footprints date test prep

how many colleges?

How many libraries?

39

>100

When was St Frideswirde about

the start of the 8th Century

How long was she out of Oxford for before she returned when her father was ill?

3 years

When did the people of Oxford build a city wall to protect themselves from the Danes?

911 AD

When was the St Brice’s day massacre

13th Nov 1002

What was the St Brice’s Day massacre

The KIng allowed for Danes to be killed. The Danes in Oxford took refuge in St Frideswides church and the Oxford people burned theme including Gunhild, the King of Denmark’s sister. he responded by attacking and taking over the country.

When did the Danes sack Oxford

1009

When was EThelred expelled from the UK?

1013

What happened after Ethelred was expelled from the country in terms of the rulership?

Sweyn became King of england. Later Cnut son of Sweyn and Edmund son of Ethelred agreed a truce, where Cnut led the land N of Thames and Edmund S of the Thames

When was Edmund assassinated and how was he assassinated?

1016

Edric put his son in a cesspit in Oxford and the son stabbed Edmund to death. Edmund went forward and told Cnut and Cnut had him killed and put his head on a spike.

When were the St Scholastica Day Riots

10th Feb 1355

When did Queen Mary Tudor have two bishops and the archbishop burned

1556

When and why did Charles make Oxford the capital of england?

1642 - because of civil war

What signified the end of the civil war

Oxford falling to the roundheads

When did the Ashmolean designed by CHristopher Wren open

1683

When did the Great Western Railway link Oxford and London

1840

When did Roger Bannister run a 4 minute mile?

1954

When was Balliol founded

1263

Why was Balliol founded

penance by John de Balliol for insulting the Bishop of Durham so he endows a group of Augustinian Monks

What was a notable event of Balliol in the recent years

their college tortoise Rosa Luxemburg, reigning champion for 43 years, disappeared in SPring 2004

Who founded Trinity college?

Thomas Pope - acquired the land during the dissolution of the monasteries

When was Trinity founded

1555

who are some notable trinity alumni

William Pitt the elder (PM who expanded US colonies) and Lord North (PM who lost the american colonies during the war of indepednence)

When was the History of Science Museum established

1683

What is a notable exhibit inside the History of Science museum

EInstein’s blackboard on which he explained the theory of relativity at Rhodes House in 1931

When was Blackwells established

1883

What is the history of the Weston’s establishment

the New Bod was established in 1940 and renovated in 2015

Who designed the sheldonian and what was his role

Sir Christopher Wren

Surveyor General to Charles II during the Great Fire 1666

When were the divinity schools built

1427-1483

Why was the divinity schhols significant for the history of the university

it identifies the growth of the university to the point where they needed a unified common building

What were the divinity schools used for in the 17th C

Charles I summoned parliament from London to Ox in 1664 and again from plague in 1665.

In 2021 how much was Oxford’s endowment

More than 6.1 billion

When was Hertford college founded

1282

When were the two halls that made up Hertford merged

1874

When was the Bridge of Sighs added

1913

WHat was Hertford one of the first colleges to do in two regards

1960s - let state schooled pupils in

1974 - 1 of 5 traditionally male colleges to admit women

What are some notable alumni of Hertford

William Tyndale and Evelyn Waugh

When and where was the first iteration of the Bod

14th C in the University Church of St Marys

When and why was Duke Humphreys founded

1435 Humphrey the Duke of Gloucester donated books

When did Sir Thomas Bodley donate books and money to make the Old Bod

1602

Why did the Bod destroy lots of its books

Reformation, King Henry 8th divorced Catharine of Aragon making the church of england and detaching from Catholicism - uni destroyed books bc in wrong theology

How and when did Bodley save the Bod

1610 - agreement with the Stationers Company - copyright library, now over 13 mill books and 117 miles of shelf space.

When was the Radcam built

1748

Who designed the Rad Cam

James Gibbs

How is Dr John Radcliffe associated with the Radcam

He donated £40,000 to the library

Who is a notable alum of All SOuls

T E Lawrence (Of Arabia)

WHat is an odd all souls tradition

Mallard Hunt - finding mallard duck in digging of college foundations in the 15th C - 1st year every century during dinner the fellows sing the mallard song and go on a hunt for a mallard.

When was the current building of University Church begun

15th/16th C - but has been church there since saxon

When were the gargoyles and Statues added to University Church

1320s

When and by who was Tolkein encouraged to publish The Hobbit

1937, by CS Lewis

When did Tolkein publish full 3 volumes of the Lord of the Rings

1955

When was Oriel founded and what is a fact about oriel?

final college to accept women. 1985

When was The Bear founded

1242

When did the landlord of the bear start collecting ties

1950s - now has >3000

What was ChCH originally called and who founded it

Cardinals college, by THomas Wolsey

When was ChCh founded

1525

Why did WOlsey have to forfeit Christchurch to the Crown

Because he was unable to allow Henry 8th’s divorce

When did ChCh become officially ChCh

1546

When was Tom Tower added? by WHo?

1681, by Wren

What is Great Tom

bell, rings 101 times at 9.05 (Oxford time - 1 degree W of meridian line in Greenwich)

WHo built some windows in ChCh cathedral

Van Linge twins and Becket - from 1320

When was there a push to make ChCh meadows into a public highway

1933-1968

When did Lewis Carroll go on a boat trip with Alice Liddell making up the Alice in WOnderland story

4th July 1862.

What happened in 1883 concerning Alice Liddell and Prince Leopold the Queens youngest son

Alic ehad a son named Leopold and Leopold had a daughter named Alice

When was Univ founded

1249

When was Merton founded

1264

When was Antony Gormley added

2009

who were the three killed under order of Mary Tudor

Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, Bishop Latimer

What did Latimer say as he was burning

“be of good comfort Master Ridley and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle by Gods good grace in England as I trust shall never be put out”

What did Ridley say as he was burning

“Lord have mercy upon me, I can not burn, I cannot burn, I cannot burn’

WHen did Cranmer burn and why was he later than the others

21st March 1556, Mary was waiting for Popes approval

What did Cranmer say before he was burned

“for as much as my hand offended in writing contrary to my heart, therefore my hand shall first be punished. For if I come to fire, it shall first be burned.”