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In which year was KU Leuven's predecessor, the Catholic University of Malines, founded?

  • 1834

  • 1859

  • 1817

  • 1875

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The Catholic University of Malines, which later split into KU Leuven and UCLouvain, was founded in 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI and the bishops of Belgium.
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