Princeton University History goes back more then 250 years.
Princeton University was founded in 1746 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey.
The Province of New Jersey granted a charter in the name of King George II to the College of New Jersey on October 22, 1746 for the Education of Youth in the Learned Languages and in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The College’s enrollment totaled 10 young men, who met for classes in the Reverend Jonathan Dickinson’s parlor in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Reverend Jonathan Dickinson was the first President of the college.
The College moved to Newark in the fall of 1747.
In 1756, the College moved to its new quarters Nassau Hall, in Princeton, New Jersey.
For nearly half a century it housed the entire College classrooms, dormitories, library, chapel, dining room, and kitchen.
During the American Revolution it survived occupation by soldiers from both sides and today bears a cannonball scar from the Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777).
The federal government recognized the historical significance of Old Nassau by awarding it national landmark status and by issuing an orange and black commemorative three-cent stamp in celebration of its 1956 bicentennial.
In 1780 an amended charter declared that the trustees should no longer swear allegiance to the king of England
In 1783 the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall, thus making it the capitol of the United States for a short time.
Three future Presidents of the United States studied at the College of New Jersey. James Madison,.[4] the fourth President of the United States and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States, graduated from the college in 1771 and Woodrow Wilson, who became the twenty-eighth President of the United States, graduated from the college in 1879.
Before becoming the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson also served as president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910.
Future President John F. Kennedy began his studies at Princeton in the fall of 1935 until a period of illness facilitated his withdrawal from the university and eventual transfer to Harvard during his freshman year.
As part of the sesquicentennial celebrations in 1896, the College of New Jersey changed its name to Princeton University.
Princeton University adopted as an informal motto Princeton in the nation’s service, the title of the keynote speech by Woodrow Wilson, then a faculty member.
Princeton University has produced 29 Nobel laureates.
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