"was commenced in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer (in the past tense) to an action that was initiated or begun at a certain point in time. Example: The project was commenced in February of last year.
That action of ejectment was commenced in 1897, and this bill was filed April 15 , 1898
The initial cycle was commenced in 2009,data were collected for 1 year.
Grading was commenced in November and the work was continued until the project was completed on 14 September , 1946
This rule, however, does not affect the present suit, which was commenced in the court of Missouri.
Plans for the construction of the theater were turned over in March , 1946 and construction was commenced in May or June of that year.
The Community Rainforest Reforestation Program was commenced in 1993, with stated objectives relating to timber production, protection of degraded land, improvement in water quality and workforce training.
It was commenced in the 60s by the late Roye England, a thin, bespectacled vicar manque in beret and mac who ate only Crunchies, black bananas and boiled eggs "because they were quick", so leaving time for his layout.
Linear mixed model analysis demonstrated that AL decreased after treatment was commenced in patients with SCZ and FEP between the baseline assessment and the 6 and 12-week follow-up.
But the law has become thus settled since this suit was commenced in 1911, and the lower courts, upon the allegations in the bill, properly assumed jurisdiction and disposed of the case.
In March , 1922 this suit was commenced in the federal court for the Southern District of New York to enjoin enforcement of the order and to have it set aside as void.
On the refusal of the assessors to comply with this request, a proceeding was commenced in the courts of the State, in which the Court of Appeals reaffirmed the principles of the case of People v. Dolan.
