Short answers, pulled from the story.
Queen's College received its royal charter on the 10th of November 1766 signed by William Franklin. The document named the institution after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and created both a college and a preparatory grammar school.
Queen's College changed its name to Rutgers College in 1825 following a substantial gift from Colonel Henry Rutgers. The board honored him because he epitomized Christian ethics and stabilized finances during uncertain times through donations including a $200 bell and a $5,000 bond.
The historic core remains along College Avenue at the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick within Rutgers University, New Brunswick. This campus includes Douglass campus and Cook campus primarily located in the city of New Brunswick while Busch and Livingston campuses sit on the north side of the Raritan River in Piscataway.
Selman Waksman discovered several antibiotics including streptomycin with graduate student Albert Schatz in his laboratory at Rutgers. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952 after discovering streptomycin which became the first antibiotic applied to cure tuberculosis.
The first intercollegiate football game occurred between Rutgers and Princeton on the 6th of November 1869 on College Field behind present-day College Avenue Gymnasium. A score of 6 runs to Princeton's 4 marked the victory for Rutgers players who wore scarlet-colored turbans and handkerchiefs.