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A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

Timeline of Events

1201

8.18.1201

The city of Riga is founded.

1257

6.5.1257

Kraków, Poland receives city rights.

1599

12.25.1599

The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.

1951

3.20.1951

Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.

1967

11.7.1967

Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.