After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his protégés, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Kuomintang ( Nationalist Party or KMT ) and succeeded in bringing most of south and central China under its rule in a military campaign known as the Northern Expedition ( 1926 – 1927 ).

In 15 January 2007, the social-democrat Rafael Correa succeeded Palacio as President of Ecuador, with the promise of summoning a Constituent Assembly, and bringing focus on poverty.

The Rising was suppressed after seven days of fighting, and its leaders were court-martialled and executed, but it succeeded in bringing physical force republicanism back to the forefront of Irish politics.

These movements succeeded in bringing independence to the new dominions of India and Pakistan in 1947.

They succeeded in bringing the first home video game system to market, the Odyssey, which was quickly followed by a number of later models, each with a few technological improvements ( Magnavox Odyssey Series ).

He also succeeded in bringing the Irish Easter celebrations in line with the rest of the Catholic Church.

It succeeded the Polaris missile beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads and accuracy.

However, with support from his father and from the Young King, Richard succeeded in bringing the Viscount Aimar V of Limoges and Count Elie of Périgord to terms.

Napoleon succeeded in bringing the total imperial forces in the region to around 650, 000 — although only 250, 000 came under his direct command, with another 120, 000 under Nicolas Charles Oudinot and 30, 000 under Davout.

Napoleon had succeeded in bringing most of Western Europe under one rule — a feat that had not been accomplished since the days of the Roman Empire ( although Charlemagne had nearly done so around 800 CE ).

In 1960 the technique succeeded in bringing national attention to the movement.

After some delay, apparently due to the interference of his former professor, fra Vincenzo Bandelli, now Vicar General of the Order, Lorenzo succeeded in bringing Savonarola back to Florence, where he arrived in May or June of that year.

Up to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War this policy succeeded in bringing down the level of debt, but this war brought a large uptick in the public debt: between 1780 and 1794 the province of Holland alone issued 120 million guilders of new bonds.

When taking into account all benefits, taxes and Government expenditures on social services, the First Wilson government succeeded in bringing about a reduction in income inequality.

In 1525, he returned and succeeded in bringing the district under control of the Audiencia of Mexico.

The patriarchs of Constantinople succeeded in bringing Illyria under their jurisdiction in the 8th century.

Still, over the past few decades, the city leadership has succeeded in bringing retail development to the western portion of Duarte beginning, notably, with the redevelopment of the Big Sky Drive-in Theater as a shopping plaza with a Gemco superstore ( which is now a Target ).

They succeeded in creating 12 training units that involved bringing nearly 40, 000 service men and women to Stillwater.

the thing came back again ; but I never succeeded in bringing the ghost back after that, though I once tried very industriously to show it to my wife, who was somewhat worried about it.

Peter of les Vaux-de-Cernay recounts how at the battle of Carcassonne, during the Albigensian Crusade, " after the top of the wall had been somewhat weakened by bombardment from petraries, our engineers succeeded with great difficulty in bringing a four-wheeled wagon, covered in oxhides, close to the wall, from which they set to work to sap the wall "

From Rouen, where he had three successfuL years, his reputation spread to Paris and he was summoned to the new theatre which the comedian Langlois Courcelles had just founded, and where he succeeded, not only in making an engagement for himself, but in bringing all his family, father, mother, wife and brother.

Wenceslaus succeeded in bringing the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony over to his side: Albert II of Saxony signed an elector pact on 29 November 1291 that he would vote the same as Wenceslaus ; Otto IV of Brandenburg made a similar commitment.

Much more recently, Abilene succeeded in bringing Cisco Junior College and Texas State Technical College branches to Abilene, with the Cisco Junior College headquarters being located in Abilene.

With this, Iturbide succeeded in bringing together old insurgents and royalist forces to fight against the new Spanish government and what was left of the viceregal government.

" However, when the power of Ali appeared to threaten the existence of the Ottoman dynasty, particularly given the death of the Sultan on 1 July 1839, he succeeded in bringing the great powers together to sign a collective note on 27 July pledging them to maintain the independence and integrity of the Turkish Empire in order to preserve the security and peace of Europe.

Hans Egede's Hope Colony was organized under the auspices of the Bergen Greenland Company prior to its bankruptcy in 1727 ; it was succeeded by the merchant Jacob Severin ( 1733 – 1749 ), the General Trade Company ( Det almindelige Handelskompagni ; 1749 – 1774 ), and finally the Royal Greenland Trading Department ( KGH ; 1776 – 1908 ).

On Campbell-Bannerman's death he succeeded Asquith, who had become Prime Minister, as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1908 to 1915.

Campbell-Bannerman resigned due to illness on 3 April 1908, dying 19 days later, and Asquith succeeded him as Prime Minister.

This was a failure in its first form, but after modifications it proved successful, and on 31 October 1908 he succeeded in making a cross-country flight, making a round trip from Toury to Arteny and back, a total distance of.

He eventually resigned as Prime Minister on 3 April 1908, and was succeeded by his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Herbert Asquith.

It was only when he succeeded to the Dukedom of Devonshire on 24 March 1908 that Cavendish quit his commons seat and took his place in the House of Lords, the same year in which Cavendish was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.

He was Peyton Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham from 1908 to 1934 ( in which post he succeeded Sir Edward Elgar ).

" Oswald succeeded in persuading Horace to leave his job with Parsons, and in November 1908 they registered their partnership under the name Short Brothers.

Thanks to his considerable family wealth and personal connections, he succeeded Morris K. Jesup as the president of the museum's Board of Trustees in 1908, serving until 1933, during which time he accumulated one of the finest fossil collections in the world.

He was succeeded by his son, the eleventh Lord, who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1880 to 1908 and of Kirkcudbrightshire between 1885 and 1908.

In 1908, four years before he succeeded his father in the baronetcy, he was created Baron St Davids, of Roch Castle in the County of Pembroke, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

He had already been created a Baronet, of Wittingham in the County of Buckingham, in 1908, and Baron Devonport, of Wittington in the County of Buckingham, in 1910. the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1973.

His son, the eleventh Baron, sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1908 to 1957. the titles are held by his grandson, the thirteenth Baron and fifteenth Baronet, who succeeded his elder brother in 2001.

Aberhart died in 1943, and was succeeded as Premier by his student at the Prophetic Bible Institute and lifelong close disciple, Ernest C. Manning ( 1908 – 1996 ).

When Tahir al-Husayni died in 1908, his son Kamil al-Husayni succeeded him and served with approval of the British authorities once the British conquered Jerusalem in December 1917.

However, when Asquith succeeded Campbell-Bannerman as Prime Minister in April 1908 Tweedmouth was removed as head of the Admiralty and became Lord President of the Council He suffered a nervous breakdown in June 1908, a condition which was said to partly explain his indiscretion in communicating with the German Emperor on naval matters.

He was educated at Eton College and on 29 February 1908 succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow.

In the latter year Moench was succeeded as principal by David O. McKay who served in that position until 1908.

In 1908 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords.

In 1908 he succeeded José Pardo ( a succession event that would occur again in 1919 ) after being elected president for the first time by an alliance of the Civil and Constitutional parties.

The Empress Dowager Cixi died on 15 November 1908 and was succeeded by the three-year-old Puyi.

In 1908, Savinkov succeeded Azef, but the group disbanded shortly thereafter.