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The Official Charter for the University of Georgia is approved by Georgia's General Assembly.
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Abraham Baldwin becomes the president of the University of Georgia. -
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The University of Georgia officially opened it's doors to the new arriving students.
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Abraham Baldwin's Presidency in the University of Georgia ends.
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The first permanent building called Franklin College held the first classes in UGA. -
The University of Georgia officially opened it's School of Law.
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The civil war made it so the University had to be closed in 1861.
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The University of Georgia was reopened once more in 1865.
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The University was saved from Bankruptcy, due to the "land grant institution" that was created by the Morrill act.
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In 1918, Women were officially allowed and began to regularly attend the University as students.
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In 1961, the first ever African-American students began attending the University. The two students were Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter.