McGill College, 1821-1884
| 1821 |
McGill College received a Royal Charter from King George IV, establishing it as a university. |
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| 1822 |
Montreal General Hospital received the first patients. |
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| 1823 |
Montreal Medical Institute is organized as a teaching institution. |
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| 1824 |
GEORGE JEHOSHAPHAT MOUNTAIN, First Principal, 1824-1835 |
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| 1828 |
Privy Council sustained the award of Burnside Estate to RIAL. |
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| 1829 | McGill College inaugurated. Montreal Medical Institute became the Department of Medicine. |
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| 1833 |
William Leslie Logie MDCM awarded McGill’s first degree. |
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| 1835 |
Privy Council sustained the award of the £10,000 bequest to RIAL. JOHN BETHUNE, Second Principal, 1835-1846 |
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| 1839 | Arts Building and East Wing (Dawson Hall) construction commenced. |
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| 1843 |
The Faculty of Arts was established on September 6. First law courses in the Faculty of Arts |
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| 1845 |
Medicine moved to campus. |
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| 1846 | EDMUND ALLEN MEREDITH, Third Principal, 1846-1853 |
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| 1847 | JAMES FERRIER, President of the Royal Institution, 1847-1852 |
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| 1848 |
William Wright MDCM first person of black African descent to graduate from a North American medical school. |
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| 1851 |
Medicine returned to the city, located at 15 Côté Street. |
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| 1852 |
College charter amended. RIAL became the governing board of McGill College. CHARLES DEWEY DAY, President of the Royal Institution (1852-1884), Fourth Principal (1853-1855), First Chancellor (1864-1884) |
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| 1853 |
Faculty of Law established. Montreal High School became a department of McGill College. |
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| 1854 |
Department of Medicine became the Faculty of Medicine. |
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| 1855 |
The sale of McGill lands below Sherbrooke Street commenced. Total student enrolment: 64 JOHN WILLIAM DAWSON, Fifth Principal (1855-1893), Vice-Chancellor (1864-1893) |
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| 1857 |
McGill Normal School for teachers opened on Belmont Street. Graduates' Society of McGill College was founded. |
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| 1859 |
Molson Professor of English Language and Literature was endowed as McGill's first academic chair by William, Thomas, and John Molson. |
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| 1862 | Molson Hall and connecting buildings complete the Arts Building facade, the gift of William Molson. |
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| 1863 | McGill Observatory was established by Charles Smallwood. |
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| 1868 | Total student enrolment: 312 |
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| 1872 | First Medical Faculty building on campus. |
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| 1874 |
McGill and Harvard played a two-game series of rugby-football that would evolve into North American football. |
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| 1875 | Faculty of Applied Science established. |
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| 1877 |
McGill organized the world’s first university-based hockey team. |
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| 1882 |
Redpath Museum opened. Royal Society of Canada was established with Sir William Dawson as its first President. |
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| 1884 |
The first benefactions from Lord Strathcona provided for the education of women. Female students admitted to the Faculty of Arts. McGill University Athletics Association founded the first such Canadian student association. JAMES FERRIER, Second Chancellor, 1884-1888 |