| Nov 13 1780 | Connecticut Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa founded. |
| Apr 24 1781 | The Corporation voted that the degree of Doctor of Laws be conferred upon General Washington. |
| Jan 1782 | Bequest of £500 from Daniel Lathrop (B.A. 1755); the first gift of substantial amount from a graduate. |
| Sep 14 1785 | Seventy students graduated; the largest class in the first century. |
| Oct 15 1789 | "Arrived here the elegant Pourtrait of the Hon. Governor Yale which was this day received and deposited in the College Library. It is a Donation of the Hon. Dudley North Esq of London, Member of Parliament, and a Descendant of Governor Yale, after whom this College was named." Portrait was painted in 1717 by Enoch Seeman. |
| Dec 24 1789 | Arrived from England a valuable collection of philosophical apparatus (including a telescope), purchased for the College. |
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