Upon becoming emperor he took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus.

Upon becoming a student at Locke High School, Smith played on the basketball and baseball teams.

Upon becoming President of Egypt following the death in office of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Al-Sadat sought a diplomatic solution to the conflict, offering peace and recognition to Israel in exchange for the Israeli withdrawal from all the Egyptian, Palestinian, and Syrian territory occupied in 1967, and a resolution of the Palestinian refugee problem.

Upon graduation in 1982, Rampton worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming a peace activist.

Upon his death in 79, he was succeeded by his eldest son Titus, thus becoming the first Roman Emperor to be directly succeeded by his own son.

Upon becoming wealthy, Prinze took martial arts lessons from Robert Wall, a student of Bruce Lee, who appeared in Enter the Dragon and Return of the Dragon.

Upon the death of his father in 1828 and his becoming Viscount Melbourne, he moved to the House of Lords.

Upon becoming king in 1481, John II of Portugal set out on many long reforms.

Upon becoming Emperor, Marcian repudiated the embarrassing payments of tribute to Attila the Hun ( 434 – 453 ), which the latter had been accustomed to receiving from Theodosius II in order to refrain from attacks on the Eastern Empire.

Upon his return young Bolesławowic accepted the over-lordship of his uncle and gave up his hereditary claim to the crown of Poland in exchange for becoming first in line to succeed him.

Upon becoming Pope, one of Hormisdas ' first actions was to remove the last vestiges of the schism in Rome, receiving back into the Church those adherents of the Laurentian party who had not already been reconciled.

Upon graduating, Bashir studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, becoming a proficient violinist.

* Upon becoming ruler of Epirus, Phyrrhus allies himself with his brother-in-law, Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus.

Upon becoming Augustus in 305, Constantius launched a successful punitive campaign against the Picts beyond the Antonine Wall.

Upon becoming emperor he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces while Valentinian retained the west.

Upon their arrival in New Amsterdam, Huguenots were offered land directly across from Manhattan on Long Island for a permanent settlement and chose the harbor at the end of Newtown Creek, becoming the first Europeans to live in Brooklyn, NY, then known as Boschwick, today known as Bushwick.

Upon becoming secretary he set up a special advisory group of DoD officials, known as the Vietnam Task Force, and he met with them almost every morning he was in the Pentagon.

Upon becoming king, Euric defeated several other Visigothic kings and chieftains in a series of civil wars and soon became the first ruler of a truly unified Visigothic nation.

Upon becoming king, Pelasgus was responsible for inventing huts, sheep-skin coats, and a diet consisting of acorns.

Upon legally becoming an Indiana Fifth-Class City in 1935, its first mayor and four city council members were elected ( three district members, and one at-large ).

Upon becoming World Champion, Petrosian campaigned for the publication of a chess newspaper for the entire Soviet Union rather than just Moscow.

Upon Wach's death before the lectures were delivered, Eliade was appointed as his replacement, becoming, in 1964, the Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions.

Upon its release, Marble Madness was commercially successful, becoming a profitable arcade game.

Upon matching the record of 26 kills held by America's top World War I ace, Eddie Rickenbacker, Foss was accorded the honor of becoming America's first " ace-of-aces " in World War II.

Upon the death of the previous king, Tullus Hostilius, the Roman Senate appointed an interrex, who in turn called a session of the assembly of the people who elected the new king.

Upon the death of the king his father, Pandion II, Aegeus and his three brothers, Pallas, Nisos, and Lykos, took control of Athens from Metion, who had seized the throne from Pandion.

Upon his death, the king became fully deified.

Upon discovering the Shaft Graves, with their skeletons and more regal gold ( including the Mask of Agamemnon ), Schliemann cabled the king of Greece.

Upon his succession he granted the baronage a Charter of Liberties, which linked his rule of law to the Anglo-Saxon tradition, forming a basis for subsequent limitations to the rights of English kings and presaged Magna Carta, which subjected the king to law.

Upon the death of Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus addressed the Comitia Curiata and convinced them that he should be elected king over Marcius ' natural sons, who were still only in their teenage years.

Upon the request of the Lombard king, Liutprand, Gregory had given the pallium to Bishop Serenus, granting him the patriarchate of Aquileia.

Upon Solomon's death, his son, Rehoboam, succeeded him as king.

Upon Cranmer's return from Spain, in June 1527, he was given a personal half-hour long interview with the king, whom he described as " the kindest of princes ".

* December 8 – Upon the death of Oscar II, he is succeeded by his son Gustaf V as king of Sweden.

* June 21 – Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him and power is restored undivided to his father, king Magnus.

* March 13 – Upon the death of Christian VII, Frederick VI becomes king of Denmark.

* Upon the death of Håkan the Red, Halsten returns as king of Sweden, jointly with his brother Inge the Elder.

** Upon his death, Frederick I of Sweden is succeeded as king by Adolf Frederick.

* Upon the death of Kol Sverkerson, king Knut Eriksson extends his reign to also include Östergötland.

* Upon the death of Knut Långe, the deposed Erik Eriksson returns as king of Sweden, possibly after a small war between the two of them.

* Upon the death of Knut Eriksson, he succeeded peacefully as king of Sweden by his rival Sverker the Younger.

* Upon the death of Eric the Victorious, he is succeeded by his son Olof Skötkonung as the first baptized king of Sweden.

* Upon the death of his brother Philip, Inge the Younger becomes sole king of Sweden.

* Upon the death of Anund Jacob, he is succeeded by his brother Emund the Old as king of Sweden.

* Upon the death of their father, King Alfonso VIII of Castile, in September and of their mother, Eleanor Plantagenet, Bernguela becomes the regent of her young brother, king Henry I.

* Upon the death of Olof Skötkonung, he is succeeded by his son Anund Jakob as king of Sweden.

* December 18 – Upon the death of Magnus III, he is succeeded by his 10-year-old son Birger as king of Sweden.