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Sentence Examples The American air war against the Taliban in Afghanistan succeeded only because of on-the-ground efforts of the Northern Alliance. Pryor wouldn't have succeeded without his superb intelligence, Williams wouldn't have succeeded without his abiding passion. Francia, ruled by the Merovingians, was the most powerful of the kingdoms that succeeded the Western Roman Empire. It is presumed that Ceawlin, who succeeded Cynric in about 581, was his son. His attempt to take Roxburgh from the English in 1460 succeeded, but at the cost of his life as he was killed by an exploding artillery piece. Galba succeeded Nero, but was murdered in early 69 by Otho, who took the throne. Following the Boudica Uprising, they almost succeeded in expelling the Roman Army from the island. The Pictish Chronicle king lists have it that he was succeeded by his brother Bridei. He was succeeded by Robert Bruce and John Comyn as joint Guardians, but they could not see past their personal differences. It tried and failed twice, but began again and succeeded on the third attempt. The regent who succeeded him, the Earl of Lennox, was also a victim of violence. Elizabeth had succeeded in maintaining a Protestant government in Scotland, without either condemning or releasing her fellow sovereign. This succeeded in luring many ministers away from the struggle, but those remaining became more determined. Dike was succeeded as Chief of the Defence Staff in 2010 by Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin. On 23 June 2005, Nicol Stephen MSP succeeded Wallace as party leader and took over his positions in the Executive until the 2007 elections. Montrose was Member of Parliament for Richmond from 1780, and for Great Bedwyn from 1784 to 1790, when he succeeded his father in the dukedom. Montrose died in December 1836, aged 81, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his son, James. Tony Mowbray took charge of the club in June 2009, and he was succeeded a year later by Neil Lennon. Its culture played a crucial role in the Gutian Empire and especially during the Iranic Achaemenid dynasty that succeeded it. The New Kingdom followed the Second Intermediate Period and was succeeded by the Third Intermediate Period. Show More Sentences In 787, Offa succeeded in reducing the power of Canterbury through the establishment of a rival archdiocese at Lichfield. He maintained his position in Wales until his death in 1240 and was succeeded by his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. William Marshal had died in 1231, and his brother Richard had succeeded him as Earl of Pembroke. Innocent was succeeded by Alexander IV, who was facing increasing military pressure from the Empire. A smoke screen had been laid down on either flank, which succeeded in drawing German fire away from the assault. In 1910, Thomas chose to contest Cardiff instead and was succeeded bt Sir Edgar Jones. Davies died in 1962 and was succeeded by Emlyn Hooson, who then set about rebuilding the Welsh Liberal Party. Washington was succeeded by 6th ward Alderman Eugene Sawyer, who was elected by the Chicago City Council and served until a special election. Thomas Wilson began his tenure as Bishop of Mann in 1698 and was succeeded by Mark Hildesley. He was succeeded by his son, but army officers attempted to seize power, sparking the North Yemen Civil War. However, Myrddin somehow succeeded to obtain the drinking horn and so received the other treasures as well. The first winner was Daniel Tatton, and he was succeeded in 2011 by Bethanie Hardie. Gruffudd ap Cynan died in 1137 and was succeeded by Owain Gwynedd, his eldest surviving son. In a further attempt to retrieve the ball Lewis only succeeded in knocking the ball with his elbow into his own net. In August 2012 EuroMillions lottery winner Les Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as club chairman. In May 2014 Glyn Jones was succeeded after 17 years as academy director by Mike Flynn. Later, Davies succeeded in striking a deal with US premium cable network Starz. Y Cymro was founded in Wrexham, and succeeded other newspapers of the same name that had existed during the 19th and early 20th century. Hudson Heaven died in 1916, and was succeeded by his nephew, Walter Charles Hudson Heaven. His son Constantine IV succeeded him, a brief usurpation in Sicily by Mezezius being quickly suppressed by the new emperor. Show More Sentences Roger died in 1101 and was succeeded by his son Roger II, who was the first King of Sicily. The French government also succeeded in maintaining a cultural exception to defend audiovisual products made in the country. The Germans helped by the Italian fascists shortly succeeded in taking control of northern and central Italy. In April 2004, a dissident shareholder group led by Nicolas Miguet succeeded in taking control of the board. The wall may have succeeded in slowing down and moderating the height of the tsunami, but it did not prevent major destruction and loss of life. In the United States, the Richter scale was succeeded in the 1970s by the moment magnitude scale. While the Manhattan succeeded, the route was deemed not to be cost effective. The British lost more ships and twice as many sailors but succeeded in containing the German fleet. Of the ships that succeeded in breaking through the blockade, many were severely damaged. He was succeeded by his son, William Longsword in the Duchy of Normandy that he had founded. During the Bretons' flight, rumours swept through the Norman forces that the duke had been killed, but William succeeded in rallying his troops. For example, a grandfather, without sons, is succeeded by a son of his daughter, when the daughter in question is still alive. Or an uncle, with no children of his own, is succeeded by a son of his sister, when the sister in question is still alive. Philip, too, died without a son, and his brother Charles succeeded him as Charles IV unopposed. Helmuth von Moltke the Younger succeeded Schlieffen in 1906 and was less certain that the French would conform to German assumptions. Hoepner had succeeded in diverting the First Army from Sedan, which was his most important mission but failed to destroy or forestall it. The German 4th Army succeeded in capturing bridgeheads over the Somme river, but the Germans struggled to get over the Aisne. May further asserted that, despite Allied mistakes, the Germans could not have succeeded but for outrageous good luck. The quartermaster of the 14th Royal Fusiliers succeeded in getting the transport away. Although X Corps had failed in its attempt to break out, it had succeeded in its objective of finding and destroying enemy tanks. Show More Sentences He succeeded in organizing an overwhelming level of relief assistance by motivating the local villagers to aid without discrimination. After the death of Mary, in 1482, her son Philip the Handsome succeeded as the Duke of Brabant. Dutch East India Company set their foothold on Batavia in the 17th century and was succeeded by Netherlands East Indies in the 19th century. He succeeded his father James II on 3 August 1460 and was crowned at Kelso Abbey, Roxburghshire, a week later. After his death he was succeeded by his son Edward, although the succession was disputed. Eadred was succeeded by his nephew, Eadwig, the son of Edmund and Edgar's older brother. Deer have long been bred in captivity as ornaments for parks, but only in the case of reindeer has thorough domestication succeeded. It was first isolated by Heinrich Wieland and his colleagues in 1922 and they succeeded in identifying its structure about 20 years later. Ghana declined in the eleventh century, but was succeeded by the Mali Empire which consolidated much of western Sudan in the thirteenth century. Johnson was succeeded in the presidency by Myles Cooper, a graduate of The Queen's College, Oxford, and an ardent Tory. Thorvald was killed by an arrow that succeeded in passing through the barricade. England and France succeeded in establishing permanent colonies in the following century, along with the Dutch Republic. Lincoln's moderate approach succeeded in inducing border states, War Democrats and emancipated slaves to fight for the Union. Herodotus was succeeded by authors such as Thucydides, Xenophon, Demosthenes, Plato and Aristotle. Despite his plans for Matilda, the King was succeeded by his nephew, Stephen of Blois, resulting in a period of civil war known as the Anarchy. Louis VI succeeded to the French throne in 1108 and began to reassert central royal power. Hunyadi succeeded during the Siege of Belgrade in 1456 against the Ottomans, the biggest victory against that empire in decades. It was succeeded by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council, which incorporated the previous Cornish district councils as well. It was announced on 11 July 2016 that he would resign on 13 July and was to be succeeded by Home Secretary Theresa May. In 1756 he had succeeded his grandfather Alivardi Khan who had been a staunch British ally. Show More Sentences Livingston was the first person who succeeded in upgrading the wild tomato, developing different breeds and stabilizing the plants. In 1920, he succeeded Kuno Meyer as Chair of Celtic Philology at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. Authari died in 591 and was succeeded by Agilulf, the duke of Turin, who also married Theodelinda in the same year. Arioald was succeeded by Rothari, regarded by many authorities as the most energetic of all Lombard kings. Rothari's son Rodoald succeeded him in 652, still very young, and was killed by his opponents. He was succeeded by his son Khoja or Hoca, who was in turn succeeded by his son Mar. According to the writer Florus, Ambiorix and his men succeeded in crossing the Rhine and disappeared without a trace. The Urnfield culture followed the Tumulus culture and was succeeded by the Hallstatt culture. They had been granted a general amnesty on 17 March, yet Antony succeeded in driving most of them out of Rome. France succeeded in finally claiming Trier in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars, and the electoral archbishopric was dissolved. In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by Marcus Cocceius Nerva, an old and childless senator who proved to be unpopular with the army. When Nerva died on 27 January 98, Trajan succeeded to the role of emperor without any outward incident. According to the historian Ammianus Marcellinus, a third of the Roman army succeeded in retreating, but the losses were uncountable. He succeeded as a theologian despite his juridical training and his comparatively late handling of Biblical and doctrinal subjects. Then the Gutes were sending many messengers to Sweden, but none of them succeeded in negotiating a peace, till Awair Strabain from Alva parish. After his death in Ravenna in 526, Theoderic was succeeded by his grandson Athalaric. Upon abdication in 305 Caesars succeeded and they in turn appointed to colleagues for themselves. However, Zhu Di's nephew succeeded the imperial throne as the Jianwen Emperor. Charles was succeeded in 741 by his sons Carloman and Pepin the Short, the father of Charlemagne. A large number of foreigners have traditionally been permitted to live in France and succeeded in doing so. Show More Sentences Otto died young in 1002, and was succeeded by his cousin Henry II, who focused on Germany. Khrushchev was removed from power by his colleagues in 1964 and was succeeded as head of state by Leonid Brezhnev. Margaret succeeded in having her son Olav recognized as heir to the throne of Denmark. Although Ibrahim was defeated in Mani, he had succeeded in suppressing most of the revolt in the Peloponnese and Athens had been retaken. Valens died in the Battle of Adrianople in 378 and was succeeded by Theodosius I, who adhered to the Nicene creed. In 1662 van Riebeeck was succeeded by Zacharias Wagenaer as governor of the Cape. If they succeeded sailing up the middle channel, the India naus usually saw African coast again only around the bend of Angoche. He was succeeded by his nephew Justinian I in 527, who may already have exerted effective control during Justin's reign. He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of twenty. It succeeded until 1532, when it lost its independence after Pope Clement VII took possession of it by political means. When the Hongwu Emperor died on 24 June 1398, Zhu Yunwen succeeded his grandfather as the Jianwen Emperor. After 1433, the civil officials succeeded in halting subsequent maritime expeditions. Kublai succeeded in building a powerful empire, created an academy, offices, trade ports and canals and sponsored science and the arts. The flagpole succeeded Dushanbe Flagpole as the tallest flagpole in the world. His granduncle, the elderly Cardinal Henry, succeeded him as King, but Henry also had no descendants, having taken holy orders. Although most Maghrebis are of Berber ancestry, only some scattered ethnicities succeeded in preserving Berber languages into modern times. He was succeeded by Duarte de Lemos, but left for Cochin and then for Portugal, leaving his fleet to Afonso. The Chinese sent a squadron of junks against Portuguese caravels that succeeded in driving the Portuguese away and reclaiming Tamao. The empire was initially defeated by the Rashidun Caliphate, which was succeeded by the Umayyad Caliphate, followed by the Abbasid Caliphate. Although he failed in his attempt, King Philip II succeeded in 1565, establishing the initial Spanish trading post at Manila. Show More Sentences While this was considered a controversial method at the time, she succeeded. These efforts succeeded in defeating Bandala and replacing him with Policarpo Valenzuela, calming the situation in the state for a short while. After Moctezuma I succeeded Itzcoatl as the Mexica emperor, more reforms were instigated to maintain control over conquered cities. The next year Amsterdam succeeded in getting a cutback of the army from over 70,00 to 60,000 accepted over the stadtholder's objections. The plan succeeded in extending the linear layout along the Scheldt river by connecting new satellite communities to the main strip. However, Charles VIII died childless in 1498 and was succeeded by Louis XII, who himself had no male heir. After Wahunsenacawh's death in 1618, he was soon succeeded by his own younger brother, Opechancanough. Anthony Jenkinson succeeded Chancellor as the main trader of the Muscovy Company. Of 122 convoys between 1877 and 1919 only 75 succeeded, transporting as little as 55 tons of cargo. He succeeded to get back to Hoorn and in 1589, he married Stephania van der Made in Amsterdam in a civil ceremony before the schepenen. Bacon was succeeded by Paul Lennon, who, after leading the state for two years, went on to win the 2006 state election in his own right. While Yermak had succeeded in taking Qashliq, the battle had reduced his Cossack force to 500 men. Also, while Yermak had succeeded in regaining the loyalty of the tribes, his men were now almost completely out of gunpowder. Within three years, Li succeeded in rallying more than 20,000 men to form a rebel army. It proved popular and was reprinted in 1498 and 1529 with some additions and changes by Wynkyn de Worde who succeeded Caxton's press. The fact is that Reaganomics slowed down the breakneck economy and succeeded in defeating public enemy number one, runaway inflation. In response to these codes, several slave rebellions were attempted or planned during this time, but none succeeded. Neither was available, but he succeeded in obtaining Theodore Beza as rector. It partly succeeded in continuing the Pietist movement's drive to right social wrongs and focus on individual conversion. The Buddha succeeded when the King and all his soldiers failed to eliminate the murderer by force. Show More Sentences Pollock died in August 1870, aged 86, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William. Coke succeeded in establishing the Committee of Grievances, a body chaired by him that abolished a large number of monopolies. James died on 27 March 1625 and was succeeded by his son, who became Charles I of England. In the 1870s and 1880s, many black farmers succeeded in gaining land ownership. Pushyamitra Shunga ruled for 36 years and was succeeded by his son Agnimitra. Emperor Harsha of Kannauj succeeded in reuniting northern India during his reign in the 7th century, after the collapse of the Gupta dynasty. It succeeded in raising revenue in districts that recovered from years of raids, up to levels previously enjoyed by the Mughals. Mzilikazi died in 1868 and, following a violent power struggle, was succeeded by his son, Lobengula. In 1908, Asquith succeeded him as prime minister, with David Lloyd George as chancellor. When Eden succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister in 1955 he promoted Home to the cabinet as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. When Eden resigned in 1957 following the Suez Crisis, Macmillan succeeded him as Prime Minister. After Mary's death in 1694, William reigned alone until his own death in 1702, when Anne succeeded him. He was succeeded by his son, Quintin Hogg, who became the second Viscount, who was also a prominent lawyer and Conservative politician. On his death in 2001 he was succeeded in the hereditary barony and viscountcy by his son, the third Viscount. Stockdale sued for defamation but Hansard's defence, that the statement was true, succeeded. The founding Goryeo dynasty ruled until 1392, succeeded by the Joseon, which ruled for approximately 500 years. The Ajuran Empire, in the Horn of Africa, began to decline in the 17th century, succeeded by the Geledi Sultanate. The spinning jenny succeeded because it held more than one ball of yarn, making more yarn in a shorter time and reducing the overall cost. He succeeded to the dukedom at the age of twelve on the death of his brother, John, 2nd Duke. In 1732, aged 15, Metcalf succeeded Morrison as fiddler at the Queen's Head, a tavern in Harrogate. Show More Sentences When the original engineer, Josiah Clowes, died in 1795, Telford succeeded him. In the same year he succeeded George Canning in the important constituency of Liverpool. Mons succeeded Valenciennes as the capital of the county of Hainaut in 1295 and grew to 8,900 inhabitants by the end of the 15th century. In January 1815, Admiral Cockburn succeeded in blockading the southeastern coast by occupying Camden County, Georgia. Akbar succeeded to the throne under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped consolidate the Mughal Empire in India. This is succeeded by the Watch Hill Formation, then the Hope Beck, Loweswater and Kirk Stile Formations in ascending order. Bertram was succeeded as the naval academy's English teacher by the Swedish Carl Mannercrantz. Augustus succeeded where his adoptive father failed and the pass became Roman. It is succeeded by the sandstone known variously as the Brennand Grit, Warley Wise Grit and Grassington Grit. Allport retired in 1880, to be succeeded by John Noble and then by George Turner. Publicity over British Rail's tactics succeeded in a huge increase in traffic. Had the bid succeeded, Devon County Council, headquartered in Exeter, would have had no local governmental control of the City of Exeter. On 1st January 1766 he succeeded his father as de jure King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. So far, only superliberal Berkeley, Calif., has succeeded in adopting such a measure over industry objections. By patient negotiation she succeeded in her mission of averting a strike. He failed in his first attempt but succeeded in his second attempt. State health officials have succeeded in containing the virus. I believe the Urchin showed more enthusiasm over the stone and the robin than over any of the amazements that succeeded them. He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language. The brigade succeeded in breaking out of the pocket and reunited with friendly forces. Show More Sentences Eventually seven days' efforts by professional demolitionists succeeded in reducing the building to debris. Though he fell off the wagon several times, he eventually succeeded in quitting. I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs. When that outworn empire perished with the fall of Constantinople, Ivan succeeded nominally at least to its heirship. Blake's initial attack on Old Grimsby failed, but the next attacks succeeded in taking Tresco and Bryher. After all, if these measures could've succeeded, they would've been implemented five years ago when the world economy hadn't yet hit the skids. However, King George III was bitterly opposed to any such Emancipation and succeeded in defeating his government's attempts to introduce it. The era was preceded by the Regency era and succeeded by the Edwardian period. He never succeeded in devising such a method, but his best attempt was published in his book Sophist, where he introduced his division method. It has succeeded largely because it tells two interlocking stories that have intrigued many later authors. The delegation succeeded, even though prior Greek attempts to involve Rome in Greek affairs had been met with Roman apathy. He was succeeded by two legitimate sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal, and an illegitimate son, Jugurtha. Eppillus was succeeded by another of Commius' sons, Verica, who reigned from Silchester. However, Camulodunum was retaken, either by Tasciovanus or by his son Cunobelinus, who succeeded him ca AD 9 and ruled for about 30 years. Upon his death in 211, Severus was deified by the Senate and succeeded by his sons, Caracalla and Geta, who were advised by his wife Julia Domna. The Imperial court was based in York until at least AD211, in which year Severus died and was succeeded by his sons, Caracalla and Geta. Constantine was succeeded by his three sons born of Fausta, Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans. They had their son Constantine, who succeeded his father as King of Britain before becoming Roman Emperor. He succeeded in marching to the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon, but lacked adequate supplies for an assault. A gentle, easy movement, as regular as that by which a vessel plunges beneath the waves, had succeeded to the immovableness of the bed. Show More Sentences Wulfhere initially succeeded in restoring the power of Mercia, but the end of his reign saw a serious defeat by Northumbria. Six years later, in about 594, Ceol was succeeded by a brother, Ceolwulf, who was succeeded in his turn in about 617 by Cynegils. Centwine was succeeded by another supposed distant relative, Caedwalla, who claimed descent from Ceawlin. In 796 Offa died, and in this moment of Mercian weakness a Kentish rebellion under Eadbert Praen temporarily succeeded. She is succeeded by her brother, the Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex united in the person of King Edward. In 934 Olaf Guthfrithson succeeded his father Guthfrith as the Norse King of Dublin. He then succeeded his cousin as King of Dublin, but after a heavy defeat in battle in 947, he was once again forced to try his luck elsewhere. Following Harthacnut's death on 8 June 1042, Godwin, the most powerful of the English earls, supported Edward, who succeeded to the throne. Godwin himself died in 1053 and although Harold succeeded to his earldom of Wessex, none of his other brothers were earls at this date. Although Alexander did give papal approval to the conquest after it succeeded, no other source claims papal support before the invasion. Robert became Duke of Normandy on 6 August 1027, succeeding his elder brother Richard III, who had only succeeded to the title the previous year. They succeeded in capturing an Angevin fortress, but accomplished little else. Although Alexander did give papal approval to the conquest after it succeeded, no other source claims papal support prior to the invasion. During the Bretons' flight rumours swept through the Norman forces that the duke had been killed, but William succeeded in rallying his troops. Odo was succeeded by his son Hunald, who reverted to former independence, so defying the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel's authority. However, Richard and his army succeeded in holding back the invading armies, and they executed any prisoners. Two days later Henry II died in Chinon, and Richard the Lionheart succeeded him as King of England, Duke of Normandy, and Count of Anjou. The infravisible stage is succeeded by other transition forms before the typical spirochetes develop. The reform movement succeeded in limiting the Lusignan influence, however, and gradually Edward's attitude started to change. After Henry IV died on 20 March 1413, Henry V succeeded him and was crowned on 9 April 1413 at Westminster Abbey, London, Kingdom of England. Show More Sentences On two occasions Welsh claimants to the title rose up in rebellion during this period, although neither ultimately succeeded. Charles succeeded in returning to France, but all his conquests and booty were lost. He was succeeded by his cousin, the Duke of Orleans, who became Louis XII of France. Through his political sagacity he won over his adversaries and succeeded to the French throne as Philip V of France. Edward succeeded to the dukedom in 1402, but was killed at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, with no issue. Laughing is produced by an inspiration succeeded by a succession of short imperfect expirations. Edward III was succeeded on the throne by the Black Prince's younger son Richard II, who was only 10 years old. Suffolk eventually succeeded in having Humphrey of Gloucester arrested for treason. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, succeeded him as leader of the party seeking peace with France. The rules of military engagement changed as civil war succeeded overseas campaigns. The Tudors succeeded the House of Plantagenet as rulers of the Kingdom of England, and were succeeded by the House of Stuart. The remainder of Henry's bodyguards surrounded their master and succeeded in keeping him away from the Yorkist king. On this occasion the Indiamen also succeeded in bluffing their way to safety, and without any shots even being fired. The WIC also succeeded in conquering Goree, Elmina Castle, Saint Thomas, and Luanda on the west coast of Africa. James succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother Mary was compelled to abdicate in his favour. In 1603, he succeeded the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, Elizabeth I, who died without issue. His last three plays were collaborations, probably with John Fletcher, who succeeded him as the house playwright of the King's Men. Upon his death in 1658, he was briefly succeeded by his ineffective son, Richard. Charles had nine children, two of whom eventually succeeded as king, and two of whom died at or shortly after birth. After Oliver's death in September 1658, his third son Richard Cromwell succeeded as Lord Protector. Show More Sentences Charles was succeeded by his brother, who became James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland. Michael Martin, who succeeded to the office, also did not wear a wig whilst in the chamber. Such attempts to broaden his basis of support succeeded in antagonising members of the Anglican establishment. In 1655, England annexed the island of Jamaica from the Spanish, and in 1666 succeeded in colonising the Bahamas. On 27 July, a tricolour cockade was adopted as part of the uniform of the National Guard, the national police force that succeeded the militia. In the Austrian Netherlands, the Brabant Revolution succeeded in expelling Austrian forces and established the new United Belgian States. By late afternoon, the French army had not succeeded in driving Wellington's forces from the escarpment on which they stood. His army had succeeded in a temporary increase of French power in Egypt, though it faced repeated uprisings. The Allied offensives in Italy had succeeded and, at the expense of allowing several German divisions to retreat, on 4 June, Rome was captured. The Soviet Union succeeded the Russian empire in the remainder if its former territory, and Germany, Austria, and Hungary were reduced in size. John Major resigned as party leader after the Conservatives were defeated in a landslide and was succeeded by William Hague. Following the election, Keith Taylor succeeded her as MEP for South East England. In 2010, on election to the House of Commons, Lucas resigned her seat and was succeeded by Keith Taylor. In 2016, Sir Geoffrey Vos succeeded Sir Terence as Chancellor on the latter's appointment as Master of the Rolls. David II died childless in 1371 and was succeeded by his nephew Robert II of the House of Stuart. Cromwell ruled until his death in 1658, when he was succeeded by his son Richard. On 20 March 1664, Hooke succeeded Arthur Dacres as Gresham Professor of Geometry. One of his students was Ernest Rutherford, who later succeeded him as Cavendish Professor of Physics. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England was succeeded by the Kingdom of Great Britain. He was succeeded by Abdus Sattar, who served in office for less than a year. Show More Sentences When Augustine died in 604, Laurence, another missionary, succeeded him as archbishop. He was succeeded by his son, Gobind Rai who was just nine years old at the time of his father's death. The official bodies which first succeeded the censors in the care of the streets and roads were two in number. The Emperors who succeeded Augustus exercised a vigilant control over the condition of the public highways. Clayton managed the farms he had acquired and succeeded in improving both the land and the livestock. John succeeded Richard as king in 1199, but his rule proved unpopular with many of his barons, who in response moved against him. With Edward III's death the following year, Richard succeeded to the throne at the age of ten. The appellants had now succeeded completely in breaking up the circle of favourites around the king. Lely's portraits were well received, and he succeeded Anthony van Dyck as the most fashionable portrait artist in England. In 1232 Elias succeeded him, and under him the order developed its ministries and presence in the towns significantly. Julius II succeeded in doing away with some of the smaller branches, but left the division of the two great parties untouched. Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, being succeeded by King James I of Scotland. A different set of remarks on other works by Descartes succeeded only in ending all correspondence between the two. A shot from a Parliamentary cannon succeeded in damaging the wall beneath Humpty Dumpty which caused the cannon to tumble to the ground. Handel had been employed by the future king George while he was still Elector of Hanover, before he succeeded to the British throne. In 1754, Pelham died, to be succeeded by his elder brother, the Duke of Newcastle. George II was succeeded by his grandson George III, and was buried on 11 November in Westminster Abbey. In September 1988 Michael Tilson Thomas succeeded Abbado as chief conductor. The advocacy of Ewart and Brotherton then succeeded in having a select committee set up to consider public library provision. Ted Dexter succeeded him as captain but England continued to suffer indifferent results. Show More Sentences Coach Duncan Fletcher resigned after eight years in the job as a result and was succeeded by former Sussex coach Peter Moores. In 1960, Vic Wilson became Yorkshire's first professional captain since Tom Emmett when he succeeded Ronnie Burnet. Elected to the IOC presidency in the first round of voting on 16 July 1980 at the 83rd Session, he succeeded Lord Killanin on 3 August that year. He was succeeded for one season by the coach of Argentina Marcelo Loffreda, who started after the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Hill stepped down from the position in 2011 and was succeeded by Derek Warwick. The League also succeeded in reducing the death rate of workers constructing the Tanganyika railway from 55 to 4 percent. The position was filled from 2007 until 13 October 2014 by William Hay, but has since been succeeded by Mitchel McLaughlin. He subsequently resigned as DUP leader on 18 December 2015, being succeeded by Arlene Foster. On the other hand, Millerites succeeded in resisting annexation at this time. On 13 July almost three weeks after the vote Theresa May succeeded David Cameron as Prime Minister. The conquest of Gwynedd was completed with the capture in June 1283 of Dafydd, who had succeeded his brother as prince the previous December. Elizabeth was succeeded by the first Stuart monarchs, James I and Charles I, who did not permit privateering. Lord Orford was succeeded as Prime Minister by Lord Wilmington in an administration whose true head was Lord Carteret. His earldom passed to his eldest son Robert who was in turn succeeded by his only son George. After the House of Hanover succeeded to the British throne in 1714, the risings continued and intensified. The Act that finally succeeded was proposed by the Whigs, led by Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. At the end of June 1851, Stanley's father died, and he succeeded to his title as Earl of Derby. He succeeded, and only after his ouster in 1890 did the diplomatic tensions start rising again. This was succeeded in 1873 by the Home Rule League, and in 1882 by the Irish Parliamentary Party. The Allied drive to liberate Rangoon before the rains had succeeded with only a few hours to spare. Find more words! 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