| 1800 | Yale enrollment was 217. |
| Sep 10 1801 | Professorship of Law instituted "for the benefit all the Graduate & Undergraduate Students, belonging to the College." |
| 1801 | In one hundred years the degree of Bachelor of Arts had been conferred on 2,333 students. |
| Spring 1802 | A revival of religion experienced in the College. |
| Sep 9 1802 | Benjamin Silliman (B.A. 1796) appointed to professorship of Chemistry and Natural History, first science professor at Yale and in America. |
| 1803 | "The necessay expenses, exclusive of clothing, traveling expenses in vacation, and pocket money do not exceed $200 per annum." |
| Sep 11 1804 | The Corporation voted that "Freshmen shall not hereafter be sent on errands by their fellow students." |
| Sep 10 1805 | James L. Kingsley (B.A. 1799) appointed Professor of Languages and Ecclesiastical History and Librarian. The duties of the latter office had been performed previously by the Senior Tutor. |
| 1808 | John Smibert's portrait of Bishop George Berkeley and his family presented to College by Isaac Lothrop of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The painting is also called "The Bermuda Group." |
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