Cambridge founded by Oxford runaways
Cambridge University began as an escape from Oxford
In 1209, after a clash between townsfolk and students, two Oxford scholars were hanged and a group of academics fled to Cambridge. Thus began the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford's eternal rival.
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Cambridge University is as old as Genghis Khan's empire. Runaway Oxford scholars began teaching in Cambridge in 1209, just three years after Temüjin was proclaimed Genghis Khan. Share →
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — 24 years earlier
- 1223 Battle of the Kalka River — 14 years later
Asia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — 17 years earlier
- 1192 Second Battle of Tarain — 17 years earlier
- 1206 Temüjin proclaimed Genghis Khan — 3 years earlier
- 1206 Founding of the Delhi Sultanate — 3 years earlier
- 1219 The Mongols invade Khwarazm — 10 years later
Alive at the time
- Genghis Khan (aged 47)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 55)
- Philip II Augustus (aged 44)
- John Lackland (aged 43)
- Francis of Assisi (aged 27)
- Frederick II (aged 15)
- Rumi (aged 2)
- Jayavarman VII (aged 87)
- Tamar of Georgia (aged 43)
- Fibonacci (aged 39)