The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) is a public university based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. It is the second oldest university in Mexico, the fourth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America. Among Mexican universities, only the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM, for its initials in Spanish) has more students. Guadalajara is a large city in the Western-Pacific region of Mexico, located at 20. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

History

The University of Guadalajara has changed its structure, governing boards and goals throughout its more than 200 year history. Nevertheless it has retained the same educational focus and motivation throughout the years. Due to this consistent focus and motivation, this institution is considered to have its origins in the colonial period instead of at some point during later reforms which resulted from numerous political and social changes throughout Mexican history. In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ...

Beginnings

This building was the former location of the University.

The creation of the university was a slow and tedious process which took approximately 100 years. The first person to request the creation of a university in Guadalajara was Father Felipe Galindo Chávez y Pineda, who asked King Charles II of Spain to elevate the Royal Council Seminary of San José to the rank of Royal University on July 12, 1696. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1399 KB) // Summary en Author: Sam916 The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) is public an educative institution, that has its seat in the city of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco in Mexico es Autor: Sam916 La universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1399 KB) // Summary en Author: Sam916 The University of Guadalajara (UdeG) is public an educative institution, that has its seat in the city of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco in Mexico es Autor: Sam916 La universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ...

The second person to take up the cause of the university was Matías Angel de la Mota Pedilla, who in 1750 forced the city council to make the founding of a university one of its priorities. Nevertheless it was not until the expulsion of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) from Spanish territories in 1767 that the necessity of a university in the region of the New Galicia became urgent, because the Jesuits administered the two most important schools in the city: the Colleges of Saint Thomas and Saint John the Baptist. Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... It has been suggested that Brothers of the Society of Jesus be merged into this article or section. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nueva Galicia (New Galicia) was a region of New Spain. ...

On December 12, 1771, the person considered responsible for the foundation of the university arrived: the clergyman Father Antonio Alcalde y Barriga, the new bishop of the diocese of New Galicia. In 1775, he responded to a royal certificate from King Carlos III of Spain, in which the king asked for commentary on the placement of a university in the city of Guadalajara. The king received a positive response and noted Fr. Alcalde y Barriga's personal involvement in the project and ability to gain the support of various notable persons in the city. Due to these positive events, in 1791 the king issued a royal certificate pronouncing the foundation of the University of Guadalajara. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Extract of this real certificate: ..He solved to consultation of name the my Council of Indians, the fifteen March of this year (1791), a University in that city (Guadalajara of the New Galicia) is elevated and established, and that is applied only the building to it of the School of Santo Tomás, who was of the regular expulsos, and the capitals of its clear and positive works pías, with the precise obligation to fulfill them, paying for the mutation of the building that was necessary, of the own ones of that city... I, the King.

Between 1821 and 1924

Between 1821 and 1924 the university knew numerous changes, including temporary closings, fractures, refundaciones and changes of denomination, caused in more than an occasion by political reasons. The 14 of June of 1821, the director Diego Aranda and Carpinteiro swore obedience in name from the university to the representative of the independentistas of the Plan of Equals, general Pedro Negrete Celestine. With this recognition the university lost the title of "Royal and Literary Academy of New Galicia" and became the National University of Guadalajara, leaving the shield granted by the Spanish monarchy and taking the one from the independentistas. In spite of such declaration of loyalty, the first temporary closing of the establishment decreed to Prisciliano Sanchez to it, the first governor of the state of Jalisco, in 1826, due to the turbulent state of the economy and the policy of the country after independence. The institution reopened its doors in 1834. Nevertheless such opening would not be free of trepidations.

External links

• Official website