the Brothers of St. Joseph and the Auxiliary Priests of Le Mans. November 8, 1837 – Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, later Mount Holyoke College, is founded in South Hadley, Massachusetts. 1838 – Duke University is established in North Carolina. November 3, 1838 – The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce is founded (renamed The Times of India in 1861). February 11, 1839 – The University of Missouri is established, becoming the first public university west of the Mississippi River. March 5, 1839 – Longwood University is founded in Farmville, Virginia. March 7, 1839 – Baltimore City College, the third public high school in the United States, is established in Baltimore, Maryland. March 26, 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held. August 8, 1839 – The Beta Theta Pi fraternity is founded in Oxford, Ohio. November 11, 1839 – The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. November 27, 1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded. 1839 – Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, is founded. 1839 – The Anti-Corn Law League is founded in Manchester. External links The Aftermath of the Rebellions — The Rebellions of 1837–1838 : the most dramatic political event in Canadian history References