The University of Copenhagen is the oldest university in Denmark and one of the oldest in Northern Europe, founded by King Christian I with the permission of Pope Sixtus IV. It began with four faculties, and it was closed during the Reformation before being re-established as a Lutheran institution. The university is the largest in Denmark in terms of students and research, and it has been a centre of Danish intellectual life. Its alumni and staff include the physicist Niels Bohr, who developed his quantum model of the atom in Copenhagen, the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard and the writer Hans Christian Andersen. Many of its affiliates have received Nobel Prizes.
Before and after
- from 1478 to 1834Spanish Inquisition
- 1478Battle of Guinea
- 7 February 1478Birth of Thomas More
- from 1479 to 1700Hispanic Monarchy
- 1 June 1479Founding of University of Copenhagen
- 1480Birth of Ferdinand Magellan
- 1481Construction of Blue Mosque
- 3 May 1481Death of Mehmed II
- 14 February 1483Birth of Babur
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- 7th centuryOrigins of chaturanga
- 1024The Song dynasty issues the first government paper money
- 1096Founding of University of Oxford
- from c. 1120s to 1390sRise of Guelphs and Ghibellines
- 12th centuryRise of Waldensians
- 1209Founding of University of Cambridge
The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes. You can also browse everything in the 15th century.