{"slug": "university-of-pennsylvania", "label": "University of Pennsylvania", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49117", "qid": "Q49117", "description": "private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [-2299, 1946], "span_label": ["2300 BCE", "1946 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "philadelphia", "label": "Philadelphia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "benjamin-franklin", "label": "Benjamin Franklin", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-army", "label": "United States Army", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -2299, "year_label": "2300 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 2300 BC – 2184 BC: The Disc of Enheduanna, from Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371895841#Events", "title": "23rd century BC", "revid": 1371895841, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1740, "year_label": "1740 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – The University of Pennsylvania is officially established.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733434#October–December", "title": "1740", "revid": 1362733434, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – The University of Pennsylvania, conceived 12 years earlier by Benjamin Franklin and its other trustees to provide non-denominational higher education \"to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service\". rather than for the ministry, holds its first classes as \"The Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania\" in Philadelphia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#January–March", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – The Academy and College of Philadelphia, predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania, opens its doors, with Benjamin Franklin as president.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#July–September", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1813, "year_label": "1813 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania is founded (the oldest continuously existing literary society in the United States).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357692833#October–December", "title": "1813", "revid": 1357692833, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1850, "year_label": "1850 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – The Phi Kappa Sigma international fraternity is founded, at the University of Pennsylvania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365770371#October–December", "title": "1850", "revid": 1365770371, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the computer ENIAC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#May", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – ENIAC (for \"Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer\"), an early general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania; it weighs 60,000 pounds (over 27 tons), and occupies a big room.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#February", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › February"}}]}