Founded in the Ninth Century B.C. it was called Byzantium 200 years later when Byzas, ruler of the Megarians, expanded the settlement and named it after himself.

Founded in 1548 by the Spanish conquistadors at the site of the Native American settlement, Laja, the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz ( meaning Our Lady of Peace ).

Founded by Bartholomew Columbus in 1496, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World.

Founded in 1783, the town is believed to be the first American settlement in the Northwest Territory of the new United States.

Founded in 1732, Vincennes is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Indiana and one of the oldest settlements west of the Appalachians.

Founded as a lumber settlement, it was given a post office named " Stevensburgh " in January 1879, with George Stevens as the first postmaster.

Founded by French Canadian colonists, it was the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi River in present-day Missouri.

Founded in 1811, Lodi is the oldest settlement in Medina County.

Founded as an agricultural settlement along the Southern Pacific railroad, the city was transformed into a suburban community upon its incorporation in 1955.

Founded in 1859, soon after the resettlement of nearby Mount Pleasant, Fairview was one of the first new towns established during the second wave of Mormon settlement in Sanpete County.

Founded in 300 BC on the old settlement of Arsinoe, Famagusta remained a small fishing village for a long period of time.

Founded by a group of Separatists and Anglicans, who together later came to be known as the Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony was, along with Jamestown, Virginia, one of the earliest successful colonies to be founded by the English in North America and the first sizable permanent English settlement in the New England region.

Founded July 15, 1579, Coamo is the third oldest settlement of the island's post Columbian period ( after San Juan in the north and San Germán in the west ).

Founded as the Roman military encampment of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the Legio VII Gemina from 74 AD.

Founded in 1882 by European Jewish immigrants, it was the second Jewish farm settlement established in Land of Israel in the 19th century, after Petah Tikva.

Founded by decree on February 23, 1901, as a port for the inland settlement of Sarmiento, the first settler was Francisco Pietrobelli.

Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, it grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches provided safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water.

Founded as a milling town in the 1850s, there has long been dispute as to the naming of the settlement.

Founded in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary in the historical settlement of Botetourt Springs, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States.

Founded in 1850, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory.

Founded in 1594, Binondo was created by Spanish Governor Luis Pérez Dasmariñas as a permanent settlement for Chinese immigrants ( the Spanish called the Chinese sangleys ) who converted to Catholicism.

Founded under the name of " Corsica ", the community is the nearest settlement to the birthplace of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States of America.

Founded in the middle of the 15th century and declared a town ( vila ) in 1472, Vila Franca do Campo quickly grew into the largest settlement and administrative seat of São Miguel.

Founded by the Romans as Antunnacum in 12 BC on the site of an old Celtic settlement probably called Antunnuac, Andernach is one of the oldest towns in Germany which as such held its " Bimillenary feast " in 1988.

Founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ( which was renamed " Panasonic Corporation " on October 1st, 2008 ) soccer club in Nara Prefecture and a member of the Japan Soccer League.

Founded in 1909, the club spent a total 38 seasons in the Danish championship from 1912 to 1993, and won the 1959 and 1964 Danish 1st Division championships, as well as the 1962 and 1971 Danish Cup trophies.

Founded in 1991, the Danish Superliga replaced the Danish 1st Division as the highest league of football in Denmark.

Founded in 437 BC, the city was finally abandoned in the 8th century AD.

Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression.

Founded near the end of the 17th century, the village was known as Takau () in the Hoklo language spoken by most of the early immigrants.

Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century.

Founded in the 16th century, Keflavík developed on account of its fishing and fish processing industry, founded by Scottish entrepreneurs and engineers.

Founded by the Phoenicians in the mid-9th century BC, it was a powerful thalassocratic city-state with a vast commercial network.

Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century.

Founded in the 14th century by the the possibly mythical chief of the Wolof Ndiadiane Ndiaye, who was a Serer of Waalo ( Ndiaye is originally a Serer surname

Founded in the fifth century, the monastery is long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with Shaolin Kung Fu, and it is the best known Mahayana Buddhist monastery to the Western world.

Founded by the Herrick family during the early part of the 20th century, Tecumseh Products initially began business manufacturing refrigeration compressors.

Founded in the 3rd century CE by Plotinus, The Neoplatonist tradition has clear echoes in the Zohar, as indeed in many forms of mystical spirituality, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim.

Founded in 1855 by the abolitionist John Gregg Fee ( 1816 – 1901 ), Berea College admitted both black and white students in a fully integrated curriculum, making it the first non-segregated, coeducational college in the South and one of a handful of institutions of higher learning to admit both male and female students in the mid-19th century.

Founded by Pope Pius V ( Antonio Ghislieri ) in 1567, since 18th century laically managed, nowadays under the High Patronage of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, it is ranked among high qualifying institutions by the Italian Ministry for Education and University.

Founded in 777, it was enlarged in the 12th century and modified again in the 16th century with the introduction of a portico.

Founded in 1436 as a monastery village, the city was part of the Principality of Moldavia, which, starting with the 16th century fell under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire.

Founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, Messina was originally called Zancle, from the meaning " scythe " because of the shape of its natural harbour ( though a legend attributes the name to King Zanclus ).

Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries ; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.

Founded in the 9th century by the Counts of Anjou, was expanded to its current size in the 13th century.

Founded as University of Douai in 1562, the state university in Northern France was renamed Université impériale de Douai-Lille in 1808, then as Université de Lille with faculty expansion from Douai to Lille from mid-19th century onwards.

Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2, 300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

Founded in the nineteenth century in Manhattan as a nursing home to serve blacks, the hospital elements had grown in importance.

Founded as a late 19th century railroad town, it has transitioned over the course of more than a century into a 21st century commercial hub.