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Oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the contiguous United States or U.S. territories: 1524: Quetzaltenango: Guatemala: Guatemala: 1525 San Salvador: San Salvador Department: El Salvador: Diego de Holguín became the first mayor of San Salvador after the town was founded on April 1, 1525.
First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Panama. 1511 Baracoa: Guantánamo: Cuba Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in Cuba, former capital of Cuba. 1513 Bayamo: Granma: Cuba 1514 Sancti ...
The first possible mention of early Singapore dates to 2nd century CE cartographic references in the Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy's Geographia. A place called Sabana or Sabara was marked on the 11th Map of Asia at the southern tip of the Golden Khersonese (meaning the Malay Peninsula) where Singapore may lie. [2]
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
Oldest continuously inhabited settlement incorporated as a Town in North America. Initial settlement was 1605, with confirmed continuous settlement since at least 1629. Saint John: New France Canada: 1631 AD Oldest incorporated city in Canada. Trois-Rivières: New France Canada: 1634 AD Fourth-oldest city in Canada. Montreal: New France Canada ...
Singapore's foreign policy: Coping with vulnerability (Psychology Press, 2000) online; Miksic, John N. (2013). Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300–1800. NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-574-3. Murfett, Malcolm H., et al. Between 2 Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish International Asia, 2011).
The National Junior College, Singapore's first junior college was established. 31 May: The 1969 race riots of Singapore broke out after growing tension of the 13 May incident in Malaysia spilled over to Singapore. 1970: 23 November: Encik Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore died while in office. [54] 1971: 2 January
Temasek (also spelt Temasik or Tumasik) is an early recorded name of a settlement on the site of modern Singapore.The name appears in early Malay and Javanese literature, and it is also recorded in Yuan and Ming Chinese documents as Danmaxi (Chinese: 單馬錫; pinyin: Dānmǎxī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tan-má-sek or Chinese: 淡馬錫; pinyin: Dànmǎxī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-má-sek).