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Cairo (/ ˈ k ɛər oʊ / KAIR-oh, [4] sometimes / ˈ k eɪ r oʊ / KAY-roh) [5] is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County.A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees.
Founded as the Greek colony of Callatis by the city of Heraclea Pontica. The Greek colony was likely developed on the site of an earlier Getic settlement named Acervetis or Carbatis. [236] Varna: Thrace Bulgaria: 585–570 BC [237] Founded as Odessos by settlers from the Greek city of Miletus. [238] Sofia: Moesia Bulgaria: 4th century BC [239]
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil
Academy of Arts (Egypt) and Cairo Symphony Orchestra founded. Arab Petroleum Congress meets in Cairo. [14] 1961 – Cairo Tower built. 1963 – Cairo International Airport opens. [15] 1964 – January: 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo) held. [4] 1965 – Population: 3.3 million. [16] 1966 – Cairo Opera Ballet Company founded.
Cairo was founded in 1835. It was incorporated as a town in 1870 and as a city in 1906. In 1905, Cairo was designated seat of the newly formed Grady County. [5]
Subsequently, Cairo was founded by the Fatimid dynasty in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). [8] Cairo has since become a longstanding centre of political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic ...
Founded by a group led by William Houlton and John King. 1654: Pelham: New York: United States: Founded by Thomas Pell, who purchased 9,000 acres (14 sq mi) from the Siwanoy tribe and received a land grant from the English crown. 1655: Cap-Saint-Ignace: Quebec: Canada [24] 1655: Chelmsford: Massachusetts: United States: Founded by settlers from ...
Paschal Beverly Randolph crystallized the way in which Egypt served as a model for the new nation when he said, "For America, read Africa; for the United States, Egypt" (1863). Among the variety of ethnic groups that formed the population of the United States, the common denominator was being non-black, being able to define oneself using a ...