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New College is established by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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Creation of Higher Education in the United States |
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Minister John Harvard of Charlestown dies, leaving his library and half his estate to the institution. A statue of John Harvard stands in front of University Hall in Harvard Yard. |
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| 1639/00/00 |
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New College in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, is renamed Harvard Colledge in honor of benefactor, John Harvard of Charlestown. |
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| 1653/08/09 |
Rev Samuel Hooker |
Education |
Samuel Hooker, likely born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduates from Harvard College in 1653. (Gregorian calendar: 19 August 1653) |
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| 1656/08/12 |
Eleazar Mather |
Education |
Eleazar Mather graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1670/08/09 |
George Burroughs |
Education |
George Burroughs graduates from Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| 1671/08/08 |
Rev Samuel Mather |
Education |
Samuel Mather graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1681/08/09 |
Rev James Pierpont |
Education |
James Pierpont graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1695/09/00 |
Jonathan Belcher |
Education |
After graduating from Boston Latin School, Jonathan Belcher matriculates at Harvard College in Cambridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Based on his family's social importance, Belcher is seated second behind Jeremiah Dummer. |
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| 1699/07/05 |
Jonathan Belcher |
Education |
Jonathan Belcher graduates from Harvard College in Cambridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Belcher is sent to Europe where he will make the acquaintance of a prince, the future King George I of England. |
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| 1699/07/05 |
Rev Daniel Greenleaf |
Education |
Daniel Greenleaf graduates from Harvard. |
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| 1701/07/02 |
Rev Israel Loring |
Education |
Israel Loring graduates from Harvard College with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. (Julian calendar, Gregorian date July 1701 12). |
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| 1705/06/00 |
Edward Augustus Holyoke |
Education |
Edward Holyoke gives the class' Bachelor's Oration at his graduation from Harvard Collage in Massachusetts. |
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| 1710/07/05 |
Rev Dr Joseph Sewall |
Education |
Joseph Sewall graduates from Harvard college, AB, 1707, AM, 1710. |
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| 1717/07/03 |
Rev Daniel Putnam |
Education |
Daniel Putnam was graduates from Harvard College with the class of 1717. |
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| 1725/07/07 |
Rev William Smith (Congregationalist) |
Education |
William Smith graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1728/06/28 |
Ezekiel Hersey |
Education |
Ezekiel Hersey graduates from Harvard College in Cambridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Dr Hersey will practice medicine in Hingham, Massachusetts. |
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| 1730/06/24 |
John Cotton |
Education |
John Cotton graduates from Harvard College in Cambridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay. (24 June 1730 by the Julian calendar, Gregorian equivalent is 4 July 1730.) |
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| 1736/00/00 |
Edward Augustus Holyoke |
Work |
Governor Belcher approves Edward Holyoke appointment as President of Harvard College. |
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| 1736/00/00 |
Samuel Adams |
Education |
Samuel Adams graduates from the Boston Latin School (lost) and enters Harvard College. Where he begins to formulate his political ideas. |
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| 1736/07/07 |
Rev Moses Parsons |
Education |
Moses Parsons graduates from Harvard. |
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| 1737/07/06 |
Andrew Eliot |
Education |
Andrew Eliot graduates from Harvard. |
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| 1738/07/05 |
Jonathan Loring |
Education |
Jonathan Loring graduates from Harvard College in Cambridge. Dated by the Julian calendar. The Gregorian equivalent is 5 July 1738. |
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| 1740/08/27 |
Samuel Adams |
Education |
Samuel Adams graduates from Harvard College. Since his junior year, his father has been able to afford board at a private home in Cambridge, a privilege that allows young Adams to avoid college food. |
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| 1741/07/01 |
Thomas Fisher Amory |
Education |
Thomas F Amory graduates from Harvard College. (Date is the Julian calendar. The Gregorian equivalent is 11 July 1741.) |
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| 1743/06/00 |
Samuel Adams |
Education |
Samuel Adams earns his graduate degree from Harvard. His thesis is titled "Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved?" |
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| 1751/09/00 |
John Adams |
Education |
John Adams is admitted to Harvard College where he will study under Joseph Mayhew. Provided a partial scholarship, John's father Deacon Adams, will sell land to help pay for the tuition. |
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| 1761/07/15 |
Jonathan Jackson (politician) |
Education |
Jonathan Jackson graduates from Harvard, Class of '61. |
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| 1763/07/20 |
Robert Hooper Jr |
Education |
Robert Hooper graduates from Harvard. |
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| 1769/07/19 |
Nathaniel Tracy |
Education |
Nathaniel Tracy graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1769/07/19 |
Theophilus Parsons Sr |
Education |
Theophilus Parsons takes his bachelor's degree at Harvard. |
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| 1781/00/00 |
Joseph Willard (Harvard president) |
Work |
Joseph Willard becomes president of Harvard. He will work in this position until his death in 1804. |
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| 1784/07/21 |
Silas Lee |
Education |
After pursuing a classical education, Silas Lee graduates from Harvard. |
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| 1792/07/18 |
Nathaniel Chandler |
Education |
Nathaniel Chandler graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1811/08/28 |
Thomas Graves Cary |
Education |
Thomas Graves Cary graduates from Harvard College. |
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| 1812/06/00 |
Sen Charles G Loring |
Education |
Phi Beta Kappa man, Charles Greely Loring, graduates fourth in his class at Harvard College with a Detur Prize. |
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