Boston University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, with roots in a Methodist theological school that was established in the 1830s. It received its university charter in 1869, and early on it admitted women and Black students on equal terms with men, which was unusual for the time. Alexander Graham Bell taught at the university while developing his work on the telephone, and Martin Luther King Jr. earned his doctorate in theology there in 1955. Its campus runs for several kilometres along the Charles River, and it is one of the largest private universities in the United States by enrolment. It has strong programmes in medicine, law, communications and engineering.
Before and after
- 1869Publication of War and Peace
- 1869Founding of Goldman Sachs
- 1869Publication of The Idiot
- 1869Construction of Neuschwanstein Castle
- 1869Founding of Boston University
- 9 January 1869Birth of Grigori Rasputin
- from 27 January 1869 to 27 June 1869Republic of Ezo
- 14 February 1869Birth of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
- 6 March 1869Periodic table
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- from 10 June 1815 to 24 August 1866Founding of German Confederation
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.