The Morrill Land Grant Act is passed establishing a system of land-grant colleges in the United States.
The Texas Legislature establishes the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
Formal opening ceremonies are conducted and students begin classes at Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
Prairie View A&M University is established. The first students began attending classes on March 11, 1878.
The first students graduate from the college.
The Scott Volunteers are established, which would later become the Ross Volunteers.
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station is established as a division of the college, under the provisions of the Hatch Act.
Earliest known Aggie Ring.
Lawrence Sullivan Ross is appointed president of the college. He would begin serving on Feb. 1, 1891.
Estimated planting of the Century Tree.
The first issue of The Battalion is published. It contains the earliest known printed use of the word ‘fish’ to refer to Texas A&M freshmen.
The Aggie Band is established.
The first Aggie football game is played.
An athletic field is established by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and is called "Kyle Field" by students to recognize Professor E.J. Kyle's involvement in its establishment. The Board of Directors officially named the athletic field "Kyle Field" in 1956.
Yell Leaders are first mentioned in The Battalion in 1906. The first recorded Yell Leader is Tom Armstrong Adams in the 1908 Longhorn.
The first known March to the Brazos occurred. At this time, the March to the Brazos was known as the "Hike".
The School of Agriculture and the School of Engineering are established.
First report of Aggies gathering to practice yells under the leadership of a yell leader occurs, although references to “practicing yells” can be found as early as 1899.
The Texas Engineering Experiment Station is organized.
Agricultural Extension Service becomes a division of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1915.
Earliest found use of “Gig ‘em” as part of the “Spell Yell” published in the 1915 yell book.
Although bonfires had been previously burned to celebrate football victories as early as 1898, the first example of holding a bonfire and yell practice before the t.u. game occurred in 1915.
The School of Veterinary Medicine is established.