| 1826 |
The Fredonia Academy opens on October 4 with 15 students |
| 1827 |
The academy enrolls 81 gentlemen and 55 ladies for the fall term. |
| 1829 |
Fredonia is incorporated as a village. |
| 1867 |
The academy closes and the Fredonia Normal School opens. |
| 1868 |
The Fredonia Normal School officially enrolls students in primary, junior and academic departments. |
| 1887 |
Music as a specialty area begins with the appointment of Miss Jessie Hillman to the Fredonia faculty |
| 1900 |
A tragic fire on December 14 kills six students and a janitor, destroying most of the building. |
| 1903 |
The new building, Old Main (now One Temple Square senior citizen housing), is completed. |
| 1909 |
Fredonia is authorized to award teacher certificates in music and art. |
| 1931 |
A four-year course in music is first offered. |
| 1933 |
The state purchases property on Central Avenue to be used for future expansion. |
| 1938 |
A four-year program in elementary education is offered. |
| 1939 |
Construction begins at the new campus. |
| 1941 |
Mason Hall is completed. |
| 1942 |
First baccalaureate in elementary education awarded. Fredonia is now known as Fredonia State Teachers College. |
| 1948 |
SUNY is created. Fredonia is now one of 11 colleges of education in the SUNY system. |
| 1951 |
Gregory Hall, the first dormitory/student union building, is occupied. |
| 1953 |
Fenton Hall is completed. |
| 1958 |
Alumni Hall becomes the second dormitory building on campus. |
| 1961 |
McGinnies dormitory and the first Mason Hall addition completed. |
| 1962 |
I.M. Pei and Partners develops master plan for a new campus. |
| 1963 |
Dods, Nixon, Chautauqua and Jewett halls are completed. |
| 1968 |
Groundbreaking for Williams (Campus) Center. |
| 1966-1976 |
The college experiences rapid growth in programs, academic departments, faculty and students. |
| 1967-1971 |
Maytum Hall and Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center constructed. |
| 1975 |
Thompson Hall opens. |
| 1976-1986 |
The college initiates programs in cooperative engineering, recombinant gene technology and sound recording technology. |
| 1983 |
Steele Hall is completed. |
| 1991 |
Reed Library addition completed. |
| 1998 |
Enrollment now exceeds 4,500 students. |
| 2001 |
Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower and Carillon dedicated. Swimming and diving complex completed. |
| 2004 |
Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall dedicated. |
| 2006 |
University Commons completed and opened. |
| 2007 |
New state-of-the-art sound recording studio and control room is dedicated. A new lighted soccer/lacrosse complex dedicated and opened as University Stadium. |
| 2008 |
The Carnahan Jackson Center for Learning and Scholarship is dedicated. Ground breaking is held for the university’s Technology Incubator. |
| 2009 |
The Fredonia Technology Incubator dedicated and opened on Central Avenue in Dunkirk, N.Y. |
| 2010 |
Dedication of new Robert and Marilyn Maytum Music Rehearsal Halls. |
| 2011 |
Groundbreaking is held for the university's new Science Center. Williams Center renovation begins. |
| 2012 |
Williams Center and Maytum Hall renovations completed; construction continues on new Science Center. |
| 2013 |
New Blue Devil Fitness Center opens in Dods Hall. Ground broken for new University Village Townhouse complex. Construction continues on new Science Center. |
| 2014 |
Science Center and University Village Townhouse complex open. Ground broken for addition to the Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center. |
| 2015 |
Fredonia earns the Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. |
| 2016 |
Rockefeller Arts Center Studio Complex dedicated |
| 2018 |
Houghton Hall renovation initiated |