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Williams College was chartered in 1793 with funds from the will of Colonel Ephraim Williams .
In 1806 a student prayer meeting gave rise to the American Foreign Mission Movement . In August of that year five students met in the maple grove of Sloan's Meadow to pray. A thunderstorm drove them to the shelter of a haystack, and the fervor of the ensuing meeting inspired them to take the gospel abroad. The students went on to build the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the first American organization to send missionaries overseas. The Haystack Monument near Mission Park on the Williams Campus commemorates the meeting.
By 1815, Williams had only two buildings and fifty-eight students, and was in serious financial trouble. On November 10, 18181818 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events February 12 Chile gains its independence from Spain March 11 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published March 22 Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date. The next time Easter will fall this early:, nine of the twelve Williams College trustees voted for a resolution stating that:
"Resolved, that it is expedient to remove Williams College to some more central part of the State whenever sufficient funds can be obtained to defray the necessary expenses incurred and the losses sustained by removal, and to secure the prosperity of the college, and when a fair prospect shall be presented of obtaining for the institution the united support and patronage of the friends of literature and religion in the western part of the Commonwealth, and when the General Court shall give their assent to the measure."
In February, 1820Events January 1 Constitutionalist military insurrection at Cadiz leads to summoning of Spanish parliament ( March 7) and restoration of 1812 Constitution ( March 8) by king Ferdinand VII. January 29 George the Prince Regent becomes king George IV of the, a petition to the Massachusetts legislature to this effect was defeated, and the college was not moved.
In 1821Events February 23 The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college. March 25 Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. July 10 The United States takes possession of its ne, Williams College President Zephaniah Swift MooreZephaniah Swift Moore ( 1770 1823) was a U. Congregational clergyman and educator. He served as the president of Williams College between 1815 and 1821. Moore, Zephaniah Swift Moore, Zephaniah Swift., who had accepted his position believing that the college would move east, abandoned Williams. He took fifteen students with him, and assumed the first Presidency of Amherst CollegeAmherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. It has been coeducational since 1975. History Founded in 1821, Amherst was intended to be a successor to both Williams Colle. Story has it that Moore also took portions of the Williams College library. Though plausible, this account is unsubstantiated, and was declared false in 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja by Williams College President Harry Payne. Moore died just two years later after founding Amherst, and was succeeded by Heman Humphrey, a trustee of Williams College.
Williams played Amherst CollegeAmherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. It has been coeducational since 1975. History Founded in 1821, Amherst was intended to be a successor to both Williams Colle in the first intercollegiate baseball game in 1859Events January 2 Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette''. February 14 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U. February 16 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr born February 16, 1859 Galesburg, Knox, IL March 26 French amateur astronomer clai and continued on to pioneer many areas of academia and education. Williams' website has a list of "firsts" and a more detailed history.