The Jagiellonian University in Kraków was founded by King Casimir III the Great as a studium generale and is the oldest university in Poland and one of the oldest in Central Europe. After Casimir's death it declined, and it was refounded at the end of the century with funds left by Queen Jadwiga and under King Władysław II Jagiełło, from whom it takes its name. Nicolaus Copernicus studied there in the 1490s, and Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II, was also a student. In November 1939 the Nazi occupiers arrested more than a hundred professors in the Sonderaktion Krakau and deported them to concentration camps, where many died. Its oldest building is the Collegium Maius.
Before and after
- from 27 May 1358 to 31 January 1808Republic of Ragusa
- 1360Construction of Sforza Castle
- 27 July 1361Battle of Visby
- from 24 September 1362 to 25 December 1362Battle of Blue Waters
- 12 May 1364Founding of Jagiellonian University
- 12 March 1365Founding of University of Vienna
- from 1366 to 1526Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
- 1368Death of Ibn Battuta
- from 1368 to 1644Ming dynasty
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- 20 April 571 CEBirth of Muhammad
- 8th centuryRise of Neo-Confucianism
- c. 970 CEFounding of Al-Azhar University
- from 1150 to 1971Founding of University of Paris
- 7 April 1348Founding of Charles University
- 1477Founding of University of Tübingen
The era
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