English lumber harvesters found Belize Town
Belize Town eventually became Belize City which now is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras.
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Belize Town eventually became Belize City which now is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras.
English lumber harvesters found Belize Town Read more
St. John’s is now the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 22,219, St. John’s is the commercial center of the nation and the chief port of the island of Antigua.
English settlers found St. John’s in modern-day Antigua and Barbuda Read more
Tegucigalpa was founded by Spanish settlers as Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa on September 29, 1578 on the site of an existing native settlement of the Pech, Tolupans and the Twahkas
Spanish settlers found Tegucigalpa, now the capital and largest city of Honduras Read more
Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu.
The town of Punakha is founded in modern-day Bhutan Read more
Luanda is now the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola’s primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban center.
Paulo Dias de Novais founds Luanda in modern-day Angola Read more
On 25 July 1567, Captain Diego de Losada laid the foundations of the city of Santiago de León de Caracas. Caracas is now the capital and largest city of Venezuela.
Diego de Losada founds Caracas Read more
Helsinki was established as a trading town by King Gustav I of Sweden in 1550 as the town of Helsingfors, which he intended to be a rival to the Hanseatic city of Reval (today known as Tallinn). It is now the capital and most populous city of Finland.
King Gustav I of Sweden founds Helsinki Read more
Havana was founded in the sixteenth century and became a major port for Atlantic shipping, particularly the Spanish treasure fleet.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds the city of Havana Read more
Dating from 1493, when the Spanish settled on the island, and officially from 5 August 1498, Santo Domingo became the oldest European city in the Americas.
Spanish colonists found the city of Santo Domingo Read more
Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century. Under the leadership of the Oloye Olofin, the Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island.
The Awori people found Lagos in modern-day Nigeria Read more