Sentence examples for began emigrating from inspiring English sources
Much of the modern history of the region has been shaped by the close continuing contact between Minnan peoples and their overseas relatives who began emigrating to Southeast Asia in the 16th century.
Bukharans began emigrating from Central Asia in significant numbers in the 1970s, but it was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 that they left in great waves, most bound for Israel or the United States.
The Know Nothings developed after America's first major immigrant boom in the 1840s: tens of thousands of Irish began emigrating in the wake of the potato famine, followed a few years later by Germans and other Europeans fleeing the failed European revolutions of 1848.
Glasgow football club Celtic was formed by Irish Catholics who began emigrating to the west of Scotland in the 1840s, while Rangers, which was set up at a similar time, has always been perceived as the Protestant club.
The earliest female migrants from Moldova, like their male counterparts, were destined primarily for the CIS, but by the mid-1990s they began emigrating in greater numbers to countries in the EU such as Italy and Spain as well as countries such as Canada.
Germans began emigrating to Canada through Nova Scotia, where they helped found the town of Lunenburg in 1753.
Records show that, at this point, residents began to emigrate, including several called Shapiro, some to America, some to Tel Aviv.
By 1667, however, Makassar had fallen to the Dutch East India Company, and the Bugis began to emigrate from Celebes to places in the Malay Archipelago not yet reached by western European powers.
The population of Martinique increased rapidly until the late 1970s, when, plagued by unemployment and other economic maladies, the residents of the island began to emigrate in large numbers to France and in smaller numbers to French Guiana.
A violent clash between Uyghurs and Han Chinese resulted in nearly 200 deaths (though Uyghurs claim the toll is higher), and Uyghurs who feared for their safety began to emigrate in droves.
