Culture & Society

9,237 sourced entries filed under culture & society, split by century. Each century below opens the full list for that stretch of time.

By century

A line from each of the last few centuries

  • 1551September 21 – The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico is founded in Mexico City (Mexico), being the second officially established university in the Americas.source
  • 1654William Edmondson establishes what is probably the first Quaker Meeting in Ireland at his house in Lurgan.Irelandsource
  • 1751January - Crown Prince Gustav is engaged to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark.Swedensource
  • 1860July 11 – Mutsuhito (the future Emperor Meiji) becomes Crown Prince of Japan.source
  • 195226 July – At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Josy Barthel wins the men's 1,500m in a new Olympic record time: to date, the only time an athlete has won a gold medal for Luxembourg at the Olympics.Luxembourgsource
  • 2014March 27 - Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is confirmed as second-in-line to the Saudi Arabian throne.Saudi Arabiasource