Beloit College Timeline
| 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 laid 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 | [bc_etching] 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 |
| 1934 | Walter Ansel Strong Memorial Stadium dedicated on October 13 |
| 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 Initiatives 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 |
| 2005 | Center for the Sciences is announced to be built under US Green Building Council Standars |
| 2008 | John E.Burris resigns as President, Dick Niemiec becomes interim presdient. Center for the Sciences opens for first academic semester |
| 2009 | Scott Bierman becomes the 11th President |