1821 |
McGill College received Royal Charter from King
George IV, establishing it as a university. |
1822 |
Montreal General Hospital received first patients. |
1823 |
Montreal Medical Institute organized as a teaching
institution. |
1824 |
George Jehoshaphat Mountain, First Principal, 1824-1835 |
1828 |
Privy Council sustained award of Burnside Estate to RIAL. |
1829 |
McGill College inaugurated. Montreal Medical Institute became the
Faculty of Medicine. |
1833 |
First degree (medical) awarded to William Leslie Logie. |
1835 |
John Bethune, Second Principal, 1835-1846
Privy Council sustained award of the £10,000 bequest to RIAL. |
1839 |
Arts Building and East Wing (Dawson Hall) commenced. |
1843 |
Faculty of Arts established, September 6.
First law courses in Faculty of Arts.
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1845 |
Faculty of Medicine moved to campus. |
1846 |
Edmund Allen Meredith, Third Principal, 1846-1853 |
1847 |
James Ferrier, President of the Royal Institution, 1847-1852 |
1851 |
Medical Faculty returned to the city, locating at 15 Coté Street. |
1852 |
Charles Dewey Day, President of the Royal Institution
(1852-1884), Fourth Principal (1853-1855), First Chancellor (1864-1884)
College charter amended. RIAL became governing board of McGill College. |
1853 |
Faculty of Law established.
Montreal High School became a department of McGill College. |
1855 |
John William Dawson, Fifth Principal (1855-1893), Vice-Chancellor
(1864-1893)
Sale of McGill lands below Sherbrooke Street commenced.
Total student enrolment: 64. |
1857 |
McGill Normal School for teachers opened on Belmont Street.
Graduates' Society of McGill College founded. |
1859 |
First academic hair endowsed by William, Thomas, and John Molson. |
1862 |
Molson Hall and connecting buildings complete the Arts Building
facade, the gift of Willam Molson. |
1863 |
McGill Observatory established by Charles Smallwood. |
1868 |
Total student enrolment: 312. |
1872 |
First Medical Faculty building on campus. |
1875 |
Faculty of Applied Science established. |
1882 |
Redpath Museum opened.
Royal Society of Canada held its first meeting; Sir William Dawson named the first President. |
1884 |
James Ferrier, Second Chancellor, 1884-1888
First benefactions from Lord Strathcona provided for the education
of women. Female students admitted to the Faculty of Arts.
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