Brooklyn. Before 1898, New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan. In 1898 the five boroughs -- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- consolidated to form modern-day New York City. Brooklyn is the only one that was its own city before becoming a borough of New York City. The other three -- Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island -- were counties (or parts of counties, in the case of the Bronx) consisting of small towns and farmland.
Brooklyn
City Hall - 1898 was released on: USA: February 1898
Market Scene City of Mexico - 1898 was released on: USA: February 1898
Las Viga Canal Mexico City - 1898 was released on: USA: February 1898
Philadelphia City Troop and a Company of Roosevelt's Rough Riders - 1898 was released on: USA: October 1898
Peace Jubilee Naval Parade New York City - 1898 was released on: USA: September 1898
The island, consisting of Richmond County, NY, became a borough on January 1, 1898. It was not until 1975 that the common nomenclature "Staten Island" became the official name of the borough, replacing the name "borough of Richmond."
merged into larger states with the near by city-states
In 1898. That is the year the five boroughs of New York City were incorporated. Before then, New York City consisted mostly of just Manhattan. In 1898, the city of Brooklyn, along with Queens County, Bronx County and Richmond County (aka Staten Island) joined Manhattan to form the five modern-day boroughs of New York City.
City Blacksmith Shop was created in 1898.
New York City was created in 1898.
France, obviously, although the city of Québec, in what is today Canada, has existed for over 400 years and has had French as the official language ever since.