1214 - The University of Oxford receives its charter
1789 - French Revolution: The Third Estate of the French Estates-General swears the Tennis Court Oath at the Palace of Versailles, swearing not to disband until a new constitution is formed
1840 - Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1895 - 1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in Science) at Cornell Universi…
