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1925 artwork of the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ downtown campus / Å’uvre d'art de 1925 du campus du centre-ville de l'Université 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ

1821-1884

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ College, 1821-1884

1821

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ College received a Royal Charter from King George IV, establishing it as a university.

1822

Montreal General Hospital received the first patients.

1823

Montreal Medical Institute is organized as a teaching institution.

1824

George Jehoshaphat Mountain, First Principal, 1824-1835

1828

Privy Council sustained the award of Burnside Estate to RIAL.

1829

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ College inaugurated. Montreal Medical Institute became the Department of Medicine.

1833

William Leslie Logie MDCM awarded 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµâ€™s first degree.

1835

Privy Council sustained the award of the £10,000 bequest to RIAL.

John Bethune, Second Principal, 1835-1846

1839

Arts Building and East Wing (Dawson Hall) construction commenced.

1843

The Faculty of Arts was established on September 6.

First law courses in the Faculty of Arts

1845

Medicine moved to campus.

1846

Edmund Allen Meredith, Third Principal, 1846-1853

1847

James Ferrier, President of the Royal Institution, 1847-1852

1848

William Wright MDCM first person of black African descent to graduate from a North American medical school.

1851

Medicine returned to the city, located at 15 Côté Street.

1852

College charter amended. RIAL became the governing board of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ College.

Charles Dewey Day, President of the Royal Institution (1852-1884), Fourth Principal (1853-1855), First Chancellor (1864-1884)

1853

Faculty of Law established.

Montreal High School became a department of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ College.

1854

Department of Medicine became the Faculty of Medicine.

1855

The sale of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ lands below Sherbrooke Street commenced.

Total student enrolment: 64

John William Dawson, Fifth Principal (1855-1893), Vice-Chancellor (1864-1893)

1857

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Normal School for teachers opened on Belmont Street.

Graduates' Society of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ College was founded.

1859

Molson Professor of English Language and Literature was endowed as 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ's first academic chair by William, Thomas, and John Molson.

1862

Molson Hall and connecting buildings complete the Arts Building facade, the gift of William Molson.

1863

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Observatory was established by Charles Smallwood.

1868

Total student enrolment: 312

1872

First Medical Faculty building on campus.

1874

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ and Harvard played a two-game series of rugby-football that would evolve into North American football.

1875

Faculty of Applied Science established.

1877

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ organized the world’s first university-based hockey team.

1882

Redpath Museum opened.

Royal Society of Canada was established with Sir William Dawson as its first President.

1884

The first benefactions from Lord Strathcona provided for the education of women. Female students admitted to the Faculty of Arts.

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Athletics Association founded the first such Canadian student association.

James Ferrier, Second Chancellor, 1884-1888

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