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| 1836 |
Caleb Blodgett and others begin to settle Beloit |
| 1844 |
Meeting on Steamer Chesapeake, preliminary to founding of Beloit College in the summer |
| 1845 |
Adopted a form of charter and elected a board of trustees in October |
| 1846 |
Beloit College Charter granted by territory of Wisconsin on February 2
Original College site decided on September 25 |
| 1847 |
Cornerstone layed for Middle College on June 24
First Freshman class enters Beloit College on November 4 |
| 1848 |
Jackson J. Bushnell and Joseph Emerson appointed to the faculty on May 24 |
| 1849 |
First meeting of the Faculty on October 13 |
| 1850 |
Inauguration of President A.L. Chapin on July 24 |
| 1851 |
First class graduates |
| 1852 |
William Porter appointed to the faculty |
| 1853 |
 Horace White graduates
Beloit College Monthly (later The Round Table) begins publishing in November
First passenger train to Beloit from Chicago on November 14 |
| 1856 |
Beloit College Alumni Association formed on July 9 |
| 1858 |
Theodore Lyman Wright born on September 13 |
| 1859 |
James J. Blaisdell appointed to the faculty |
| 1865 |
President Lincoln spoke about Chapin and Kent, "saving the Union"
President Melvin Amos Brannon born on September 11 |
| 1866 |
T.C. Chamberlin graduates |
| 1867 |
Arthur Henderson Smith graduates
Beloit Olympian baseball team wins state championship |
| 1871 |
Henry M. Whitney appointed to faculty |
| 1872 |
Edward Dwight Eaton graduates |
| 1873 |
First gymnasium built
Jackson J. Bushnell dies in March |
| 1876 |
Native American Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa), later famous doctor and writer, enters Beloit in September |
| 1879 |
President Irving Maurer born on September 2 |
| 1880 |
Theodore Lyman Wright graduates |
| 1881 |
George L. Collie graduates
Rollin D. Salisbury graduates |
| 1886 |
Inauguration of President Edward Dwight Eaton on November 4 |
| 1889 |
First yearbook published -- Codex (later Gold) in February |
| 1891 |
George Woodson -- first black graduate
Keep Field (later Hancock Field) puchased |
| 1892 |
President A.L. Chapin dies on July 22 |
| 1893 |
Founding of the Logan Museum of Anthropology and First Cap and Gowns were worn at Commencement |
| 1895 |
Women enter Beloit College in the fall
Charles Winter Wood graduates |
| 1896 |
J.J. Blaisdell dies |
| 1900 |
"Ding" Darling graduates (though class of 1899)
Joseph Emerson dies on August 4 |
| 1901 |
Robert K. Richardson appointed to faculty
President Carey Croneis born on March 14 |
| 1904 |
Grace Ousley -- first black woman graduate |
| 1906 |
Roy Chapman Andrews graduates |
| 1906-1907 |
Logan Museum moved from Pearsons to Memorial Hall |
| 1908 |
Second Inauguration of Edward Dwight Eaton on March 4 |
| 1910 |
Beloit College Academy closed in June |
| 1911 |
Phi Beta Kappa chapter installed at Commencement |
| 1912 |
Death of D.K. Pearsons |
| 1916 |
President Miller Upton born on December 27 |
| 1917 |
President Melvin A. Brannon assumed his duties on July 1
Professor William Porter died at age 97 on October 28 |
| 1918 |
Induction day for Student Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) at Beloit College on October 1 |
| 1919 |
Marion Hedges published Iron City in the fall
Brannon's first resignation in November |
| 1920 |
Brannon withdraws resignation on April 27 |
| 1923 |
Brannon's second resignation on January 10 |
| 1924 |
Inauguration of President Irving Maurer on June 14
Beloit College's first radio station, WEBW, broadcasts for the first time in October |
| 1926 |
Theodore Lyman Wright dies on October 4 |
| 1928 |
Historical Sketches of Beloit College published |
| 1942 |
President Maurer dies on February 28 |
| 1944 |
Inauguration of President Carey Croneis on November 11 |
| 1947 |
Chamberlin Springs donated to the College |
| 1948 |
Radio station WBCR first broadcasts in December |
| 1950 |
Beloit Poetry Journal first published in the fall |
| 1953 |
Eaton Chapel fire on December 12 |
| 1954 |
Inauguration of President Miller Upton on October 29
George L. Collie dies, age 97, on December 28 |
| 1956 |
Dedication of the Natatorium in June |
| 1957 |
First outdoor commencement in 95 years on June 9
Dolph Stanley resigns on August 27
Bill Knapton named head basketball coach in the fall |
| 1959 |
Coughy House (then Kappa Alpha Theta) built |
| 1960 |
"Blueprint for the Future -- An Expanded View" unveiled on February 12
World Outlook Program announced on February 12
Les McAllister selected first "teacher of the year" in June |
| 1963 |
Athletic Hall of Honor inaugurated on March 29
Beloit Plan announced in April |
| 1969 |
Black students issue set of twelve demands on February 26 |
| 1975 |
Inauguration of President Martha Peterson on October 10 |
| 1976 |
130th celebration with Attorney General Edward H. Levi, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, Margaret Mead, and Catherine B. Cleary on October 14 |
| 1977 |
Chapin Society Dinner featuring John D. Rockefeller IV and a talk on "Ethics and Energy" on October 19 |
| 1978 |
Trustees decide to return to two-semester schedule (February 2-3)
Lecture given in Meyer Hall on "Perspectives on China" by George Bush on February 10 |
| 1980 |
Martha Peterson resigns as president |
| 1981 |
Inauguration of President Roger H. Hull on October 3 |
| 1984 |
Renovations to Pearsons Hall start
Renovations to the museum in Wright Hall
Beloit becomes involved in the excavation of the Gottschall cave |
| 1985 |
Beloit Fiction Journal first published in the fall |
| 1986 |
Sports Center dedicated |
| 1987 |
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity lost its charter |
| 1990 |
The First Year Initiative Program started
Haven renovated
Roger Hull anounces his resignation on September 12
Edward Hoerr ('57) assumes the position of interim president |
| 1991 |
Inauguration of President Victor E. Ferrall, Jr. on October 5 |
| 1992 |
EB3/47 'The Head' figurine was found at Gottschall Cave |
| 1996 |
Wright Art Museum renovated
Morse-Ingersol renovated |
| 2000 |
Inauguration of President John E. Burris on November 17 |
| 2002 |
President Burris announces the decision to put the Turtle Creek Bookstore under management of Barnes & Noble |
