Founded in 1616 by the Kingdom of Portugal, Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become part of Brazil until 1775.

Founded in 1775, Envigado was declared a municipality in 1814.

Founded by a merger arranged by the Fascist regime in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s ( 1951 – 52 ).

Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ( 1760 – 1820 ), Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

Founded in 1805 by Father Edward Fenwick, afterwards first Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio ( 1821 – 1832 ), this province has developed slowly, but now ranks among the most flourishing and active provinces of the order.

Founded in 1941 by Belford D. Maule ( 1911 – 1995 ), it is a family-owned enterprise.

Founded by Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov ( 1698 – 1760 ), it originated in an age of persecution of the Jewish people, when a schism existed between scholarly and common European Jews.

* Haunted Ontario – Founded in 1996 by Bob Milne, Haunted Ontario chronicles the ghosts, spirits, spooks, and poltergeists said to haunt Canada's most populated province.

Founded by German merchant Georg Wertheim ( 1857 – 1939 ), designed by architect Alfred Messel ( 1853 – 1909 ), opened in 1897 and extended several times over the following 40 years, it ultimately possessed a floor area double that of the Reichstag, a 330-metre-long granite and plate glass facade along Leipziger Straße, 83 elevators, three escalators, 1, 000 telephones, 10, 000 lamps, five kilometres of pneumatic tubing for moving items from the various departments to the packing area, and a separate entrance directly from the nearby U-Bahn station.

Founded explicitly in reaction to the " prevailing model of East Coast, Ivy League education ," the college's lack of varsity athletics, fraternities, and exclusive social clubs – as well as its coeducational, nonsectarian, and egalitarian status – gave way to an intensely academic and intellectual college whose purpose was to devote itself to " the life of the mind ," that life being understood primarily as the academic life.

* January 21 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.

* June 11 – Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian Revolutionary, Founded H. R. A.

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 in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën ( 1878 – 1935 ), Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that complements the motor car.

* 1901 – Founded in Beaumont, Texas.

Founded in 1872, Rangers were one of the ten founder members of the Scottish Football League, remaining in the top division until the end of the 2011 – 12 season, during which the company became insolvent and entered administration.

Founded in 1893, Aberdare were Welsh Cup runners-up, in 1903 – 04 1904 – 05 and 1922 / 23.

* The International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics – Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Copenhagen, this association helps with the progression in research and clinical practice worldwide.

* Harold Pierce – Founded the Harold's Chicken Shack restaurant chain in Chicago.

Founded in 1848, University of Wisconsin – Madison is the largest university in the state, and the flagship of the UW System, with a total enrollment of over 41, 000 students, of whom approximately 30, 000 are undergraduates.

Founded in 1836 by Wesley Park ( 1811 – 1868 ), the city is the county seat of DeKalb County.

Founded in 1875, Garrett was named for John W. Garrett ( 1820 – 1884 ), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 to 1884.

* 1899 – Founded as San Francisco State Normal School.

* Eskrido – Founded by Ciriaco " Cacoy " Cañete, the last living founder and the highest ranking master of Doce Pares Eskrima.

Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney.

Founded in Sydney, Australia in 1914, the industry leading company is now a subsidiary of Pentland Group Plc.

Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the southern hemisphere.

Founded in New Hampshire in 1978 by poet, novelist, editor and professor Sydney Lea and poet Jay Parini, it was published as New England Review & Bread Loaf Quarterly from 1982 ( when it moved to Middlebury College ), until 1991 as a formal division of the Bread Loaf Writers ' Conference.

* Nurcha Records ( now defunct ) — Founded by Shrekk in 2005 and based in Sydney, until it closed in January 2009.

Founded in 1998 by Sydney concert promoter Steve Pavlovic.

Founded in 1996, Author-it Software Corporation is headquartered in Auckland, with offices in California, Dubai, and Sydney.

Founded by Arthur James in 1957, and developed by musicians including Sydney drummer John Pochee from 1957 – 59, the converted plumber's shop at the top of William Street became the centre of modern jazz in Sydney in the 1960s.

Founded in 1911 as part of Sydney Technical College, the school was one of the six original New South Wales selective schools.

Founded in 1992 at Balmain High School which is now called Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus, it is held every January in Sydney.

Founded in 1985, the orchestra has since performed in many worldwide venues, including New York's Carnegie Hall ( 2009, 2012 ), the Sydney Opera House ( 2012 ), London's Royal Albert Hall ( 2008, 2012 ) and Glastonbury Festival.

Founded in 1840 as The Port Phillip Herald, it is merged with its morning tabloid sister paper The Sun News-Pictorial and the first issue of the new Herald Sun, described by owner Rupert Murdoch as " the world's first 24-hour newspaper ", with morning and afternoon editions, is published on 8 October. On the same day, the 49-year-old afternoon tabloid The Daily Mirror in Sydney is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

Founded in 1954 by the burgeoning Italian community of Inner Western Sydney, A. P. I. A.

Founded in 597, it is the oldest see in the English church.

Founded in 1985 by the local student union AKKU, it is now published by the Stichting Multimedia.

Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan.

Founded to preach the Gospel and to combat heresy, the order is famed for its intellectual tradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers.

* Animation: Founded in 1960, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest international film festival dedicated exclusively to animation.

Founded by New York based artist Mercedes Matter and her students the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture is an art school formed in the mid 1960s.

Founded in 1933, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company ( 1933 ) Limited ( KMB ) is one of the largest privately-owned public bus operators in the world.

Founded in 1911, Seacourt Tennis club is one of only a handful in the UK where it is possible to play every recognised racquet sport.

Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. Maurya and Gupta empires are called as the Golden Age of India and were marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, art, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Indian culture. The religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, which began in India, were an important influence on South, East and Southeast Asia

Founded in Sweden in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad, who later became one of the richest people in the world, the company's name is an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name ( Ingvar Kamprad ), the farm where he grew up ( Elmtaryd ), and his hometown ( Agunnaryd, in Småland, South Sweden ).

Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, ISU is classified as a Research University with very high research activity ( RU / VH ) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Founded in 1975, the museum is named after its benefactors, Iowa State alumnus Henry J. Brunnier and his wife Ann.

James Madison University ( also known as JMU, Madison, or James Madison ) is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U. S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University.

Founded in 1890 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Millsaps is home to approximately 1, 200 students.

Founded in 1966, the American Society of Nephrology ( ASN ) is the world ’ s largest professional society devoted to the study of kidney disease.

Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or " Oxy " as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast.

Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon nature preserve at its center.

Founded in 1818, Leander Club is the world's oldest public rowing club.

Founded in 1981, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is the largest Muslim political party in Sri Lanka.

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 1971, the World Economic Forum is one of the major annual meetings in the world