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PORTUGUESE TAKE DIU 1509
A sea battle in the harbour of Diu, on the west coast of India, results in the death of Sultan Badur and Portuguese annexation. Inset : Nugno d'Acona who founds the colony. Date: 1509

FRENCH OFFICERS IN TEXAS
After the defeat of Napoleon, general Lallemand, condemned to death at the restoration, goes with other officers to Texas where he founds a colony of exiles run on spartan lines Date: 1816

St George Fort / Madras
Francis Day of the East India Company founds Fort St George in Madras. Date: March 1639

Italy / 572 / Alboin Lombard
Alboin founds the Kingdom of Lombardy Date: 572

Ordre Du Saint-Esprit
Henri III founds the ordre du Saint-Esprit : the Holy Spirit (in the form of a dove) is actually present though only one of the courtiers seems to have noticed. Date: 1579

Carl IV at Prague
The Holy Roman Emperor Carl IV founds the University of Prague Date: 1348

Louis Founds the Order
Louis XIV founds the military order of St. Louis. Date: circa 1700

Order of St Jakob
Graaf Floris V (count of Holland) founds the order of St Jakob and bestows it on deserving citizens

Pestalozzis School
PESTALOZZIs SCHOOL Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi founds a school for poor children on his estate at Neuhof on the principles of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Rome / Junonia Founded
Caius Gracchus founds Junonia on the ruins of Carthage

Van Riebeck Lands
Jan van Riebeeck lands in Table Bay where he founds Cape Town

Aeneas Founds Rome
Some traditions hold that Rome was actually founded by Aeneas, who survived the Trojan War, travelled to Italy and founded the dynasty which culminated in Romulus & Remus

Japan : Jimmu Conqueror
Kamu (later known as Jimmu Tenno), great grandson of the Sun, is guided by the Crow of the Sun towards the east, where he founds the Japanese empire which still survives

College De France Fd
Francois founds the College de France, an institution of higher learning and research designed to complement (and compete with) the Sorbonne

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