| DATE | HISTORICAL EVENT | UNIVERSITY FOUNDED |
| 11th CENTURY | 1066: BATTLE OF HASTINGS - NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND | 1088: FIRST EVIDENCE OF A UNIVERSITY AT BOLOGNA |
| 12th CENTURY | 1172: HENRY II OF ENGLAND BECOMES KING OF IRELAND | 1117: EARLIEST LECTURES GIVEN AT OXFORD, ENGLAND |
| 1158: CHARTER OF FIRST UNIVERSITY AT BOLOGNA | 1150: PARIS, FRANCE | |
| 13th CENTURY | 1204: CRUSADERS SACK CONSTANTINOPLE | 1218: SALAMANCA, SPAIN |
| 1224: ST THOMAS AQUINAS BORN | 1220: MONTPELLIER, FRANCE | |
| 1227: GENGHIS KHAN DIES | 1226: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND | |
| 1265: DANTE BORN | 1249: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OXFORD (ENGLAND) FOUNDED | |
| 14th CENTURY | 1300: PAPER ARRIVES IN EUROPE | 1303: ROME, ITALY |
| 1317: EARLIEST STATUTES OF UNIV. OF BOLOGNA | ||
| 1321: DANTE WRITES "LA DIVINA COMMEDIA" | 1321: FLORENCE, ITALY | |
| 1334: GIOTTO BECOMES OFFICIAL ARCHITECT TO FLORENCE | ||
| 1348: BLACK DEATH SWEEPS EUROPE | 1348: PADUA, ITALY AND PRAGUE (CZ) | |
| 1365: VIENNA, AUSTRIA | ||
| 1378: REVOLT OF THE CIOMPI | 1386: HEIDELBERG, GERMANY | |
| 15th CENTURY | 1466: ERASMUS BORN | 1411: ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY, SCOTLAND |
| 1470: INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS | 1425: LOUVAIN (now Belgium) | |
| 1483: MARTIN LUTHER BORN | 1451: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND | |
| 16th CENTURY | 1564: MICHELANGELO DIES | 1538: SANTO DOMINGO (now Domincan Rep.) First university in western hemisphere |
| 17th CENTURY | 1620:PILGRIM FATHERS SET SAIL IN MAYFLOWER FOR AMERICA | 1636: HARVARD, (now) USA |
| 1685: NEWTON'S UNIVERSAL LAW OF GRAVITATION | 1694: HALLE, GERMANY (First university to teach in the vernacular - German - rather than Latin.) | |
| 18th CENTURY | 1776: AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | 1755: MOSCOW, RUSSIA |
| 1789: FRENCH REVOLUTION | ||
| 19th CENTURY | 1806: W GERMANY UNITED IN THE CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE | 1809: BERLIN, GERMANY |
| 1837: VICTORIA BECOMES QUEEN OF UNITED KINGDOM | 1836: LONDON, ENGLAND | |
| 1876: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INVENTS THE TELEPHONE | 1877: TOKYO, JAPAN | |
| 1899: BOER WAR BEGINS | 1899: PEKING, CHINA | |
| 20th CENTURY | 1966: England wins World Cup | 1966: University of Surrey receives its Charter |
Last updated on 03 October 2004.
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