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BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY HISTORICAL TIMELINE
 1854 - 1907
1855
Bishop's holds its first Convocation
1856
The Hon. Edward Bowen is appointed 2nd Chancellor
1857
Completion and consecration of St. Mark's Chapel
1858
The Hon. J.S. McCord is appointed 3rd Chancellor
1861
A separate building is constructed to accommodate the grammar school, which was then associated with the College, later known as Bishop's College School
1863
Wooden steps of College entrance are replaced with stone
1865
The Hon. Edward Hale is appointed 4th Chancellor
1867
● The first meeting of the Alumni Association is held in June
● The first marriage ceremony is held in St. Mark's Chapel
1871
Bishop's Medical Faculty is founded in Montreal
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1874
Fire destroys the chapel and school building
1875
● The Hon. George Irvine is appointed 5th Chancellor
● Fire destroys the interior of the College building
1878
● R.W. Heneker is appointed 6th Chancellor
● Rev. J.A. Lobley is appointed 2nd Principal
● Reconstruction completed of buildings destroyed and damaged by fires of 1874 and 1875
1880
Short-lived Faculty of Law is established in Sherbrooke to close in 1888
1885
Rev. Thomas Adams is appointed 3rd Principal
1886
Faculty of Music established
1890
● A group of 29 students protest the poor quality of the food and housekeeping in the college, signing a petition and presenting it to governing body, the College Council, an episode with serious repercussions which became known as the "Stigma Affair"
● Addition of Bishop Williams Hall to the school building
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1891
● Fire destroys chapel and school a second time
● Construction of Divinity House completed
● Construction of Morris house completed
With the graduation of Octavia Grace Ritchie from its Medical Faculty, Bishop's became the first university to grant a woman a medical degree in the province of Quebec
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1893
● Reconstruction of new school building completed, including installation of cloisters (arches), connecting the College and School buildings
● The first issue of the student journal The Mitre is published, initially serving as an alumni newsletter, campus newspaper, and literary journal in one.
1894
● Bishop's Medical Faculty's most widely acclaimed graduate,
Maude Abbott receives her degree and goes on to become nationally and internationally renowned for her medical histories and her work in the area of congenital heart disease.
● University procures its first piano
1895
● Bishop's Medical Faculty graduated the first Jewish woman as a medical doctor in Canada, Regina Lewis-Landau
● Chapel reopened after extensive reconstruction
1896
Corporation approves establishment of a chair in music
1897
First Mock Parliament held
1898
● Completion of building now known as Bandeen Hall, which in subsequent years would serve as gymnasium, dining hall, theatre, pub, and Fine Arts studio.
● The Robert Hamilton Memorial Endowment enables major renovations to the Principal's residence, main entrance and exterior of College building.
1900
● John Hamilton is appointed 7th Chancellor
● Rev. J.P. Whitney is appointed 4th Principal1903
● Completion of central tower for the College building as a final legacy of the Hamilton Memorial
● The first woman is admitted to lectures
1905
● Rev. T.B. Waitt is appointed 5th Principal
● Bishop's Medical Faculty closes following amalgamation with McGill University
● The first woman graduates from Bishop's, Anna F. Bryant, a teacher at the Lennoxville Academy
1906
Rev. H. de B. Gibbins is appointed 6th Principal
1907
Rev. R.A. Parrock is appointed 7th Principal
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August 2003
C. Doucet
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