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Fifth-oldest city in Canada. Sault Ste. Marie New France Canada: 1668 AD A single settlement until 1817, when it was divided into Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States. The latter is the oldest European-founded city in the Midwestern United States and third-oldest US city west of the Appalachian Mountains.
1987 - City hosts World Conference of Historical Cities. [35] 1988 - Nettowāku Kyōto (magazine) in publication. [36] 1994 - Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Site established. [37] 1995 - Kyoto Concert Hall opens. 1996 - Yorikane Masumoto elected mayor. 1997 Kyōto Station rebuilt. City hosts signing of the Kyoto Protocol. 2000 Kyoto Art Center opens.
Oldest extant buildings in Honduras, constructed by ancestors of the Lenca people. [126] Nan Madol: Federated States of Micronesia: Oceania: 700s CE City City constructed by the Pohnpeians in the 700s CE on human-made islands (also created by the Pohnpeians). Nan Madol contains the oldest known extant buildings in Oceania. Cape Adare huts Ross ...
It is the oldest European capital city and is the largest and oldest city in all of Greece. A recorded history encompassing 3,400 years is impressive enough, but the discovery of the Cave of ...
Edo grew to become one of the largest cities in the world under the Tokugawa. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 the Meiji government renamed Edo to Tokyo (東 京, "Eastern Capital") and relocated the Emperor from the historic capital of Kyoto to the city. The era of Tokugawa rule in Japan from 1603 to 1868 is known as the Edo period.
Kyoto was the largest city in Japan until the late 16th century, when its population was surpassed by those of Osaka and Edo. [19] Before World War II, Kyoto vied with Kobe and Nagoya to rank as the fourth- or fifth-largest city in Japan. Having avoided most wartime destruction, it was again the third-largest city in 1947.
The Raeapteek in the center of Tallinn city, Estonia is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same exact house since the early 15th century. It is also the oldest commercial enterprise and the oldest medical establishment in Tallinn. The Zum Riesen hotel in Miltenberg, Germany, 2014 ...
Osaka Japan in 1880s Sennichimae area in 1916. 1805 – Bunrakuza puppet theatre opens (approximate date). [6] 1837 – Economic/social unrest led by Ōshio Heihachirō. [1] 1838 – Tekijuku (school) opens. [6] 1868 European commerce begins. [9] [5] City becomes part of Osaka Municipal Prefecture. [6] 1869 – Tokyo-Osaka steamship line begins ...