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			1636 Harvard College founded
1654 Harvard establishes Indian College
			1820 Daniel Webster speaks at Plymouth bicentennial
1836 Eliza Susan Quincy portrays procession at Harvard's 200th Anniversary
			1836 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow begins teaching modern languages at Harvard.
1851 Horace Bushnell speaks at Litchfield County Centennial
			1853 Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes a campaign biography for his former Bowdoin classmate Franklin Pierce and is rewarded with a consulship in England.
1866 Peabody Museum founded at Harvard
			1873 Anne Whitney wins competition to create a sculpture of Samuel Adams for the United States Capitol.
1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
			1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1894 Immigration Restriction League Founded at Harvard
			1972 Harvard dedicates the so-called "Bradstreet Gate" between the Science Center and the Yard.
1997 Irish Hunger Monument erected in Cambridge
			2001 Peabody Museum at Harvard continues to repatriate human remains