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Princeton Univeristy was founded as "The College of New Jersey." It did not adopt the name "Princeton University" until Woodrow Wilson became the University President in the early 20th century.
James Madison graduated from the University of New Jersey in 1771. This is now known as Princeton University.
James Madison went to College of New Jersey(renamed Princeton)
The first university football game was played in 1869 between Rutgers University and The College of New Jersey, which is now Princeton.
Colleges started playing football in 1869. The first game was between Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and took place on November 6, 1869.
Woodrow Wilson spent 1873-1874 at Davidson College , then laid out for year for health reasons. He entered Princeton in 1875,
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Richard Devens has written: 'A comment on some passages in the Book of Job' 'A discourse, composed for and delivered to the students in divinity, at the College in Princeton, New-Jersey, in the year 1771' -- subject(s): Appointment, call, and election, Clergy
1869Rutgers defeats Princeton six goals to four Nov. 6 in the first college football game ever played. The original Princeton "25" takes the field with William Stryker Gunmere ' 70 as Princeton's first football captain and Jacob Edwin Michael ' 71 scores Princeton's first goal. Princeton wins the return match eight goals to zero later in the year. The members of this team were the founding members of the Princeton College Football Association.
Princeton was born in 1995.
Princeton was born in 1997