It officially gained university status on 11 April 2008.

On 1 January 2011 the school officially gained academy status.

September 1475 officially gained Imperial immediacy as a free imperial city.

The settlement officially gained town status in 1525.

In 1957, Sillamäe officially gained a town status.

In 1933, Ruma officially gained the status of a city.

The school officially gained academy status on 1 April 2011.

In the 1896 general election, Foster officially gained reelection.

The school officially gained academy status in April 2011.

The city officially gained the city title on 2008 after election for city council.