Starting his career at sea, at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years, and was himself enslaved for a period.

Starting in Beethoven's later career, the fortepiano evolved into the modern piano as we know it today.

Starting his career as a jurist at the University of Bordeaux, Duverger became more and more involved in political science and in 1948 founded one of the first faculties for political science in Bordeaux, France.

Starting his international sporting career only in his late thirties at the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble, Krienbühl mostly skated at the back of the field.

Starting with the music as a hobby in the late 90s and at the early age of 13 he became an enthusiast of the dance music genre of the moment, and passed to be a mere follower to become a producer even before starting his career as a DJ.

Starting out his athletic career as a boxer, Columbu progressed into the sport of Olympic Weightlifting, powerlifting and later bodybuilding, winning the title of Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981.

Starting his professional career in 1924, Schmeling came to the United States in 1928 and, after a ninth-round technical knockout of Johnny Risko, became a sensation.

Starting a solo career, he became a hit success with his second album, Don't Be Cruel, which spawned a number of hit singles including the co-self penned " My Prerogative ", which became his signature hit.

Starting with No End, Kieślowski's career was closely associated with two regular collaborators, the screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz and the composer Zbigniew Preisner.

Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat ( 1973 ), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with Holi ( 1984 ) and had his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ( 1988 ).

Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as " Roll With Me, Henry ", " At Last ", " Tell Mama ", " Something's Got a Hold on Me ", and " I'd Rather Go Blind " for which she wrote the lyrics.

Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953.

Starting her career as an extra in films, Velasco became famous for her interpretation of a Mazahua indigenous woman with the name of " La India María ", whom she portrayed on various Televisa programs.

Starting in 1822 after the death of his sister, Corot began receiving a yearly allowance of 1500 francs which adequately financed his new career, studio, materials, and travel for the rest of his life.

Starting his career writing articles for game magazines, he moved on to writing supplements for Hero Games's Champions system, and currently writes for White Wolf Game Studio.

Starting his career with a passion for rallying rather than racing, he graduated to single seaters through the French Renault 5 championship.

Starting his minor league career, Carew was assigned to play second base with the Melbourne ( FL ) Twins in the Cocoa Rookie League and hit. 325 over the final 37 games of the season.

Starting his driving career in Go-karts at age 12, Waltrip entered his first stock car race just four short years later.

Starting in 1939 with the career of Amália Rodrigues, fado was an internationally popular genre.

Starting his career at age 17, Gefen appeared on stage in drag and heavy makeup, bragged about his evasion of the draft, and sang about drugs, sex and alienation in a hard-rock style reminiscent of Punk Rock.

Starting his professional career by releasing his first long-player in 1973 subtitled " The Album-Confessions of a Big Lanky Dope ", as a member of Rhubarb's Revenge ( re-issued on CD and virgin vinyl in 1999 by GearFab Records after becoming a collector's item of rare virtue ), and going on to contribute to an interesting string of,, unsuccessful records.

Starting her career as the Rector's Assistant at Glasgow University ( 1972-3 ), she became a History and English teacher at the ( RC ) London Oratory School in Fulham ( 1974 – 86 ) and later Head of Careers ( 1984-6 ) before switching to John Archer School ( sold off for housing ) on Sutherland Grove in Wandsworth as Head of Careers between 1986-8.

Starting his career in 1975 with Prayanam, Bharathan rode to fame with his off-beat Thakara, a film about a dumb-witted central character who falls in love with the village beauty.

Starting in 1775, British Empire colonies in America revolted to establish a representative government.

Starting in 1928, but especially during the Great Depression, the government of King Zog, which brought law and order to the country, began to cede Albania's sovereignty to Italy.

Starting in 1984, the government launched a scorched-earth campaign to drive a wedge between the villagers and the guerrillas in the remote areas of two provinces of Kurdistan in which Kurdish guerrillas were active.

Starting in 2003, the Libyan government restored normal diplomatic ties with the European Union and the United States and has even coined the catchphrase, " The Libya Model ", an example intended to show the world what can be achieved through negotiation rather than force when there is goodwill on both sides .< ref > Hirsh, Michael, ( 11 May 2006 ), < u >" The Real Libya Model "< u >, Newsweek.

Starting under the administration of the French President Charles de Gaulle and continuing until 1970, France reduced its dollar reserves, trading them for gold from the U. S. government, thereby reducing U. S. economic influence abroad.

Starting from the 1950s the region has enjoyed prosperous growth, thanks in part to its special autonomy from the central Italian government.

Starting in 1950, the government of Konrad Adenauer started a quiet diplomatic offensive aimed at freeing Raeder and the rest of the men in Spandau.

Starting in 1870, the Tokyo government issued a permission to build and sell rickshaws to these three men.

Starting on March 29 to late April 1970 the South Vietnamese army and Cambodian government forced the PRG to flee deep into Cambodia.

Starting in 1988, IANA was funded by the U. S. government under a contract between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Information Sciences Institute.

Starting with the Choctaw, the government began Indian Removal in 1831 to lands west of the Mississippi River.

Starting from its inception in 1871, Mount Olive was governed under the Township form of municipal government, by a three-person Township Committee.

Starting in 2010, Beach Haven is governed by a five-member Borough Council under a Faulkner Act ( Council-Manager ) form of government.

Starting in 1967, the City of Huron embarked on a controversial urban renewal program with funding from the U. S. federal government.

Starting in the early 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Europe saw the arrival of thousands of Chileans, many of whom were mestizos, seeking political refuge during the dictatorial government of Augusto Pinochet.

Starting in the early 20th century, the federal government began granting land to these colonies.

Starting in 1999, the Ukrainian government has been collecting an ecological tax, officially known as Environmental Pollution Fee (), which is collected from all polluting entities, whether it's one-time or ongoing pollution and regardless of whether the polluting act was legal or illegal at the time.

Starting in 1831 at the behest of the Prussian government, Ranke founded and edited the Historisch-Politische Zeitschrift journal.

Starting in 1662, the Hearth Tax Returns with attached maps of local areas were compiled by individual parishes throughout England while a duplicate of their records were sent to the central government offices of the Exchequer.

Starting September 18, the protests had been led by thousands of Buddhist monks, and those protests had been allowed to proceed until a renewed government crackdown on September 26.

Starting in the late 1990s the Norwegian government began to provide some funding for the examination and preservation of the remains of Tveitt's scores, and several startling discoveries have been made.

Starting in 1970, some further excavations and restorations of a few buildings was conducted by Mexican government archeologists, who also dredged some artifacts from the site's cenote or natural well known as Agua Azul (" Blue Water ").

Starting with his steamship the Wenonah, Ojibwa for " first daughter ", in 1866 Cockburn pressed the government to open the entire Muskoka lake system to navigation.

Starting with the Direcção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais ( DGMEN ), and later by the Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico ( IGESPAR ), the Portuguese government developed a registry of national monuments that includes a rich heritage of historical monuments throughout the country.

Starting in 1980, the Cebu City government organized the Sinulog Festival and eventually gave incentives to tribal dance groups.