the family provided larger dowries for her marriage, women naturally gained many new legal rights in ownership of property.

Lemieux shocked the hockey world by deciding to come back as a player on December 27, 2000, having gained a stake in ownership of the franchise in 1999, becoming the first player – owner in NHL history.

Cablevision gained full ownership of Fox Sports Chicago and New York.

The name is a corruption of villa de Iseldon Berners ( 1274 ), being so called after the Berners family: powerful medieval manorial lords who gained ownership of a large part of Islington after the Norman Conquest.

After a long legal struggle with Sam Phillips over royalties, Perkins gained ownership of his songs during the 1970s.

The actors gained a Royal " licence to perform ", thus bypassing Rich's ownership of both the original Duke's and King's Company patents from 1660, and formed their own cooperative company.

The state previously gained ownership to the fief if there was no male heirs and as compensation for the loss of this right the state demanded a one-time 25 % tax on the land and inventory of the fiefs.

Hasbro was able to obtain an injunction against the use, and eventually gained ownership of the site.

Beyond this, the French gained recognition of their ownership of the western half of the island of Hispaniola.

In September 2002, Mighty River gained 100 percent ownership of the Southdown power station.

As the possession of various Canadian territories changed ownership and then the country gained gradual independence, the style and title of the monarchs changed almost as often at the kings and queens themselves.

On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications gained control of BBC Kids as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs ' interest in CW Media.

On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications gained control of BBC Canada as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs ' interest in CW Media.

On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications gained control of Action as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs ' interest in CW Media.

On October 27, 2010, ownership changed once again as Shaw Communications gained control of Showcase Diva as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs ' interest in CW Media.

Giles Shepard ( 1937 – 2006 ), succeeded Wontner as managing director from 1979 to 1994 and helped to defend the Savoy against Charles Forte's attempt to take control of the Board in the 1980s ( Forte gained a majority of the shares, but was unable to take control due to the company's ownership structure ).

Despite the loss, he gained ownership of Gaudi's Casa Batlló.

By virtue of the last will of Philip V of Spain, Rodriguez de Figueroa or " Don Esteban ", a group of Augustinian Fathers gained the ownership of the Tunasán Estate.

It was initially leased to the Great Western Railway but taken back into full ownership in 1849 and gained its own individuality which lasted until 1876 when all the broad gauge companies in the West Country merged into an enlarged GWR.

In 1969, Von Erich took sole control over the Office after McLemore died from a heart attack, and also gained ownership of the Dallas Sportatorium.

The Ottoman Empire gained control of the city following the Battle of the Torches in 1583, and Ottoman ownership was secured with the Treaty of Istanbul of 1590.

The Bronfman family gained its fortunes through the Seagram Company, an alcohol distilling company, but Edgar Jr. (" Efer " to friends ) has gained his reputation by expanding and later divesting ownership of the Seagram Company, as well as for pursuing more creative activities as a Broadway and film producer and songwriter.

Even so, confusion in this period gained such strength ( from compromise and other factors ) that it led to the bloodiest war of the Nineteenth century.

One is that they were established, or gained eminence, under pressure provided by these same immigrants, from whom the old families wished to segregate their children.

In the next few months of comparative silence, Pike waited patiently until conditions were perfect for a new attack, and then, displaying a remarkable grasp of the subtleties of political infighting, gained from his first bout with Woodruff, he used these changed conditions to excellent advantage.

Although this kind of wholesale objection came at first from some men who were not technically Puritans, still, once the Puritans gained power, they climaxed the affair by passing the infamous ordinance of 1642 which decreed that all `` public stage-plays shall cease and be forborne ''.

It would challenge sharply not the cult of the motor car itself but some of its ancillary beliefs and practices -- for instance, the doctrine that the fulfillment of life consists in proceeding from hither to yon, not for any advantage to be gained by arrival but merely to avoid the cardinal sin of stasis, or, as it is generally termed, staying put.

I personally gained strength from it.

Knowledge gained from studying earthquake waves has been applied in various fields.

Some clue to the character of London's approach in these discs may be gained immediately from the fact that ten of the 12 titles include the word `` percussion '' or `` percussive ''.

There, Aaron gained a name for eloquent and persuasive speech, so that when the time came for the demand upon the Pharaoh to release Israel from captivity, Aaron became his brother ’ s nabi, or spokesman, to his own people ( Exodus 7: 1 ) and, after their unwillingness to hear, to the Pharaoh himself ( Exodus 7: 9 ).

Bruce gained his early reputation from the production of large-scale commercial anchors for ships and fixed installations such as oil rigs.

According to the medieval chronicler Geoffrey Gaimar, after the Battle of Stamford Bridge Harold entrusted the loot gained from Harold Hardrada to Ealdred.

Carnegie later joked that he was " the first casualty of the war " when he gained a scar on his cheek from freeing a trapped telegraph wire.

Kadmos from Phoenicia, Danaus from Egypt, and Pelops from Anatolia each gained a foothold in mainland Greece and were assimilated and Hellenized.

The British thus gained a respite, and peace lasted at least until the time Gildas was writing: that is, for perhaps forty or fifty years, from around the end of the 5th century until midway through the sixth.

The governors were appointed from both Catholic and Protestant cantons and since they changed every two years, neither faith gained a majority in the County.

With MCs Stefan and Clyde rapping about their personal lives and life in Amsterdam as a black man, de Spookrijders even gained respect from non-hip-hop musicians and fans.

In 1709 Mir Wais Hotak, chief of the Ghilzai tribe of Kandahar Province, gained independence from the Safavid Persians.

While his work on deciphering the Maya script gained some support from Alfred Tozzer at Harvard, the main authority on Ancient Maya culture, J. E. S.

It gained mostly positive reviews from film critics and a " two thumbs up " from Siskel and Ebert.

Botswana gained independence from Britain in September 1966.

Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990 following the Namibian War of Independence.

This process is not quite the opposite of glycolysis, and actually requires three times the amount of energy gained from glycolysis ( six molecules of ATP are used, compared to the two gained in glycolysis ).