It was the second oldest university in the Netherlands, founded shortly after the University of Leiden
René Descartes (1596 – 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
In 1634, during the Eighty Years' War of independence between the Republic of the Netherlands and Spain, the Dutch West India Company under Admiral Johann van Walbeeck makes Curacao part of the Netherlands.
Leonhard Euler (15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician, and engineer.
Johann Albrecht Euler (27 November 1734 – 17 September 1800) was a Swiss-Russian astronomer and mathematician. He was the first child born to the great Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who had emigrated to Saint-Petersburg.
The university was disbanded by Napoleon in 1811, along with the Universities of Harderwijk and Utrecht. After the end of the French régime, the university was not restored. Instead, an Athenaeum was founded, which did not have the right to issue doctoral degrees. In 1843, the Athenaeum itself was disbanded because of a lack of students.
EUCLID intergovernmental charter enters into force with Eurostate University Institute established (will be renamed to Euler University Institute in 2017).
The dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles came into effect on 10 October 2010. Curaçao became a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the kingdom retaining responsibility for defense and foreign policy.
Ministry of Education approves EFMU Foundation petition to revive Franeker University's name to charter the Euler-Franeker Memorial University.
