Founded in November 1838 the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) selected the current MCG site in 1853 after previously playing at several grounds around Melbourne.

Founded at a conference in 1961 in Salzburg, Austria, that was attended by Othmar Anderlie, Pitirim Sorokin, and Arnold Toynbee, this is an international association of scholars that publishes a journal, Comparative Civilization Review, and hosts an annual meeting in cities around the world.

Founded around 250 BC, Tempio Pausania is located 560m above the sea level.

Founded August 7, 1849, by George Phipps and party, Georgetown was nicknamed " Growlersburg " because of the heavy gold-laden quartz rocks that " growled " in the miners ' pants pockets as they walked around town.

Founded as a town and the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana, United States around 1825.

Founded around 1000 AD it remained an isolated farming community until 1830 when the road from Borken to Zutphen via Winterswijk and Groenlo was built.

Founded in 1979, PWP has produced over 80 plays, drawing in artists and patrons from miles around.

Founded around 1735 by Canadien habitants and migrants from settlements in the Illinois Country just east of the Mississippi River, Ste.

Founded in 1808, it was a local landmark which attracted families from miles around, especially in the fall, when it was noted for pumpkins, apple cider, freshly baked donuts, and other fall products.

Founded in 1879 as the The Society of Oxford Home-Students, today it is one of the larger colleges in Oxford, with around 450 undergraduate and 200 graduate students, in a roughly equal mix of men and women.

Founded around the Rock Island Railroad laying tracks through the area, much of the town's local economy is from ranching and livestock.

Founded around 1736, it was the first township in the area, and it originally included the entirety of modern York and Adams counties.

Founded in 1859 but not incorporated until 1894, the town's early history and development was centered around the railroad industry.

Founded when a proposal to build a four-lane highway around the lake — with a bridge over the entrance to Emerald Bay — was proposed in 1957, the League has thwarted poorly designed development projects and environmentally unsound planning.

Founded around 1760 the operational part worked until the 1970s and the empty buildings stood until the late 1980s.

Founded in the 1880s the " Greetland Cricket & Bowling Club " is still active and the club competes in the " Halifax League ", playing host to teams from around Calderdale and Kirklees.

Founded in 1950, it has around 46 faculty members, 200 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students.

Founded in 1965, WMF is headquartered in New York, and has offices and affiliates around the world, including Cambodia, France, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1934 by German educator Kurt Hahn, Gordonstoun has an enrolment of around 500 full boarders as well as about 100 day pupils between the ages of 8 and 18.

Founded October 21, 2005, the college provides around 600 undergraduates with an individualized curriculum in the liberal, visual and performing arts.

Other commemorative works written around this time include the Concerto for Strings ( written in 1938 ), the slow movement of which is in joint memory of Michael and Edward Elgar ; the hymn tune Michael ( to the words " All My Hope on God is Founded " by Robert Bridges ); and the unfinished Cello Concerto, on which Howells had been working at the time of the boy's death and which he found himself unable to complete.

Founded in 1989, the IFDMA was established to develop firm lines of communications between direct marketers around the world, and is dedicated to improving the practice and communicating the value of direct marketing ; and to promoting the highest standards for ethical conduct and effective self-regulation of the direct marketing community.

Founded in 1910, the Garden holds over 10, 000 taxa of plants and each year welcomes over 900, 000 visitors from around the world.

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

Founded in 1978 by Lieutenant General ( retd ) Ziaur Rahman, the Seventh President of Bangladesh, the party has evolved into one of the most powerful and influential political entities in South Asia.

Founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Sir John Colborne, UCC is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, the third oldest in the country, and is described as one of Canada's most prestigious preparatory schools, having many of Canada's most powerful and wealthy as graduates.

Founded in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper, it sees an annual entry of 120 cars, which are mostly exotic and powerful sports cars.

Founded in 1919 by Tenny Blount with the help of Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Detroit Stars immediately established themselves as one of the most powerful teams in the West.

Founded by Thucles the Chalcidian in 734 BC, Naxos was never a powerful city, but its temple of Apollo Archegetes, protecting deity of all the Greek colonies, gave it prominence in religious affairs.

Founded on 1 April 1960, currently with over 220 member organisations in 115 countries around the world, the organisation continues to build a powerful international movement to empower and protect consumers everywhere.

Founded in the 1920s by Mary Emery, Mariemont exhibits English architecture from Norman to classic Georgian style.

Founded in 1946 by Norman Motley, this Christian-based community is open to people of all faiths and none.

Founded in 1901 by William Payson Richardson and Norman P. Heffley, Brooklyn Law School was the first law school on Long Island.

Founded by TV producer and philanthropist Norman Lear, and led by Honorary Co-Chairs and former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, " Declare Yourself " is described in their literature as a " national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign initiated in 2004 to energize and empower a new movement of young voters to participate in the 2004 presidential election.

Founded in the 16th century, it was built on the site of the ancient city of Mamtir ( deriving from " Mah Mithra " " great Mithra ).

Founded by African American author and historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson, The Journal of Negro History wrote, “ Their Eyes Were Watching God is a gripping story … the author deserves great praise for the skill and effectiveness shown in the writing of this book .” The critic noted Hurston ’ s anthropological approach to writing, “ She studied them until she thoroughly understood the working of their minds, learned to speak their language …”

Founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Major-General Sir John Colborne ( later the Lord Seaton ) in the hopes that it would serve as a " feeder school " to the newly established King's College ( later the University of Toronto ), UCC was modelled on the great independent schools of Britain, most notably Eton College.

Founded in 1819 in Vienna by Alois Miesbach ( 1791 – 1857 ) and traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Wienerberger can look back on a great tradition.

Founded by João de Sousa Lima in 1954, OSESP alternated between periods of success and great difficulty, including a hiatus in its activities.

Founded by four prominent ministers from the German Reformed Church and the Lutheran Church, in conjunction with numerous Philadelphians, the school was established as a German college whose goal was " to preserve our present republican system of government ," and " to promote those improvements in the arts and sciences which alone render nations respectable, great and happy.

Founded in 1961 as an Anglican choir school in the tradition of the great collegiate and cathedral choir schools in England, Royal St. George's admitted its first students in 1964.