5th April 1680
Cambridge, the British Empire
The campus of Cambridge, one of Europe's finest universities, bustled with life. Fellows strolled through the courts of Trinity and St. John's, their gowns brushing against the old cobblestones. The river glimmered as it reflected the tall college towers, while small wooden boats drifted silently along its surface. Inside the lecture halls, the air carried the faint scent of ink and Latin, and the steady ringing of bells echoed across the colleges, summoning scholars to their studies.
However, in this solemn piece of architectural and cultural history of the Anglo-Saxons, unknown to anyone, a meeting that would one day affect the whole of Europe was taking place.