24 May 1875 : Inauguration of the School (Madarsatul Uloom) at Sami Manzil, Jail Road, Aligarh presided by Maulvi Mohd. Karim, President of the Managing Committee. Maulvi Samiullah’s son Mr. Hamidullah Khan admitted as the first student.
1 June 1875 : Boarding House started with seven students on the roll with a budget of Rs. 989/- per month. Managing Committee consisted of Maulvi Samiullah, Chiragh Ali, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Syed Mahmud, Raja Jaikishan Das, Nawab Ziauddin Khan and Maulvi Ahsan Nanotavi etc.
28 June 1875 : Mr. H.G.I. Siddons took over as Head Master of the School on a salary of Rs. 400/- per month. Mr. Baijnath Prasad was appointed as Second Master along with Maulvi Abul Hasan, Maulana Mohd. Akbar, Syed Jafer Ali, Maulvi Najaf Ali etc.
12 November 1875 : Sir William Muir, Lt. Governor of U.P. visited the institution. He was presented with an address of welcome on behalf of the School in which the scheme of the College was described in detail.
6 December 1875 : H.H. Mahindra Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, accompanied by his Chief Minister Khalifa Muhammed Hasan, paid a visit to the School and announced a grant of Rs. 1,800/- per annum. He was appointed the first Visitor of the institution.
8 November 1877 : Syed Ahmed Khulusi Effendi, the Ambassador of Turkey visited the College.
8 January 1877 : Lord Lytton, the Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the M.A.O. College. Raja Shambhu Narayan Singh, Raja Jai Kishan Das, Rao Kishan Kumar and others, were also present.
1 January 1878 : Intermediate classes started and the college affiliated to the Calcutta University for F.A. Examination.
12 January 1878 : Sir Richard Temple, Governor of Bombay paid a visit to the college.
10 December 1880 : Sir John Strachey, the Lt. Governor of U.P. paid a visit on the eve of his retirement from ICS.
1 January 1881 : Four students appeared in the B.A. Examination. Mr. Ishwari Prasad was the first student to pass the examination.
5 February 1883 : Sir Alfred Lyall, Lt. Governor of U.P. visited the College and declared open the newly constructed classrooms.
26 August 1884 : Students’ Union (Siddons Union Club) was inaugurated under the presidentship of Theodore Beck. Khwaja Sajjad Husain was declared Vice President and Syed Mohammed Ali Secretary of the Union.
1884 : Foundation Stone of the Victoria Gate was laid.

22 December 1886 : All India Mohammedan Educational Conference was inaugurated.
3 January 1887 : A deputation of the College Fund Committee called upon the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mr. Mehboob Ali Khan, to seek the permission to dedicate the College Museum to him.
16 November 1887 : The College was affiliated to Allahabad University.
1 January 1888 : Sir John Edge, the first Vice Chancellor of the Allahabad University visited the College on the occasion of the anniversary of the Siddons Union Club.
 

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