Lund University was founded in the city of Lund, in the southern Swedish region of Scania, by King Charles XI. Scania had been taken from Denmark just a few years earlier, in the Treaty of Roskilde, and the king wanted to integrate the region into Sweden, with a university that would give Swedes a stronger presence. The university was initially named Academia Carolina. It grew slowly at first but is now one of Scandinavia's leading universities, with strong research in natural sciences, engineering, medicine and the humanities, and it is the home of the European Spallation Source nearby. Many of the Swedish research centres, such as Ideon science park, are linked to the university, and its students celebrate traditions such as the Lund Carnival.
Before and after
- 6 February 1665Birth of Anne of Great Britain
- from 4 March 1665 to 31 July 1667Second Anglo-Dutch War
- 1666Rise of 'Alawi dynasty
- from 2 September 1666 to 6 September 1666Great Fire of London
- 19 December 1666Founding of Lund University
- 1667Publication of Paradise Lost
- from 24 May 1667 to 2 May 1668War of Devolution
- from 9 June 1667 to 14 June 1667Raid on the Medway
- 30 November 1667Birth of Jonathan Swift
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