Joseph Willard
Term of office: 1781-1804, died in office on Sept. 25 (1738-1804). Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1765; A.M. 1768). Professional background: Clergyman. Immediate past positions: Pastor of the First Parish, Beverly, Mass.; first corresponding secretary (1780) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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1804 : Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France. |
1800 : Benjamin Waterhouse, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic at Harvard Medical School, gives the first smallpox vaccinations in the U.S. |
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1791 : The U.S. Bill of Rights takes effect. |
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Samuel Langdon
Term of office: 1774-1780 (1723-1797). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1740; A.M. 1743). Professional background: Clergyman. Immediate past position: Pastor in Portsmouth, N.H.
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1780 : Students petition the Harvard Corporation for the removal of President Langdon, who resigns shortly afterwards.
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1776 : The U.S. Declaration of Independence is signed.
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Samuel Locke
Term of office: 1770-1773 (1732-1778). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1755; A.M. 1758). Professional background: Clergyman. Immediate past position: Pastor in Sherborn, Mass.
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1773 : John Hancock, Class of 1754 and first signer of the Declaration of Independence, becomes Treasurer of Harvard College. |
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1770 : The Massachusetts Great and General Court (legislature) convenes in Harvard Hall to escape the political tumult in Boston.
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1770 : Eleven colonists are shot by British troops in the Boston Massacre. |
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Edward Holyoke
Term of office: 1737-1769, died in office on June 1, not long before his 80th birthday, making him the oldest to serve as Harvard President (1689-1769). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1705; A.M. 1708). Professional background: Clergyman. Immediate past position: Pastor to a church in Marblehead, Mass.
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1764 : During a furious winter storm, the first Harvard Hall goes up in smoke on the site of today's replacement.
1760 : The Harvard Corporation forbids dancing during Commencement Week "either in the College-Hall or Chapel." |
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1751 : China invades Tibet (an action repeated 199 years later). |
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Benjamin Wadsworth
Term of office: 1670-1737, died in office on March 27 (1670-1737). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1690; A.M. 1693). Professional background: Clergyman.
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1735 : The Board of Overseers creates Harvard's first visiting committee.
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1728 : James Bradley detects stellar aberration, the apparent motion of stars caused by Earth's rotation. |
1727 : Wadsworth House is completed as President Wadsworth's residence.
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John Leverett
Term of office: 1708-1724, died in office on May 14 (1662-1724). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1680; A.M. 1683). Professional background: Lawyer, judge, legislator, provincial envoy. Immediate past position: Provincial Councilor, Eastern
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1720 : Massachusetts Hall built. |
1720 : Spain begins occupying Texas. |
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