Timeline Monday 15 October 1810

Events on Monday 15 October 1810 1

• 1810 University of Berlin Founded Wilhelm von Humboldt establishes a new model for higher education The University of Berlin opened under the sponsorship of the Prussian reformer Wilhelm von Humboldt, built around the principle of unity between teaching and research. The institution, later renamed Humboldt University, became the model for the modern research university adopted worldwide. Philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte served as its first rector.