| 1833 |
Michigan and Huron Institute
Charter granted by territorial government, April 22.
|
| 1835 |
Location for school chosen: Bronson, later Kalamazoo. |
| 1836 |
First instruction begins in the fall.
|
| 1836-1837 |
First building erected.
|
| 1837 |
First attempt to secure college
status from the state government. First official announcement of organized term instruction. Named Kalamazoo Literary Institute, March 21. |
| 1838 |
Kalamazoo Branch of the University
of Michigan established.
|
| 1840 |
Consolidation of Kalamazoo
Literary Institute with Kalamazoo Branch of the University
of Michigan.
|
| 1840-1850 |
College called Kalamazoo Branch
of the University of Michigan.
|
| 1843 |
James Andrus Blinn Stone appointed president.
|
| 1846 |
Theological Seminary established.
|
| 1850 |
Second failed attempt to secure college
charter from the state. |
| 1850-1855 |
Kalamazoo Literary Institute
name restored.
|
| 1850s |
Williams Hall constructed. |
| 1851-1852 |
First academic catalog published. |
| 1852 |
Kalamazoo Literary Institute
and Kalamazoo Theological Seminary combined under Baptist
Convention control.
|
| 1855 |
College charter secured one day after the state passes its general college bill. Kalamazoo College is the first college to receive a charter after the passage of the bill. |
| 1857-1859 |
Kalamazoo Hall built.
|
| 1859 |
Normal Department (for teacher training) opens; it lasts only until 1863.
|
| 1860 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson lectures
on February 14.
|
| 1861 |
Commercial Department established.
|
| 1863 |
$100,000 fundraising campaign begins.
|
| 1864-1867 |
John M. Gregory appointed president. |
| 1866 |
Theological Seminary revived. |
| 1867-1868 |
Professor Daniel Putnam serves
as acting president. |
| 1868 |
Dr. Silas Bailey serves as acting
president. |
| 1870 |
First degree granted to a woman, Catherine V. Eldred. |
| 1877 |
Student newspaper, The Index,
organized and published. |
| 1884-1885 |
Rev. T. Nelson serves as acting
president. |
| 1887 |
Ladies' Hall completed; Rev. M.A. Willcox elected president.
|
| 1891 |
Rev. Theodore Nelson elected
president. |
| 1892 |
First football team. |
| 1894 |
Academic departments established. |
| 1902 |
Bowen Hall, containing the library,
classrooms, and administrative offices, is completed. |
| 1906 |
Preparatory Department established. |
| 1911 |
Founders' Day first observed, April 22. |
| 1925 |
Trowbridge Residence Hall, now
the oldest building on campus, built. |
| 1930 |
Mandelle Library opens. |
| 1932 |
Stetson Chapel built. |
| 1965 |
Aaron Copland receives honorary
degree. |
| 1967 |
Upjohn Library dedicated |
| 1992 |
Dow Science Center built. Arthur Ashe receives honorary degree. |
| 1996 |
College calendar changes from four quarters to three, still incorporating all elements of the K Plan. |
| 1999 |
Common Reading program begins. |
| 2004 |
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran elected 17th president. |
| 2005 |
K wins Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration. |
| 2007 |
Hicks Center renovations begin. College begins Guilds initiative. |
| 2008 |
College celebrates 175th birthday, and 50th anniversary of the Study Abroad program. |
