Timeline June 1735

Events in June 1735 1

• 1735 Doctorate at Harderwijk Earns medical degree in just two weeks Linnaeus received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Harderwijk in June 1735, completing the degree in a remarkably short two-week period by defending a thesis on the causes of malaria. Harderwijk was known for granting degrees quickly to foreign students, and the credential allowed Linnaeus to practice medicine while pursuing his true passion for classification. The swift degree freed him to spend the following years immersed in botanical research across the Netherlands.