* 1980 – Terry Fox begins his " Marathon of Hope " at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1511 – St John's College, Cambridge, England, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort, receives its charter.

* 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

In 1802, at the age of 26, he won a place to study theology at St. John's College, Cambridge where he changed his name, Brunty, to the more distinguished sounding Brontë.

An extract of the herb St John's Wort is commonly used as an antidepressant especially in Europe, although it is labeled as a dietary supplement in some countries.

The St. Olaf College Choir was established as an outgrowth of the local St. John's Lutheran Church, where Christiansen was organist and the choir was composed at least partially of students from the nearby St. Olaf campus.

* Hypericum perforatum ( St. John's Wort )

All of Origen's works written after 218 are dedicated to Ambrose, including his On Martyrdom, Contra Celsum, Commentary on St. John's Gospel, and On Prayer.

In 1877, he won an open scholarship to St John's College, Oxford, where he studied classics.

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In Hot Springs, Bill attended St. John's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and Hot Springs High School – where he was an active student leader, avid reader, and musician.

On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga.

Only CF, CH, CI, CJ and CK are currently in common use, although four radio stations in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador retained call letters beginning with VO when Newfoundland joined Canadian Confederation in 1949.

This group includes the Rylands Library Papyrus P52, containing part of St John's Gospel, and perhaps dating from between 125 and 160.

In 1784, Britain split the colony of Nova Scotia into three separate colonies: New Brunswick, Cape Breton Island, and present-day peninsular Nova Scotia, in addition to the adjacent colonies of St. John's Island ( renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798 ) and Newfoundland.

Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.

Notably, St. John's College and the US Naval Academy engage in a yearly match in Annapolis, Maryland.

Both the colonies of Nova Scotia ( present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ) and St. John's Island ( Prince Edward Island ) were affected by the American Revolutionary War, largely by privateering against American shipping, but several coastal communities were also the targets of American raiders.

Charlottetown, the capital of the new colony of St. John's Island, was ransacked in 1775 with the provincial secretary kidnapped and the Great Seal stolen.

The Colony of St. John's Island was renamed to Prince Edward Island on November 29, 1798.

Among these were: Commentaries on the Old Testament, Thesaurus, Discourse Against Arians Commentary on St. John's Gospel, and Dialogues on the Trinity.

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His alma mater, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, merged with Imperial College London in 1988.

There are also two religious university campuses in Canberra: Signadou is a campus of the Australian Catholic University and St Mark's Theological College is a campus of Charles Sturt University.

Other institutions of higher learning in Austin include St. Edward's University, Austin Community College, Concordia University, Huston-Tillotson University, the Seminary of the Southwest, the Acton School of Business, Austin Graduate School of Theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Virginia College's Austin Campus, The Art Institute of Austin, Austin Conservatory and a branch of Park University.

A Gospel Book believed to be directly associated with St. Augstine's mission survives in the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, England.

A strong and prominent a cappella tradition was begun in the midwest part of the United States in 1911 by F. Melius Christiansen, a music faculty member at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

The success of the ensemble was emulated by other regional conductors, and a rich tradition of a cappella choral music was born in the region at colleges like Concordia College ( Moorhead, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Rock Island, Illinois ), Wartburg College ( Waverly, Iowa ), Luther College ( Decorah, Iowa ), Gustavus Adolphus College ( St. Peter, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Sioux Falls, South Dakota ), and Augsburg College ( Minneapolis, Minnesota ).

* St Boniface's Catholic College

* Accrington St Christopher's C of E High, a Church of England secondary school which holds specialist Technology College status.

Montgomery attended St Paul's School and then the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from which he was almost expelled for rowdiness and violence.

From the eastern side of the building, the Upper Houses look out at Rowell Jackman Hall and the Lower Houses see the St. Michael's College residence of Elmsley.

* Martin Cone, the 6th president of St. Ambrose College from 1930 – 1937

The youngest son of William Edward Parkinson ( 1871 – 1927 ), an art master at North East County School and from 1913 principal of York School of Arts and Crafts, and his wife, Rose Emily Mary Curnow ( born 1877 ), the young Parkinson attended St. Peter's School, York, where in 1929 he won an Exhibition to study history at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest use ( as " Androides ") to Ephraim Chambers ' Cyclopaedia, in reference to an automaton that St. Albertus Magnus allegedly created.

The first Dominican site in England was at Oxford, in the parishes of St. Edward and St. Adelaide.

* 1355 – The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

In Europe, it is believed that in 1885 the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club was formed to play the first Ice Hockey Varsity Match against traditional rival Cambridge in St. Moritz, Switzerland, although this is undocumented.

Wycliffe's contest with Owtred and William Wynham ( or Wyrinham or Binham ) of Wallingford Priory and St Albans, the Benedictine professor of theology at Oxford, were formerly unknown, as were the earlier ones with William Wadeford.

On his death in the following year, his property was bequeathed to various charitable causes, including St Bartholomew's Hospital and University College, Oxford, where the Radcliffe Quad is named after him.

In June 2008, he was appointed as Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St Catherine's College, Oxford, succeeding Patrick Stewart in the post.

She studied at St Paul's Girls ' School, read history at Somerville College, Oxford, England, and became the first female president of the Oxford University Archaeological Society.

In 1962, she was appointed Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford.

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He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and following two years in the Royal Air Force read law at St Peter's College, Oxford.

He is also an honorary fellow of his alma mater, St Peter's College, Oxford.

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The couple marry on 8 October 1935, at St. Cross Church, Holywell Street, Oxford, as depicted in the opening collection of letters and diary entries in Busman's Honeymoon.

In 1991 Palin worked as producer and actor in the film American Friends based upon a real event in the life of his great grandfather, a fellow at St John's College, Oxford.

St. Mary Magdalene was the patron of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge ( both colleges pronounce her name as " maudlin ").

The letters form part of Graves's bequest to St. John's College, Oxford.

St George's Tower at Oxford Castle, where Stephen almost captured the Empress Matilda

An early graduate of Oxford ( St. John's College, 1586 ), he was vicar of Wherwell, Hampshire ( 1587 – 1605 ) when ousted for Puritanical leanings under James I. Bachiler married Helena Mason, the widow of Revd.

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