<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_Charnock" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Job Charnock">Job Charnock</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> establishes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_(trading_post)" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Factory (trading post)">factory</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kolkata">Calcutta</a>, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_High_Court" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Calcutta High Court">Calcutta High Court</a> ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).