800 years and all that
1209 - Groups of scholars congregate at the ancient Roman trading post of Cambridge for the purpose of study, the earliest record of the University.
1381 - The Peasant’s Revolt. A mob led by the city's mayor stormed Corpus Christi College, burning records and books, in protest against its rigid exaction of "candle rents", or rent charges assessed upon houses in its ownership, according to the number of wax-tapers found. A wage freeze and a new poll tax ignites the Peasant's Revolt. Led by Wat Tyler, the peasants march on London to protest, but King Richard's forces behead Tyler and the uprising is swiftly crushed.
1446 - Henry VI, founder of Eton and of King's College, Cambridge, lays the first stone of King's College Chapel. The founding charter of King's was written by John Broke (documented 1443-1450) clerk of the chancery, and illuminated by the London artist William Abell (documented 1450-d.1474).
1584 - The Cambridge University Press, the world's oldest-established press, begins its unbroken record of publishing every year until the present.
1687 - Isaac Newton publishes 'Principia Mathematica', establishing the fundamental principles of modern physics.
1787 - Wordsworth enters St John's, and publishes his first poem. He later became Poet Laureate.
1859 - Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published. This was followed by The Descent of Man (1871) which argued that humans and apes shared a common ancestor - a theory which revolutionised our understanding of life.
1988 - Professor Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, publishes his book, 'A Brief History of Time' one of the best selling scientific books of all time. He is already eminent for his work on black holes and the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
2009 - The University of Cambridge celebrates its 800th anniversary.
The University is 800 years old this year and the University is celebrating this by doing a load of events and things all year in the city. They've created and erected a load of banners celebrating the various anniversaries going on this year.
http://www.800.cam.ac.uk/page/36/streetlight-banners.htm
All of this is quite interesting and for a history buff like me it's a brilliant time to be around.
1381 - The Peasant’s Revolt. A mob led by the city's mayor stormed Corpus Christi College, burning records and books, in protest against its rigid exaction of "candle rents", or rent charges assessed upon houses in its ownership, according to the number of wax-tapers found. A wage freeze and a new poll tax ignites the Peasant's Revolt. Led by Wat Tyler, the peasants march on London to protest, but King Richard's forces behead Tyler and the uprising is swiftly crushed.
1446 - Henry VI, founder of Eton and of King's College, Cambridge, lays the first stone of King's College Chapel. The founding charter of King's was written by John Broke (documented 1443-1450) clerk of the chancery, and illuminated by the London artist William Abell (documented 1450-d.1474).
1584 - The Cambridge University Press, the world's oldest-established press, begins its unbroken record of publishing every year until the present.
1687 - Isaac Newton publishes 'Principia Mathematica', establishing the fundamental principles of modern physics.
1787 - Wordsworth enters St John's, and publishes his first poem. He later became Poet Laureate.
1859 - Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' is published. This was followed by The Descent of Man (1871) which argued that humans and apes shared a common ancestor - a theory which revolutionised our understanding of life.
1988 - Professor Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, publishes his book, 'A Brief History of Time' one of the best selling scientific books of all time. He is already eminent for his work on black holes and the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
2009 - The University of Cambridge celebrates its 800th anniversary.
The University is 800 years old this year and the University is celebrating this by doing a load of events and things all year in the city. They've created and erected a load of banners celebrating the various anniversaries going on this year.
http://www.800.cam.ac.uk/page/36/streetlight-banners.htm
All of this is quite interesting and for a history buff like me it's a brilliant time to be around.
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