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Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to re

Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD

The University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest university in Italy, as well as the world's fifth-oldest surviving university.

The University of Padua was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe, known particularly for the rigor of its Aristotelian logic and science. Together with the University of Bologna, Padua had a central role in the Italian Renaissance, housing and educating a number of Italian Renaissance mathematicians, amongst them Nicolaus Copernicus.

Historical Significance

The University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy.

Key People

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

Venetian philosopher

Venetian philosopher

Events Before

  1. Prince William of Orange (27) marries English princess Mary II Stuart (15)

    Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.

  2. First medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is published in Boston

    First medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is published in Boston

  3. King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands

    King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands

  4. Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London

    Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London

  5. First Battle of Tobago: Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes forces a French squadron led by Jean II d'Estrées to retreat off

    First Battle of Tobago: Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes forces a French squadron led by Jean II d'Estrées to retreat off Tobago in the Caribbean Sea during the Franco-Dutch War

Events After

  1. Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon" premieres at the Palais-Royal in Paris

    Jean-Baptiste Lully born Giovanni Battista Lulli (28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a...

  2. Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment

    Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment

  3. Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners' right to a court review of the justification fo

    Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners' right to a court review of the justification for their imprisonment

  4. Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I signs a peace treaty with France

    The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697.

  5. The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog

    The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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The University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy. It was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from the University of Bologna, who previously settled in Vicenza; thus, it is the second-oldest university in Italy, as well as the world's fifth-oldest surviving university. The University of Padua was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe, known particularly for the rigor of its Aristotelian logic and science.
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The University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian public research university in Padua, Italy.
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