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Charter of <i>novodamus</i> confirming the gift of old ecclesiastical revenues to the Town Council of Edinburgh, authorising them to spend the income on a college. More about the Charter
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In 1583, Robert Rollock was appointed by the Town Council of Edinburgh sole Regent of the College. He became first Principal two years later.
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Poet William Drummond of Hawthornden graduated as part of the 18th class. He studied under Regent James Knox.
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Originally students studied their entire course under one Regent. This was abolished in 1708 in favour of subject specialist Professors. Tis change established what would later be known as the Faculty of Arts
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The 'Chair of Physik and Chymistry' was established in 1713, with James Crawford (1682-1731) as first professor.
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Hugh Blair was appointed to the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Letters in 1762. The Chair retained this title until comparatively recently.
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Matriculation of Charles Robert Darwin, alongside his brother Erasmus, to study Medicine
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This provided for a thorough reconstruction of the Scottish universities, including establishing the University of Edinburgh independently of the Town Council, with a new constitution. The Act also established the University Commissioners to regulate detailed matters.
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Following the establishment of the Murchison Chair in Geology and Mineralogy, Archiblald Geikie was appointed as the first Professor in 1871.
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Ordinance establishing the Faculty of Science was approved by Order of Coucil
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Following the reunification of the Church of Scotland in 1932, the University's Faculty of Divinity merged with the Free Church College at New College.
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The University’s Polish School of Medicine - established to allow Polish soldiers and refugees to continue their studies during the Second World War.
