Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island, and one of the eight Ivy League schools. It was chartered in the 1760s as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, first in the town of Warren and from 1770 in Providence, and it was led by Baptists. Its charter guaranteed that students of any religious denomination could be admitted. The university was renamed in honor of the donor Nicholas Brown Jr. in the early 19th century. Members of the Brown family were involved in the slave trade, and in 2006 the university published a report examining its ties to slavery. Its Open Curriculum, introduced in 1969, lets students design much of their own course of study.
Before and after
- 15 February 1763Treaty of Hubertusburg
- 1764Founding of Hermitage Museum
- 1764Founding of Gardner
- from 1765 to 1783American Revolution
- 1765Founding of Brown University
- 21 August 1765Birth of William IV
- from 23 August 1765 to 7 April 1767Burmese–Siamese War of 1765–1767
- 1766Discovery of hydrogen
- 13 February 1766Birth of Thomas Robert Malthus
More in Society, economy & sport
- 25 March 1807Britain abolishes the slave trade
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 1869Founding of Goldman Sachs
- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
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 18th century.