With several England players having retired or been injured after the 2005 series, Australia regained The Ashes in the 2006 – 07 series with a convincing 5 – 0 victory, the second time an Ashes series has been won by that margin.

The king's army conquered Alcácer Ceguer ( 1458 ), Tangiers ( won and lost several times between 1460 and 1464 ) and Arzila ( 1471 ).

During his reign, Spain lost its last colonies in the Americas ( Cuba and Puerto Rico ) and the Philippines ; fought and, after several setbacks, won a war in Morocco ; witnessed the start of the Spanish Generation of 1927, and endured the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

The musical's original 1963 Broadway run won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Book.

The show won several Tony Awards: best musical, best actor, best supporting actor ( Burns ), best book, and best director.

Hideo Nomo won in 1995, the first of several players to win with past professional baseball experience in Nippon Professional Baseball.

The award has drawn criticism in recent years because several players with experience in Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) have won the award, such as Hideo Nomo in 1995, Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2000, and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001.

This election was also important because new parties won several seats in Congress, more than ever.

She won several other awards from various film critic associations for the performance.

The game won several major awards in the following years:

It was a substantial critical success, and won several BAFTA awards.

Between 718 and 723, Charles secured his power through a series of victories: he won the loyalty of several important bishops and abbots ( by donating lands and money for the foundation of abbeys such as Echternach ), he subjugated Bavaria and Alemannia, and he defeated the pagan Saxons.

This has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in, and ; the first two times the division title was won by the Cubs, the third by the Cardinals, who went on to win the National League pennant as the Cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season.

Crowded House has won several national and international awards.

He added several top international players to the side, as the club won the FA Cup in 1997 and established themselves as one of England's top sides again.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

Their actions, in turn, bred popular resentment among Quiteños, who, after several days of street fighting in August 1810, won an agreement to be governed by a junta composed with a majority of Criollos, although with the Peninsular president of the Royal Audience of Quito acting as its head.

Limouzin, who was a proficient golfer, knew of the school and its headmaster through the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club, where he won several competitions in 1903 and 1904.

The PDG won a landslide victory in the legislative election, but several major cities, including Libreville, elected opposition mayors during the 1997 local election.

The PDG won a landslide victory in the legislative election, but several major cities, including Libreville, elected opposition mayors during the 1997 local election.

He won several important awards in his career as 2 Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards ( including the " Artist of the ' 90s ") and the RIAA Award as Best selling solo albums artist of the Century in the United States.

Although several reviews were critical of the film – Pauline Kael said it " staggers along " and Stanley Kauffmann thought Cukor's direction was like " a rich gravy poured over everything, not remotely as delicately rich as in the Asquith-Howard 1937 Pygmalion " — the film was a box office hit which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the Directors Guild of America Award after having been nominated for each several times.

The then Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, and the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, were also in attendance, and Clark was accompanied by the official NZ Defence Force party, veterans of several past wars, and 10 New Zealand college students who won the New Zealand ' Prime Minister's Essay Competition ' with their work on Gallipoli.

With a large expedition that eventually included 40 000 European troops, and receiving help from white colonists and mulatto forces commanded by Alexandre Pétion, a former lieutenant of Rigaud, the French won several victories after severe fighting.

Turk Lown was tagged with the loss, his second against no victories, while Ray Moore won his second game against a single loss.

They have been to the playoffs six times and have won six playoff games, three of which were victories during their run in the 2008-09 NFL Playoffs.

During its final two years of existence, the AFL teams won upset victories over the NFL teams in Super Bowl III and IV, the former New York Jets victory was considered one of the biggest upsets in American sports history.

It offers scant clues as to how German lightning victories might be won.

In the meantime, Julian had won some victories against the Alemanni tribe, who had once again invaded Roman Gaul.

Earnhardt won early in the year, scoring consecutive victories at Rockingham and Atlanta.

In two battles, Galerius won major victories over Narseh.

Brazil's Ayrton Senna won the race more times than any other driver, with six victories, winning five races consecutively between 1989 and 1993.

His record in dealing with those crises is mixed, as he won a number of military victories but was unable to keep much of his realm from seceding.

Indeed, according to numismatic evidence, it seems that he won many victories there and a victory in Roman Dacia might also be dated to that period.

In his first few years in Italy, he won three dramatic victories — Trebia, Trasimene, and Cannae, in which he distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and to play the battle to his strengths and the enemy's weaknesses — and won over many allies of Rome.

Hannibal still won a number of notable victories: completely destroying two Roman armies in 212 BC, and at one point, killing two consuls ( including the famed Marcus Claudius Marcellus ) in a battle in 208 BC.

The two Test series was won 2-0 thanks to innings victories.

Under Cronje's captaincy, South Africa won 27 Tests and lost 11, completing series victories against every team except Australia.

The FIS won sweeping victories in local elections and it was going to win national elections in 1991 when voting was canceled by a military coup d ' état.

The Colts won the next three matches, notching two regular season victories and a win in the 2006 AFC Championship game on the way to their win in Super Bowl XLI.

Scott captured Mexico City in September 1847, and Taylor won a series of victories in northern Mexico.

However, in the previous parliamentary elections in 2002, Tito's opponents won major victories, and in March 2003 he was ousted in a no-confidence vote ( having served the maximum three terms, he is barred by the constitution to run for another term ).

Despite the tactical victories won, they failed to achieve a decisive victory.

Also Severus Alexander ( 3rd c. AD ) had an imitation of the Macedonian phalanx of 30, 000 " phalangarii " and with this he won many victories in the Persian wars.

: Jealousy of Moses ' excellent qualities induced Chenephres to send him with unskilled troops on a military expedition to Ethiopia, where he won great victories.

Ventidius won a series of victories against the Parthians, killing the crown prince Pacorus and expelling them from the Roman territories they had seized.