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• 1829: Â鶹ԼÅÄ's first classes are held

Eight years after it was officially established, "Â鶹ԼÅÄ College" began holding classes in conjunction with the Montreal Medical Institution.

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• 1833: The first Â鶹ԼÅÄ degree is awarded

Four years after classes began, Â鶹ԼÅÄ awarded its first degree –Ìýand Canada's first ever medical degree –Ìýto William Leslie Logie. ÌýLogie was Â鶹ԼÅÄ's only graduate that year.

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• 1839: Building a Montreal landmark

The college quickly outgrew James Â鶹ԼÅÄ's country home, and construction on the Arts Building began 10 years after its founding. ÌýThe Arts Building, with its cupola and flag pole, has become the signature of Â鶹ԼÅÄ's downtown campus, and one of Montreal's most recognizable landmarks.

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• 1855-1893: Flourishing under William Dawson

Through his 38 years as Principal, Sir John William Dawson reinvented Â鶹ԼÅÄ as a university to rival the world's finest, even personally funding the beautification effort that created the stunning campus we enjoy today.
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• 1866: Canada's first francophone Prime Minister

°ä²¹²Ô²¹»å²¹â€™s first francophone prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, BCL'1866, made great strides toward unifying Canadians of different stripes – French and English, Catholic and Protestant – during a period when religion, culture and other debates threatened to tear the fledgling country apart. In 15 years as prime minister and 45 years as a Member of Parliament, Laurier helped establish Canada as a major player on the world stage and ushered in an era of unprecedented growth and prosperity.

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• 1874-1904: Hockey, football and basketball are born

Â鶹ԼÅÄ is a place of learning, but hard work needn’t come at the expense of hard play, and Â鶹ԼÅÄians certainly exercise more than just their minds. A home to exceptional student teams and an alma mater to many star athletes and coaches, Â鶹ԼÅÄ has also played a key role in the creation of three pillars of sport.
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• The forgotten war memorial and the campus that never was

Over the years, architects have proposed a variety of plans for Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s lower Downtown Campus, including an imposing tower on the Redpath Library. Here's a small selection of big ideas from Â鶹ԼÅÄ’s earliest days that never made it off the drawing board: the Â鶹ԼÅÄ that might have been.