» » »           Princeton Timeline | | | | | 1600s-1700s 1696 Town of Princeton settled. 1746 College of New Jersey founded in Elizabeth, N.J., by the Presbyterian Synod.  1747 Jonathan Dickinson appointed first president. College moves to the Newark parsonage of Aaron Burr Sr., after Dickinson's death. 1748 Aaron Burr Sr. elected the College's second president. Present charter granted in New Brunswick, N.J. First Commencement exercises held, with six undergraduate degrees awarded. 1753 Nathaniel and Rebeckah FitzRandolph and others deed 10 acres in Princeton to the College. 1756 Nassau Hall and Maclean House (the president's house) completed; College of New Jersey moves from Newark to Princeton. 1758 Jonathan Edwards becomes third president. 1759 Samuel Davies installed as fourth presid
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