Timeline Tuesday 17 September 1737

Events on Tuesday 17 September 1737 2

• 1737 University of Göttingen inaugurated Georgia Augusta University formally opens in Hanover Founded by George II as Elector of Hanover, the University of Göttingen was formally inaugurated after teaching had begun a few years earlier. Its scholars had greater freedom from theological control than at most universities of the time, and it soon became one of the leading universities of the German Enlightenment.
• 1737 University of Göttingen inaugurated Georgia Augusta University formally opens in Hanover Founded by George II as Elector of Hanover, the University of Göttingen was formally inaugurated after teaching had begun a few years earlier. Its scholars had greater freedom from theological control than at most universities of the time, and it soon became one of the leading universities of the German Enlightenment.