London was founded in a year.
Londinium . Following its foundation in the mid-1st century , early Londinium occupied the relatively small area of 1.4 sqkm , roughly equivalent to the size of present-day Hyde Park , with a fortified garrison on one of its hills . London . It was founded by the Romans , who named it Londinium . The London Institution was an educational institution founded in London in 1806 ( not to be confused with the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom founded the previous year , with which it shared some founders ) .