Oriel College is the fifth-oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Oriel has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford, a title formerly claimed by University College, whose claim of being founded by King Alfred is no longer promoted. The original medieval foundation set up by Adam de Brome, under the patronage of Edward II, was called the House of the Blessed Mary at Oxford. The first design allowed for a Provost and ten Fellows, called 'scholars', and the College remained a small body of graduate Fellows until the 16th century, when it started to admit undergraduates. During the English Civil War, Oriel played host to high-ranking members of the King's Oxford Parliament. The College has nearly 40 Fellows, about 300 undergraduates and some 160 graduates, the student body having roughly equal numbers of men and women. Oriel's notable alumni include two Nobel laureates; prominent Fellows have included John Keble and John Henry Newman, founders of the Oxford Movement. As of 2003, the college's estimated financial endowment is £63.5m.
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303: Roman Emperor Galerius began to persecute Christians. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerius)
1582: Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull Inter gravissimas to promulgate the Gregorian calendar, a modification of the Julian calendar in use since 45 BC. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII)
1803: Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the United States. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison)
1848: Louis-Philippe, the Orléanist King of the French, abdicated and escaped to England. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_of_France)
1946: Colonel Juan Perón was elected to his first term as President of Argentina. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Per%C3%B3n)
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