Upon becoming king, Henry inherited a government severely weakened and degraded by the Wars of the Roses.

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 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 his return to the London temple, Crowley requested the grade papers to which he was now entitled from Miss Cracknell, the acting secretary.

Upon arrival in Ottawa, Trudeau was appointed as Prime Minister Lester Pearson's parliamentary secretary, and spent much of the next year travelling abroad, representing Canada at international meetings and events, including the UN.

Upon its formation, Carlo Sandoni was the clubs sponsor and general manager, Swissman Louis Rauch became president, nobleman Guido Della Valle was the vice-president, Enrico Penaglia secretary, Sergio Lampronti cashier, while Emilio Arnstein and Leone Vincenzi were appointed councilmen.

Upon arrival Hobson almost immediately drafted the Treaty of Waitangi, together with his secretary James Freeman and Busby.

Upon his father's death later in 1880, he wrote to Parnell asking for adoption as the Nationalist Party ( from 1882 the Irish Parliamentary Party ) candidate in the by-election to fill the open seat, but was disappointed to learn that Parnell had already promised the next vacancy to his secretary Timothy Healy.

Upon his graduation from Middlebury College, Fleischer worked as press secretary for Jon Fossel, a Republican candidate for a New York congressional seat.

Upon his release Boland became secretary of the party.

Upon returning to India, he became heavily involved in the labour movement, becoming general secretary and then president of the All-India Railwaymen's Federation and twice serving as president of the All-India Trade Union Congress.

Upon graduation Price was hired by local businessman Robert Sidney Turton as his private secretary.

Upon his return to the United States, Cody served as private secretary to Archbishop John J. Glennon until 1940, when he became chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Upon his return to Japan, Nakae served as a lower-ranked secretary of the Genrōin.

Upon returning to the United States he served for two years as the secretary of the Student Zionist Federation.

Upon his election as the union's general secretary, he became one of country's leading labour leaders, and their strongest advocate within the Labour Party.

Upon his return, he requests to be stationed in a remote post, and becomes second secretary to the Russian ambassador in Japan.

Upon graduating in 1910 he worked as a secretary and was called to the Bar in 1913.

Upon the death of Charles Ruthenberg in 1927 he became the party's national secretary.

Upon Rubin's retirement, Clinton called him the " greatest secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton ".

Upon the formal merger of the Polish Socialist and Communist Parties in 1948, Cyrankiewicz was named secretary of the central committee of the new Polish United Workers ' Party.

Upon leaving Tranmere Rovers, the secretary Bert Cooke reneged on an agreement to pay 10 % of the transfer fee to Dean.

Upon completing high school in Orange, Texas, she worked as a secretary, until she moved to Virginia to perform at the Barter Theatre.

Upon Armadillo's entering his office, the Consultant asked his secretary to cancel the rest of his appointments for the afternoon as he anticipated a lot of work improving Armadillo's image.

Upon the election of Ronald Reagan as U. S. president, Brock was appointed U. S. Trade Representative, a position he maintained until 1985 when he was made secretary of labor.

Upon retiring from the army, he entered politics, serving as the private secretary to the Duke of Westminster from 1892 to 1896, after which he was appointed the acting administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of Transvaal and Governor of Madras.

Upon returning to the United States, he served as secretary to Bishop Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki from 1951 to 1966.