In 1224 the Franciscans founded a monastery on the island.

The first coastal resort was founded 1797 on the island of Norderney.

Albion founded a country on the island and ruled there.

In 1309, the order founded on the island of Rhodes a sovereign knightly state.

In 665 St. Coleman founded a monastery on the island.

He also founded Naparima College in 1894, the first secondary school on the island.

She founded the Portland Museum, on the island, which opened in 1930, and acted as the museum's curator.

He founded the country's famous porcelain industry nearby, on the western island of Kyushu.

The band was founded on the German island of Föhr where the four core members live.

Two federal migratory bird sanctuaries were founded on the island in 1961.