Founded in 1868, the Visiting Artists Program ( VAP ) is one of the oldest public programs of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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

Founded in 1862 as Montgomeryville, the name was changed to Belmore in 1868.

Founded in 1868 by German immigrants who came to the area.

Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the military.

Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White and Sir Richard Hilles, the School is one of the original nine English Public Schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868.

Founded in 1868, it is a Norwegian-language newspaper published daily in Bergen.

Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32, 000 graduate and undergraduate students.

Founded in 1868, Chelmsford started out as an outpost on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Founded in 1868, the paper was a broadsheet until 1989 when it became tabloid.

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

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

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 1903 by a group of high school students, the club was named Hellas ( the Greek word for Greece ), at the request of a professor of Classics.

Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849.

Founded in 1925, it was named in honor of the Libertador Simón Bolívar, the team has won most of the tournaments national and international championships in the last 20 years.

Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U. S. states and more than 110 countries.

Founded in 1838, the Puerto Rican town of Ceiba is also named after this tree.

Founded by the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in Buffalo, New York in 1979, the company was named by combining the first names of their parents Max and Miriam, and was originally created to distribute independent films deemed commercially unfeasible by the major studios.

Founded in 1901, Rusk County was originally named " Gates " County.

Founded by Lt. Col. Henry Bainbridge and named for Lt. John Terrett, who was killed in the Battle of Monterrey in 1846.

Founded in 1910 from a portion of Marion County, both Dillon County and its county seat, the city of Dillon, were named for prosperous local citizen James W. Dillon ( 1826-1913 ), an Irishman who settled there and led a campaign to bring the railroad into the community.

Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky, and as the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky ( there was also a short lived sister-county counterpart, Beckham County, Kentucky from February 9, 1904, to April 29, 1904, was dissolved by the Kentucky Court of Appeals because it was not created in conformance with state law ).

Founded in 1908, the town was named after Ely Parker, the first Native American commissioner for the U. S. government.

Founded in 1902, incorporated in 1905, and named for C. L. Wellington ( an employee of the Colorado and Southern Railroad ).

Founded by Pennsylvanians who named it after their home state, residents began relocating here in the early 1920s.

Founded in 1841, Toulon was named after an existing town in Tennessee.

Founded in 1836 by county agent Banner C. Brummet, it was first named Jacksonburg.

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

Founded in 1818 and named for Jesse Boon, father of Ratliff Boon.

Founded in 1888, railroad engineer Eugene Cornwall named the city for his hometown of Irvington, New York.

Founded in 1840, the city is named for the biblical Mount Nebo.

Founded in 1847, it was named for B. Gratz Brown, who later became Governor of Missouri.

Founded in 1870, the city was named for founder Hugh McElroy's nephew.

Founded in 1706, Chestertown rose in stature when it was named one of the English colony of Maryland's six Royal Ports of Entry.

Founded in 1881 and 1882, the hamlet was named after the Potawatomi chief Topenebee, who primarily resided in southwestern Michigan.