British & Revolution · event 4 of 7

1754

King’s College is founded. Chartered by George II and established near Trinity Church, King’s College is renamed Columbia after the Revolution. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and Gouverneur Morris all pass through it.

The British & Revolution era

  1. 1673
  2. 1712
  3. 4 August 1735
  4. 1754
  5. 27 August 1776
  6. 21 September 1776
  7. 25 November 1783

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