The University of Gottingen was founded by George II of Great Britain, who was also Elector of Hanover, and it opened a few years after its charter. It was designed as a modern institution that put emphasis on research and on freedom of teaching, and its library became one of the best in Europe. The university gained a leading reputation in the sciences and mathematics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with figures such as Carl Friedrich Gauss, David Hilbert and Max Born, and its list of affiliated Nobel laureates is long. It suffered badly during the Nazi era, when many Jewish and dissenting scholars were dismissed.
Before and after
- 22 February 1732Birth of George Washington
- 31 March 1732Birth of Joseph Haydn
- 13 March 1733Birth of Joseph Priestley
- from 10 October 1733 to 3 October 1735War of the Polish Succession
- 1734Founding of University of Göttingen
- 1735Discovery of cobalt
- 1735Euler solves the Konigsberg bridge problem and founds graph theory
- 1735Linnaeus publishes Systema Naturae
- 19 October 1735Birth of John Adams
More in Society, economy & sport
- 1520Stockholm Bloodbath
- 18 April 1521Martin Luther defies the Emperor at the Diet of Worms
- 1559Founding of University of Geneva
- 1632Founding of University of Tartu
- 22 January 1724Founding of Saint Petersburg State University
- 24 September 1724Founding of Euronext Paris
The era
This moment belongs to the Early modern world (1500 CE to 1760 CE), voyages, printing and new ideas. You can also browse everything in the 18th century.