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charter but it is suppressed by the Crown in 1265.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350011180#Education", "title": "1261", "revid": 1350011180, "section": "Events › By topic › Education"}}, {"year": 1326, "year_label": "1326 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – The foundation of Clare College (as University Hall), the University of Cambridge's second oldest (still surviving) college, by royal charter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367237136#January_–_March", "title": "1326", "revid": 1367237136, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1347, "year_label": "1347 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – Pembroke College in the University of Cambridge, England, is founded by Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke, as the Hall of Valence Marie.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289406739#January–December", "title": "1347", "revid": 1289406739, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1352, "year_label": "1352 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Corpus Christi College is founded as a College of the University of Cambridge in England, by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629592#January–December", "title": "1352", "revid": 1294629592, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1463, "year_label": "1463 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – At the University of Cambridge in England, Henry Abyngdon becomes the first person in the world to receive a degree of Bachelor of Music", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359850172#January–March", "title": "1463", "revid": 1359850172, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1465, "year_label": "1465 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Queens' College, Cambridge, dormant since 1447, is re-established on the campus of the University of Cambridge by the queen consort of England, Elizabeth Woodville, with the official name of \"the College of St. Margaret and St. Bernard in the University of Cambridge.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370409749#January–March", "title": "1465", "revid": 1370409749, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1633, "year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A professorship in Arabic studies is founded at the University of Cambridge in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369169348#Date_unknown", "title": "1633", "revid": 1369169348, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1665, "year_label": "1665 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – The Great Plague forces the closure of the University of Cambridge, where Isaac Newton is a student. Newton retires to his home in Lincolnshire for safety, and stays there for two years. 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The call comes because of a thick fog that makes visibility impossible. 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