The University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world, after Oxford and Cambridge. It grew out of a group of scholars teaching in the Fife town in the early fifteenth century, and in 1413 it received papal bulls of foundation from the antipope Benedict XIII, which gave it a formal status. The university was founded partly because Scots could no longer study in England and France in time of war and schism. Over time it added colleges, such as St Salvator's, St Leonard's and St Mary's, and it played an important part in Scottish intellectual life. It is known today for the quality of its research, and for the fact that Prince William studied there.
Before and after
- 15 July 1410Battle of Grunwald
- from 26 July 1410 to 19 September 1410Siege of Marienburg
- 1411Construction of Château de Chenonceau
- 1412Birth of Joan of Arc
- 1413Founding of University of St Andrews
- from 1414 to 1451Sayyid dynasty
- from July 1414 to October 1414Hunger War
- from 5 November 1414 to 22 April 1418Council of Constance
- from 1415 to 1453Lancastrian War
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- from 541 CE to 750 CEPlague of Justinian
- 1310Rise of ars nova
- 7 April 1348Founding of Charles University
- 1472Founding of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- 1477Founding of Uppsala University
- 1 June 1479Founding of University of Copenhagen
The era
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