Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. It was founded as the Collegiate School by a group of Congregationalist ministers, who wanted to train clergy and civic leaders, and it first met in Killingworth. It moved to New Haven in the 1710s and was renamed in honour of Elihu Yale, a merchant and former official of the East India Company who made a large donation. Over time it expanded into a broad university with professional schools of law, medicine and other fields. It is a member of the Ivy League and has educated several American presidents.
Before and after
- 1700Founding of Brockton
- 17th centuryRakı
- 8 February 1700Birth of Daniel Bernoulli
- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- 1701Founding of Yale University
- from 18 January 1701 to 9 November 1918Kingdom of Prussia
- from March 1701 to September 1714War of the Spanish Succession
- 27 November 1701Birth of Anders Celsius
- 1703Founding of Amherst
More in Society, economy & sport
- 8 February 1575Founding of Leiden University
- from 31 December 1600 to 1 June 1874Founding of East India Company
- August 1619The first enslaved Africans arrive in English Virginia
- November 1660Founding of Royal Society of London
- 1734Founding of University of Göttingen
- 14 November 1740Founding of University of Pennsylvania
The era
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