Kyoto University is a national research university in Kyoto, and it is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It was the second of the imperial universities established by the Japanese government in the Meiji era, after Tokyo, and it developed a reputation for academic freedom and independent thinking. It has produced a large number of Nobel Prize winners, among them the physicist Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese laureate, and the stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka. The philosophers of the Kyoto School, such as Nishida Kitaro, taught there. The university's main campus is in the Sakyo ward of the city.
Before and after
- from 17 April 1897 to 20 May 1897Greco-Turkish War of 1897
- 23 April 1897Birth of Lester B. Pearson
- 26 May 1897Publication of Dracula
- 12 June 1897Birth of Anthony Eden
- 18 June 1897Founding of Kyoto University
- 24 July 1897Birth of Amelia Earhart
- from 16 August 1897 to 5 November 1899Belgian Antarctic Expedition
- 20 August 1897Ronald Ross shows that mosquitoes transmit malaria
- 12 September 1897Birth of Irène Joliot-Curie
More in Society, economy & sport
- 26 October 1863The Football Association is founded in London
- 17 May 1865Founding of International Telecommunication Union
- 19 September 1893New Zealand becomes the first country where women vote
- 1903Origins of Major League Baseball
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
- 23 December 1913Founding of Federal Reserve System
The era
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