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New Brunswick founding
The first European settlement in New Brunswick. It was called Prigmore's Swamp, then known as Inian's Ferry. Eventually in 1714, the settlement was given the name New Brunswick, after the city of Braunschweig (which translate to Brunswick in the German language). -
Rutgers University
Rutger's University was originally known as the Queen's College. In 1825 it was renamed to Rutger's University. Today, it is the eighth oldest college in the United States and is the largest institution in New Jersey -
Washington takes command of Continental Army
George Washington passes though New Brunswick en route to taking control of the Continental Army in Massachusetts. -
Reading of the Declaration of Independence
A public reading of the Declaration of Independence takes place at Christ Church in New Brunswick. Christ Church was founded in 1761. -
City of New Brunswick
New Brunswick was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on this day. -
RU's first football game
Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the first game of intercollegiate football on this day, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4. -
New Brunswick train station
Train service to New Brunswick was begun by the New Jersey Railroad, northbound in 1838 and southbound in 1839. Its successor, Pennsylvania Railroad, built the current station in 1903. -
Obama at Rutgers
Barack Obama delivered his commencement address to the Rutgers University graduating class of 2016.