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The school was founded in 1843 by canon Constant van Crombrugghe, founder of the Congregation of the Josephites, on the site of the former Trinity College, Leuven.The main entrance to the school is located on the edge of the Old Market, the rear of the school is at the Father Damien Square, where the mortal remains of Blessed Damien of Molokai rest in the crypt of the St. Anthony Church.
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Arnold was the eldest child of Gerardus Mercator and Barbara Schellekens from Leuven, who married in 1536. [1] [2] Arnold grew up in Leuven and, as a 7-year-old boy, witnessed the arrest of his father, who was then a professor in Leuven. Gerardus Mercator was suspected of Lutheranism. His father was released after a few months.
The Mercator Telescope is a 1.2 m telescope at the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos on La Palma. It is operated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven University), Belgium, in collaboration with the Observatory of the University of Geneva and named after Gerard Mercator , famous cartographer.
Historische universiteitscolleges in Leuven definitief beschermd, Archeonet.be, 13 Nov 2009. Accessed 15 Feb. 2015. Cornelius Van Gestel, Historia sacra et profana Archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis (The Hague, 1725), 182-186. Valerius Andreas, Fasti academici studii generalis Lovaniensis (Leuven, 1650), 252-330.
1356 - Louvain was the scene of the Joyeuse Entrée of Wenceslas. [3] 1379 – Defenestration of Leuven (political unrest). [3] 1425 – Old University of Leuven founded by John IV, Duke of Brabant. [4] [3] 1463 – Leuven Town Hall built. [5] [3] 1474 – Printing press in operation. [6] 1497 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt. [3] 1502 ...
The city of Leuven, in the former Duchy of Brabant, has been the seat of four universities: 1425: The University of Leuven (1425–1797) or Studium Generale Lovaniense or Universitas Studiorum Lovaniensis, was founded by the French prince Jean de Valois Bourgogne, Duke John IV of Brabant, with the consent of Pope Martin V. This university was ...
The current façade of the Collegium Trilingue at Leuven, 2010. The Collegium Trilingue, often also called Collegium trium linguarum, or, after its creator Collegium Buslidianum (French: Collège des Trois Langues, Dutch: Dry Tonghen), is a university that was founded in 1517 under the patronage of the humanist, Hieronymus van Busleyden.