Timeline Thursday 28 February 1411

Events on Thursday 28 February 1411 1

• 1411 University of St Andrews chartered Scotland's first university formally established Bishop Henry Wardlaw issued a charter of incorporation recognizing the school of higher learning at St Andrews that had begun teaching the previous year. The foundation was confirmed by papal bulls from Pope Benedict XIII two years later. It became the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world.