{"slug": "columbia-university", "label": "Columbia University", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49088", "qid": "Q49088", "description": "private university in New York City, New York, US", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1754, 1951], "span_label": ["1754 CE", "1951 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 7}], "related": [{"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "province-of-new-york", "label": "Province of New York", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dwight-d-eisenhower", "label": "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Classes begin at Columbia University, founded on October 31 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of Great Britain. The college is originally located in Lower Manhattan in the Province of New York. Instruction is suspended in 1776, and the school reopens in 1784 as Columbia College. With the college's growth in the 19th century, it is renamed Columbia University in 1896.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#July–September", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – What will become Columbia University is chartered as \"a College in the Province of New York... in the City of New York in America... named King's College\", with the charter submitted by New York's colonial governor, James De Lancey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#October–December", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – Columbia College (modern-day Columbia University) holds its first graduation, with eight students, including DeWitt Clinton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#April–June", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – St. Anthony Hall fraternity is founded at Columbia University, New York City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#January–March", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1887, "year_label": "1887 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Teachers College, later part of Columbia University, is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363052310#Date_unknown", "title": "1887", "revid": 1363052310, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – The American Physical Society is founded at a meeting at Columbia University.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#May", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December", "text": "c. December – The Institute of War and Peace Studies is established by Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University in New York (of which he is President) with William T. R. Fox as first director.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#December", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › December"}}]}