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Founding of the Royal Academy

When: 8 January 1842 (disputed as 8 May)
Where: Delft (first building at Oude Delft 95)
Part of: William II founds the Royal Academy at Delft

King William II established the Royal Academy for civilian engineers in Delft on 8 January 1842 to train civil servants for the Dutch East Indies.

The Royal Academy was founded by King William II in Delft. Its primary purpose was training civil servants for work in the Dutch East Indies. The academy's first building was located at Oude Delft 95 in Delft, though the founding act itself is attributed to the city rather than that specific address. The date 8 May is disputed against the sourced 8 January.

Sources

Delft University of Technology Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04

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