New York University is a private research university with its main campus in Greenwich Village, in Manhattan, centred on Washington Square. It was founded by a group of prominent New Yorkers, led by Albert Gallatin, the former Secretary of the Treasury, who wanted a university that would be open to students regardless of religion and social class and focused on practical subjects. Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, was a professor there, and the first photograph of the Moon was taken from one of its buildings. It has grown into one of the largest private universities in the United States, with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai and study centres in many cities around the world.
Before and after
- 1831Publication of Brazilian National Anthem
- 1831Publication of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1831Discovery of Lewis chessmen
- 1831Birth of Sitting Bull
- 1831Founding of New York University
- 1831Electromagnetic induction
- 1831Hokusai publishes The Great Wave off Kanagawa
- from 20 January 1831 to 1 January 1833Bosnian uprising
- 13 June 1831Birth of James Clerk Maxwell
More in Society, economy & sport
- 25 March 1807Britain abolishes the slave trade
- from 10 June 1815 to 24 August 1866Founding of German Confederation
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 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 19th century.