Timeline Tuesday 31 May 1650

Events on Tuesday 31 May 1650 1

• 1650 Harvard College Receives Its Charter Massachusetts formalises the governance of its young college The General Court of Massachusetts Bay granted a charter establishing the President and Fellows of Harvard College, creating the corporate body that still governs the university. Harvard had been founded in 1636 but lacked formal legal structure until this charter. It remains the oldest institution of higher education in what became the United States.