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The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre...

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1355

2.10.1355

The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.

1556

3.21.1556

In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.

1683

6.6.1683

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.

1976

6.14.1976

The trial of Donald Neilson, the killer known as the Black Panther, begins at Oxford Crown Court .