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Junipero Serra (1713-1784). Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California. Gallery of the illustrious sons. Mallorca. Balearic Island. Spain
Gazette of Madrid. 18th century. Number 17. 1791. Royal PrinGazette of Madrid. 18th century. Public journal. Number 17 Tuesday 1st March, 1791. Royal Printing
Diario Pinciano. Spanish newspaper. Published between 1787-1788. Founded by Jose Mariano Beristain. Number 1. 7th february of 1787. Valladolid. Spain
Gazette of Madrid. 18th century. Number 1. 1781. Royal PrintGazette of Madrid. 18th century. Public journal. Number 1. Tuesday 2nd January of 1781. Royal Printing
Spain. Andalusia. Italica. Ruins. Area of amphitheatre
Spain. Italica. House of Exendra. Ruins. Domus roman. 2nd ceSpain. Andalusia. Roman city of Italica. Founded in 206 BC. House of Exendra. Ruins. Domus roman. 2nd century
Spain. Italica. House of the Neptune. Labyrinth Mosaic. DomuSpain. Roman city of Italica. Founded in 206 BC. House of Neptune. Labyrinth Mosaic. Domus roman
Chile. Santiago de Chile. Map in 1713 with Mount Santa Lucia, in the background. According to a 1717 engraving
Spain. Catalonia. Ampurias. Cyclopean wallsSpain. Catalonia. Ampurias (Emporiuon). Founded in 575 BC by greek colonists from Phocaea. Cyclopean walls
Relief map of the Roman Expansion. Rome. ItalyRelief map showing the Roman Expansion in the 8th century B.C. The founding of Rome. Imperial Forum. Rome. Italy
Emily Harriet Elizabeth Ayckbowm founded the Church Extension Association which aimed to make the Anglican church more accessible, particularly to the poor and those of limited education. Date: 1870s
Boys Exercise Drill at Loxdale, Upper Portslade, SussexStaff take boys through an exercise drill at Loxdale home at Upper Portslade, Sussex, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)
Lady Janes Orphanage, Baldovan, Dundee, ForfarThe Lady Jane Orphanage, at Baldovan, near Dundee, was founded by Lady Jane Ogilvy. Date: early 1900s
Bulgaria - State Railway School No. 17State Railway School - Railway Regiment of the Ministry of War No.17 (1940-1942) - Bulgaria. Under the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1919)
Elevated rail road, Houghton st, New YorkThe New York elevated rail road company was founded in 1872, building a standard gauge rail road under the control of Jay Gould
Bernard GilpinBERNARD GILPIN English churchman : protestant reformer known as the Apostle of the North, founded school at Houghton-le-Spring. Date: 1517 - 1583
Bernard Gilpin - 2BERNARD GILPIN English churchman : protestant reformer known as the Apostle of the North, founded school at Houghton-le-Spring. Date: 1517 - 1583
Wilbur FiskWILBUR FISK American churchman, Wesleyan Methodist, founded Wesleyan Academy, president Wesleyan University. Date: 1792 - 1839
John Alexander DowieJOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE Scottish-American religious healer who in 190i founded a prosperous community at Zion City, near Chicago. Date: 1847 - 1907
Cavell and NursesEDITH CAVELL (in dark uniform) with probationer nurses and a doctor at the Brussels Nursing School, which she founded, Date: 1865 - 1915
George BirkbeckGEORGE BIRKBECK Educator of the working classes, who founded Mechanics Institutions, named after him. Date: 1776 - 1841
Bruno of Cologne (Anon)SAINT BRUNO of Cologne member of Hartenfaust family, theologian who chose the life of a hermit and founded the Carthusian order at la Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble. Date: 1050 - 1102
Saint Elias of EgyptSAINT ELIAS OF EGYPT Arab convert to Christianity, founded monastery at Jericho, became patriarch of Jerusalem but got involved in theological controversies. Date: ? - 518
England / WhitbyA fine overview of Whitby, Yorkshire, showing the harbour and St. Hildas Abbey, perched on the East Cliff. Founded in 657 AD, the original Abbey was destroyed by Vikings in 867 AD Date: 1930s
Toc H PostcardTalbot House, known as TOC H, a club for servicemen during World War One founded by Tubby Clayton, an Anglican priest. Date: 1919-1920
Italy / Vallombrosa 1905Vallombrosa: the old monastery, founded by San Giovanni Gualberto, later used as a School of Forestry Date: 1905
Protestants in BrazilBrazil : the residents of a Protestant community founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon are expelled, thanks to the slanders of the Roman Catholics Date: 1556
Roberto Di Salentinosaint ROBERTO DI SALENTINO Italian Benedictine who founded 14 monasteries Date: 1271 - 1341
WILLIAM HAYLEY 1745-1820WILLIAM HAYLEY English Poet. Wrote Triumph of Music (1804) and Ballads founded on anecdotes of animals (1805). Date: 1745 - 1820
Sir Thos Gresham / HomeSIR THOMAS GRESHAM House in Bishopsgate Street of the English financier who founded Gresham College and built the Royal Exchange Date: 1519 - 1579
University of Leyden in HollandLeiden University, founded in 1575 by William of Nassau Date: early 17th century
Botha at KhorsabadThe site of Dur-Sharrukin (now caled Khorsabad) was excavated by Paul Emile Botta and Victor Place in the 19th century. The city was founded by Sargon the King of Assyria in 717 BC. Date: 1846
William Waynfleet (1395? - 1486) Bishop of Winchester, founded Magdalen College, Oxford (1448)
Society of Art / PughThe Society of Arts, founded in 1754, distributing its premiums Date: 1804
Religion / SectsThe AGAPEMONE or Abode of Love founded by Henry James Prince (1811-1899) at Charlinch, Spaxton, Somerset Date: 1851
Saint Sola, Anglo-Saxon monk in GermanySaint Sola (-794), an Anglo-Saxon monk who left England for Germany, where he studied under Saint Boniface. He lived as a hermit, and later founded an abbey at Solnhofen, where he died
Founding of the Paris ObservatoryScene at the founding of the Paris Observatoire, near the Luxembourg Palace. It was fostered by Colbert and favoured by Louis XIV. Date: 1667
Pulkovo Observatory / 1845Russian national observatory at Pulkovo, founded in 1839 Date: 1845
Matthias William Baldwin (1795 - 1866) American industrialist. Founded the worlds largest locomotive factory in Philadelphia. Date: circa 1840
Mrs Mary ElmslieA portrait of Mrs Mary Elmslie, who in 1839 founded the Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum
Gordon Boys Orphanage, DoverFrontage of the Gordon Boys Orphanage, Dover, founded in 1885
Sailors Orphans Home, HampsteadThe home for the orphaned children of sailors was founded in 1829 and from 1869 occupied premises in Hampstead
Devonport Royal United Service Orphan HomeThe Royal United Service Orphan Home was founded in 1839 as the British Female Orphan Asylum, Devonport, for the orphan daughters of men in the armed forces
Arthur Phillip, Vice-Admiral and Governor of New South Wales (formerly Captain Phillip, R.N.) (1738-1814). In January 1788, Phillip instituted a tiny settlement on the shores of Port Jackson
Figure shaped as a sarcophagus lid founded in Ard-el-Morali necropolis. Carthaginian art. Ceramics. TUNISIA. Tunis. Bardo Museum. Proc: TUNISIA. TUNIS. Carthage
Mexico. Uxmal. Maya city. Nunnery QuadrangleNunnery Quadrangle. MEXICO. YUCATN. Uxmal. Ruins of city founded in the 7th c. Classic Period. Puuc style. Palace complex consists of four buildings forming a quadrangle. Maya art
Argentina. San Ignacio MinJesuit mission of 17th cARGENTINA. MISIONES. San Ignacio Min Ruins of jesuit mission of the Guaranis, founded in 1610 and located finally in 1696. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. School classrooms
Jamaica - Jamaica AnchorageSlide showing a photograph of the view from the arsenal at Port Royal. Port Royal was a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in south-eastern Jamaica