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University of Oxford

collegiate research university in Oxford, England

28 dated entries naming University of Oxford, drawn from 28 separate years between 1096 CE and 1940 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

  • 1096The first documented teaching at the University of Oxford in England occurs.source

12th century

  • 1167King Henry II prohibits English students from attending the University of Paris; many settle at the University of Oxford.source
  • 1190Emo of Friesland, a Frisian scholar and abbot, commences his study at what will become the University of Oxford.source

13th century

  • 1209In England, an exodus of scholars from Oxford leads to foundation of the University of Cambridge.source
  • 1214June 20 – A papal ordinance defines the rights of the scholars at the University of Oxford in England.source
  • 1263Presumed date – Balliol College is established in the University of Oxford (England) by John I de Balliol on its modern-day site.source
  • 1264September 14 – Walter de Merton formally completes the foundation of the House of Scholars of Merton (later Merton College, Oxford), to provide education in Malden and the University of Oxford.source
  • 1277Roger Bacon, Franciscan friar and University of Oxford lecturer, is arrested for spreading anti-Church views; specifically, the Church's stance on Greek philosopher Galen.source
  • 1282Hertford College is founded, at the University of Oxford.source

14th century

  • 1326January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College (as King's College), the University of Oxford's fifth oldest (still surviving) college, is confirmed by royal charter.source
  • 1341January 18 – The Queen's College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, is founded.source

15th century

  • 1427October 13 – Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, is founded by the Bishop of Lincoln.source
  • 1432The first baccalaureate service is believed to have originated at the University of Oxford.source
  • 1438February 10 – All Souls' College is founded in the University of Oxford by Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Henry VI of England as a graduate institution.source
  • 1458Magdalen College was founded in the University of Oxford, England.source

17th century

  • 1602November 8 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in England is opened.source
  • 1616Master seafarer Henry Mainwaring, Oxford graduate and lawyer turned successful Newfoundland pirate, returns to England, is pardoned after rescuing a Newfoundland trading fleet near Gibraltar, and begins to write a revealing treatise on piracy.source
  • 1636March 13 (March 3 Old Style) – A "great charter" to the University of Oxford establishes the Oxford University Press, as the second of the privileged presses in England.source
  • 1677Elias Ashmole gifts the collection that begins the Ashmolean Museum to the University of Oxford in England.source
  • 1698Humphrey Hody is appointed regius professor of Greek at Oxford.source

18th century

  • 1714Worcester College, University of Oxford is founded (formerly Gloucester College, closed during the Dissolution of the monasteries).source
  • 1791July 8 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, on his visit to England, is awarded an honorary doctorate of music at the University of Oxford.source

19th century

  • 1869August 27 – The University of Oxford wins the first international boat race held on the River Thames, against Harvard University.source
  • 1871June 18 – The Universities Tests Act 1871 removes restrictions which have previously limited access to Oxford, Cambridge and Durham universities to members of the Church of England.source
  • 1877March 24 – For the only time in history, The Boat Race between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge is declared a "dead heat" (i.e., a draw).source
  • 1879October 13 – The first female students are admitted to study for degrees of the University of Oxford in England, at the new Lady Margaret Hall and Somerville Hall, and with the Society of Oxford Home-Students.source
  • 1880March 20 – For the first and last time in its history, the annual side-by-side rowing race between the 8-member teams of University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge on the River Thames is postponed. The call comes because of a thick fog that makes visibility impossible. Two days later, Oxford wins the race by 3+3⁄4 lengths.source

20th century

  • 1940August 24 – Howard Florey and a team including Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, publish their laboratory results showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin. They have also purified the drug.source

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