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Queens' College is one of several colleges with buildings along the bank of the Cam (others are King's, Clare, Trinity Hall, Trinity, St. John's and Magdalene). The President's Lodge of Queens' is the oldest building on the river at Cambridge (ca. 1460Events March 5 King Christian I of Denmark declares the unity of the two provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, who have been treated as one ever since (albeit under different national affiliations). March 6 Treaty of Alcacovas Portugal gives Castile the Ca). Queens' College is also one of only two colleges with buildings on its main site on both sides of the Cam (the other being John's).

The ' Mathematical BridgeThe Mathematical Bridge is the name of a wooden bridge across the River Cam, and part of Queens' College, Cambridge. The bridge was designed by William Etheridge, and built by James Essex in 1749. It has been rebuilt on two occasions — 1867 and 1902 — but' connects the older half of the college (affectionately referred to by students as The Dark Side) with the newer half, and is one of the most photographed scenes in Cambridge (the typical photo being taken from the nearby Silver Street bridge). According to popular fable the bridge was originally designed and built by Sir Isaac Newton without the use of nuts or bolts, and at some point in the past students (or fellows, depending on which version you hear) attempted to take the bridge apart and put it back together. The myth continues that the over-ambitious engineers were unable to match Newton's feat of engineering, and had to resort to fastening the bridge by nuts and bolts. This is why nuts and bolts can presently be seen in the bridge. This story is false: the bridge was built in 1749Events While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure . Released from prison, the book was published in London, England. Immediately, the Church of England asked the British Secretary of State to stop the progress by James Essex the Younger ( 1722Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivre's theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persia's Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. July 25- 1784Events January 6 the Turks agree to Russia's annexation of the Crimea in the Treaty of Constantinople January 14 The U. Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with England to end the American Revolutionary War February 27 Count of St Germain dies of pneumo) to the design of William Etheridge ( 1709- 1776), 22 years after Newton died. It was later rebuilt in 1866 and 1905 albeit to the same design.

Queens' is unique amongst the Cambridge colleges with its multipurpose Fitzpatrick Hall. The level of access that students have enables them to run theatre, films and bops, as well as the usual sporting activities found at Cambridge colleges. In recent years "Queens' Ents" has acquired a reputation for its bops, attracting famous names such as Pat Sharp and Robbo Ranx .