Founding of the University of Georgia

Date: January 27, 1785 • Location: Athens, United States

The University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered public university in the United States, was founded.

The University of Georgia is a public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the first state-chartered public university in the United States. It is the flagship university of the University System of Georgia.