Istanbul then Constantiople but they renamed it Istanbul.
Constantine, he became a Christian, the city was Constantinople which later became Istanbul
It became a city in 1663.
Sacramento became the capital city of California on February 25, 1854.
Fort Calgary, the North-West Mounted Police fort that became the start of the City of Calgary, was built in 1875.
Rome is the city that became the capitol of the Roman empire. For a while it was moved to Ravinia and then, when the west fell, the capitol became Constantinople.
Swansea became a city in 1969
1836 IS WHEN CHICAGO BECAME A CITY
regina became a city in 1882
Jefferson City and the rest of Missouri became a state in the Union in 1821. Jefferson City became the capital shortly afterward.
The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (settled in 1624) became New York City when the English took control in 1664.
People who lived in the village built farms and houses. The village grew bigger and became a town and the town grew bigger and bigger and became a city.
The city centers became business districts