Sesquicentennial

Augsburg is founded

1869

Augsburg was the first seminary founded by Norwegian Lutherans in America, named after the confession of faith presented by Lutherans in Augsburg, Germany, in 1530. Augsburg opened in September 1869, in Marshall, Wisconsin.

1st President August Weenaas

Period: 1869 to 1876

Augsburg moves from WI to MN

1872

First seminarians enroll

1874

First graduation

1879

test

Jan 1, 1901

Test description

Augsburg admits women

1921