Charles William Eliot
Term of office: 1869-1909, longest presidency in Harvard history (1834-1926). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1853; A.M. 1856). Professional background: Chemist. Immediate past position: Professor of Analytical Chemistry (M.I.T.).
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1905 : Albert Einstein presents the special theory of relativity.
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1901 : Most of Harvard Yard's gates and fences are erected.
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1903 : The Wright Brothers fly the first airplane.
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1894 : Showers and hot-water taps are installed in Harvard Yard dormitories.
1894 : Radcliffe College is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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1896 : The first modern Olympic games take place in Athens, Greece.
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1875 : The first Harvard-Yale football game takes place in New Haven, Connecticut. Harvard wins.
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1876 : Sitting Bull defeats General Custer at the Little Bighorn.
1869 : Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organize the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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Thomas Hill
Term of office: 1862-1868 (1818- 1891). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1843; A.M. 1846), Harvard Divinity School (completed studies, 1845; HDS did not grant degrees at this time). Professional background: Clergyman, mathematician, educator. Immediate past position: President of Antioch College, Ohio.
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1867 : Harvard establishes the nation's first university school of dentistry. |
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1863 : Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. |
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Cornelius Conway Felton
Term of office: 1860-1862, died in office on Feb. 26 (1807-1862). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1827; A.M. 1830). Professional background: Educator (with service on the Massachusetts Board of Education, as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and as president of a Boston physical-education society). Immediate past position: Eliot Professor of Greek Literature (Harvard).
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1861 : The U.S. Civil War begins.
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1860 : The Harvard College Class of 1860 becomes the first with more than 100 graduates.
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James Walker
Term of office: 1853-1860 (1794-1874). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1814; A.M. 1817), Harvard Divinity School (studies, 1817; HDS did not grant degrees at this time). Professional background: Harvard professor. Immediate past position: Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity (Harvard).
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1856 : Horse cars bring the first rail transportation to the heart of Harvard Square. The Harvard course catalog includes its first course in music. |
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1855 : Holworthy Hall becomes the first Harvard dormitory with gas lighting. |
1855 : Florence Nightingale pioneers in providing nursing care on the battlefield. |
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Jared Sparks
Term of office: 1849-1853 (1789-1866). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1815; A.M. 1818), Harvard Divinity School (studies, 1818; HDS did not grant degrees at this time). Professional background: Clergyman, historian. Immediate past position: McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History (est. and first held [by Sparks] in 1838, Harvard).
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1852 : Harvard and Yale rowing clubs meet for the nation's first intercollegiate rowing contest. Harvard wins.
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1850 : A telegraph cable across the English Channel connects England to continental Europe.
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Edward Everett
Term of office: 1846-1849 (1794-1865). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1811; A.M. 1814); University of Göttingen, Germany (Ph.D. 1817) Professional background: Clergyman, orator, government official (with service in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Massachusetts governorship). Immediate past position: U.S. Minister to Great Britain.
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1847 : The U.S. issues its first postage stamp. |
1846 : World's first demonstration of ether as a surgical anesthetic at Massachussetts General Hospital. |
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Josiah Quincy
Term of office: 1829-1845 (1772- 1864). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1790; A.M. 1793). Professional background: Lawyer (with service in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate). Immediate past position: Mayor of Boston.
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1836 : The Harvard Bicentennial celebration brings the first public display of the VERITAS motto and the premiere of "Fair Harvard."
1832 : In his Cambridge home, German-born Harvard professor Charles Follen introduces the Christmas tree to New England. |
1836 : The Battle of the Alamo. Texas declares independence from Mexico.
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John Thornton Kirkland
Term of office: 1810-1828 (1770-1840). Education: Harvard College (A.B. 1789; A.M. 1792). Professional background: Clergyman. Immediate past position: (Probably) Pastor of New South Church, Boston, Mass.
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1817 : Harvard establishes the first university law school. |
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1814 : British troops burn the U.S. Capitol and the White House during the War of 1812, which ends this year with the Treaty of Ghent.
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