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The College of New Jersey is founded in Elizabeth, NJ, by the Presybyterian Synod
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Jonathan Dickenson is appointed the first president of the College of New Jersey, and the college moves to the Newark parsonage of Aaron Burr Sr. (the second president), after Dickinson's death.
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William Franklin, an American soldier, attorney, and colonial administrator, the acknowledged illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, signed charter for Queen's College named after Queen Charlotte
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Second Charterof Queen's College was created because of features unacceptable to the trustees, Rutgers still exists under this charter today
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The board of trustees votes to establish Queen's college in New Brunswick (Could have been established in Hackensack)
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The British occupy New Brunswick forcing colleges to relocate
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College of New Jersey's President John Witherspoon signs the Declaration of Independence
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Queen's College joins the revolutionary war efforts
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Queen's College returns to New Brunswick permanently
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Continental Congress meets in Nassau Hall located at College of New Jersey, which served as the capitol of the United States from June to November
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Falling on hard times the board of trustees votes on whether or not to merge with the College of New Jersey, they decided against it by 1 vote
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Lacking both funds and tutors and the trustees consider moving to New York, but instead they decided to close
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Trustees arrange to reopen the college, raise 12,000 dollars abd reopen the college in 1808
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College suspends instruction once again because of depressed economy, mounting debts, and failures of fundraisers
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The Trustees rename Queen's College in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers, a revolutionary war hero and member of President Milledoler's parish
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Rutgers severs ties with the Dutch reformed Church and Rutgers is selected as the State's land-grant school, and lays groundwork for Rutgers eventual role as the state university
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First Princeton vs. Rutgers Game Rutgers wins 6-4
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The College of New Jersey is officially changed to Princeton University. Then-professor Woodrow Wilson provides Princeton's informal motto with a speech titled "Princeton in the Nation's service"
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Rutgers is officially designated as the State University of New Jersey
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Rutgers college officially becomes Rutgers University
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Martin Luther King Junior preaches at the University Chapel, and Nassau Hall deemed a national historic landmark
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First major steps undertaken to overhaul financial aid plans, makes Princeton more affordable
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a private Ivy League research university, that has a 7.4% acceptance rate, with 8,125 students enrolled today
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The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, 60.9% acceptance rate and 66,013 students enrolled
