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2002 Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods
1999 Bill Ballantine, clown, Ringling Brothers Clown College, dies at 87 1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) 1997 NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires 1997 President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College 1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1996 St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 1996 Alan Ridout, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, dies at 61 1996 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 1995 K B Wilson, methodist principal (Westminster College), dies at 50 1995 Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta 1995 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000 1994 Joan Dickson, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, dies at 72 1994 Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1994 Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1994 14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000 1994 Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13 1993 Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000 1992 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87 1991 12th United Negro College Fund 1991 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City 1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 1990 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000 1990 2 slain college students found in Gainesville, Florida 1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan 1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players 1989 10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000 1989 Houston becomes 1st major college team to gain 1000 yards in a game 1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1988 Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation 1988 Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship 1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games 1987 National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ 1986 NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams 1986 Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship 1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games 1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational 1985 Sarah Blanding, 1st U.S. fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score 1985 Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions 1984 5th United Negro College Fund 1984 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback) 1984 Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship 1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship 1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach 1981 Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1980 1st United Negro College Fund 1980 College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for 1980 John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92 1980 ESPN begins televising college world series games 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship 1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1977 Shaun Alexander, born in Florence, Kentucky, football, running back, played college football at University of Alabama, drafted by Seattle Seahawks, placed 19th overall in 2000 National Football League Draft 1976 Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72 1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67 1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball 1973 Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title 1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1971 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses 1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College 1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game 1970 KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points 1969 Laura Brown, born in America, golfer, member, LPGA Tour 1994 - 1997, coach Daytona Beach College women's golf team 1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College 1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College 1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV 1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College 1966 Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan begins teaching 1966 Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance 1965 Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd 1965 Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, founded 1965 Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan forms 1960 Denise Strebig, born in San Bernardino, California, Denise Strebig-Haigh, professional golfer, toured with LPGA 1982-1990, married tour official Kerry Haigh, 1988, played college golf at University of Southern California 1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest 1955 Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1955 David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England 1954 Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx 1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game 1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game 1951 David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England 1951 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1949 Mary Maples Dunn, college president, Smith College 1948 Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London 1946 Lord Walton of Detchant, physician, Warden of Green College Oxford 1946 U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1946 Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University 1945 Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st U.S. Jewish College 1945 College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1945 Paul Valery, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931, dies at 73 1945 K B Wilson, methodist Preacher/Principal, Westminster College Oxford 1945 Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1944 Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates 1943 J D Moore, headmaster, St. Dunstan's College 1942 John Lewis, Head Master, Eton College 1941 Frank Gerstenberg, Edinburgh, principal, George Watson's College 1940 Bobby Knight, college basketball coach, Indiana, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1940 Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1940 V Payne, British headmistress, Malvern Girls' College 1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) 1939 Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1939 Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives 1939 A C F Verity, master, Dulwich College 1938 Alvin Curran, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, professor at Mills College, co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva, using electronic and environmental found sounds 1938 Alec Broers, master, Churchill College Cambridge 1938 Niara Sudarkasa, Gloria M Clark, educator/president, Lincoln College 1938 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1938 Gloria Dean Randle Scott, educator/president, Beaumont College 1938 A. J. Bellingham, president, Royal College of Pathologists 1938 Kenneth J. Gregory, warden, Goldsmiths' College 1937 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University) 1937 Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75 1937 New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1937 Tom Osborne, college football coach 1936 Johnnetta B. Cole, educator and president Spellman College 1936 D V Day, Principal, St. John's College, Durham U 1936 Benjamin E. Mays named president of Morehouse College 1936 Trevor Clay, General-Secretary, Royal College of Nursing 1936 Brian Fuller, commandant, Fire Service College, England 1936 Maurice Shock, rector, Lincoln College in Oxford 1936 John Albert, professor, Master of University College Oxford 1936 Michael Livesay, British admiral and president, RN College Greenwich 1936 G H Blake, Principal, Collingwood College, Durham U 1936 Enid Castle, principal, Cheltenham Ladies' College 1935 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class 1935 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 1934 Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Bob Hepple, master, Clare College Cambridge 1934 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1934 Leslie Turnberg, president, Royal College of Physicians 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1933 Catherine Pestell, principal, Somerville College Oxford 1933 Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1933 Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford 1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game 1932 Gundaris Pone, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York 1932 Angela Rumbold, born in England, politician, Member of Parliament, British Conservative Party, attended King's College, served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1932 John Armitage, principal, College of St. Hilda and St. Bede Durham 1932 Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester 1932 Dominic Milroy, OSB/headmaster, Ampleforth College England 1932 Janet Bately, Professor of English Language, King's College London 1932 Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1932 James Clyde, born in England, Baron Clyde, son of James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde, British judge, Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland 1931 Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 1930 New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1930 Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge 1930 Robert Bunyard, Commandant, British Police Staff College 1930 Uwe Kitzinger, President, Templeton College, Oxford 1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator, College of Justice, Scotland 1930 Mary Moore, principal, St. Hilda's College, Oxford 1930 Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1930 Derek Bok, college president, Harvard 1929 Andrew Rutherford, warden, Goldsmith's College 1929 Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford 1929 Michael Atiyah, educator, Trinity College - Cambridge England 1929 Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress, Malvern Girls' College 1929 Morehouse College, Spellman College and Atlanta University affiliate 1928 Reginald Askew, dean, King's College London 1928 John Horlock, British vice-chancellor, Open College 1928 Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City) 1928 Phil Jones, principal, Trinity College of Music 1928 Eric Ash, rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 1927 M Lawrence Antouin, college president, Emeritis 1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens 1927 Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England 1927 Alan Betts, emeritus professor, Royal Veterinary College 1927 Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art 1926 Richard Laws, St. Edmunds College Cambridge 1926 NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates 1926 Robert Earle, Baldwin, New York, TV host, GE College Bowl 1925 Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college 1925 Christopher Ball, born in Oxford, warden, Keble College 1925 John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1925 Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1924 David Cox, warden, Nuffield College, Oxford 1924 Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983 1924 Michael Gow, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies 1924 Michael McCrum, master, Corpus Christi College Cambridge 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1923 Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships 1923 Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president, Wolfson at Oxford 1922 Arnold Burgen, college president, Academia Europaea 1921 Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone 1921 James Menter, principal, Queen Mary College 1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins 1921 Ian Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons 1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1919 Kingman Brewster, college president, Yale 1919 Lord Maxwell, senator and professor, college of Justice Scotland 1919 Raymond Carr, Warden, St. Antony's College Oxford 1919 Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach, Grambling 1918 Richard Hoggart, author/warden, Goldsmith's College London 1918 Joan Bernard, Principal, Trevelyan College, Durham 1918 Wageningen Agricultural College Netherlands opens 1918 Oral Roberts, Televangelist; needs $8,000,000, Oral Roberts College 1917 Colin Cowe, senior bursar, Magdalen College Oxford 1917 William Barr, rector, Exeter College, Oxford 1917 Stanley Prager, New York City, comedian, College Bowl 1916 Frank McGuire, basketball coach, won 550 games in 30 college seasons 1916 Bud Wilkinson, college football coach, Oklahoma 1915 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA 1915 Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 1915 John Habakkuk, principal, Jesus College in Oxford 1913 William Deakin, warden, St. Anthony's College Oxford 1913 Woody Hayes, Wayne, college football coach, Ohio, 1968 coach of yr 1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill 1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College 1910 Donald Lindsay, headmaster, Malvern College 1909 Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London 1909 Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1906 Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies 1906 John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College 1906 Kathleen Major, principal, St. Hilda's College, England 1906 Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English, Bedford College 1905 Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College 1904 George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in New York City 1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them 1903 Cornerstone laid for U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C. 1901 Army War College forms in Washington D.C. 1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a U.S. college 1900 David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1899 James B. Connant, chemist/college president, Yale 1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1897 Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1965 1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 1893 Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1960 1893 1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago 1892 N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game 1892 1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr Penn 1891 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College) 1891 Robert Gordon Sproul, educator/college President, University of California 1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship 1884 Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1883 Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great, Yale 1882 1st U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University 1881 Spelman College founded 1878 Hastings College of Law founded 1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1877 U.S. Electoral College declares R. Hayes winner presidential election 1876 U.S. Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as President (although Tilden won) 1876 Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in U.S. college (Yale) 1876 Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College 1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) 1875 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms 1875 Mary McLeod Bethune, South Carolina, slave/educator, Bethune-Cookman College 1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded 1872 Alcorn A and M College opens 1871 Paul Valery, born in France, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931 1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1869 Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao, Radulphus College 1868 1st American bicycle college opens (NY) 1867 Maimonides College in Penns is 1st Jewish college in the US 1867 Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia) 1862 Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor, College, Phantom of the Opera 1860 American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX 1857 Gallaudet College (National Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.) 1857 Martha Carey Thomas, educator/president, Bryn Mawr College 1855 1st veterinary college in U.S. incorporated in Boston 1854 Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts 1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) 1852 Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College 1850 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens 1850 Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1850 Mary Mills Patrick, U.S., 1st President of Istanbul Woman's College 1849 Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1848 1st U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania 1842 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft 1841 Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx 1840 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in U.S., incorporated 1837 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women 1836 Fannie M Jackson, pioneer and educator, 1st U.S. Black woman college grad 1833 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens 1833 1st U.S. college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded 1833 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st U.S. woman grad of a pharmacy college 1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College 1826 Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views 1825 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, New York)) 1825 1st U.S. engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York 1821 1st U.S. pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia 1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st U.S. pharmacy college 1817 Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College 1811 Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1810 John McCloskey, U.S., President of St. John's College, Fordham U 1808 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard 1806 1st U.S. college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue 1804 1st U.S. land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered 1802 Mark Hopkins, U.S., educator/philosopher, Williams College 1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr 1791 1st Catholic college in U.S., Georgetown, opens 1789 Franklin College founded 1789 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and Vice President 1789 Georgetown, 1st U.S. Catholic college, founded 1776 1st U.S. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms 1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College 1769 Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter 1769 Horace H Hayden, cofounded 1st dental college 1765 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia 1758 Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems 1754 Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) 1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City) 1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College 1693 College of William and Mary opens 1693 William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1693 Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford 1673 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate 1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge 1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement 1639 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1619 Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI |
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