| 1789 |
Medical Society of South Carolina founded |
| 1823 |
On December 20th, the SC General Assembly granted the request of the Medical Society of South Carolina for a charter to establish a Medical College in Charleston |
| 1824 |
Medical College of South Carolina opened |
| 1825 |
First graduating class with five graduates (Eli Geddings, first graduate) |
| 1832 |
School split into the Medical College of South Carolina and the Medical College of the State of South Carolina |
| 1839 |
The two schools merged under the name Medical College of the State of South Carolina |
| 1847 |
James Moultrie, Jr., M.D. (Dean, School of Medicine) is instrumental in founding of the American Medical Association |
| 1852-1853 |
Louis Agassiz, naturalist, served on the faculty of the School of Medicine |
| 1860s |
Julian John Chisolm invented a new chloroform inhaler, which bears his name |
| 1861 |
College suspends classes for the Civil War |
| 1861 |
Julian John Chisolm (Dean, 1866-67) published his A Manual of Military Surgery |
| 1863 |
Francis Peyre Porcher (Faculty, School of Medicine), published his Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests |
| 1865 |
College reopened when the faculty returns from the Civil War |
| 1881 |
Pharmacy Department of the MCSSC is chartered |
| 1882 |
Pharmacy school opened, and then closed in 1884 |
| 1883 |
School of Nursing opened, as the School of Nursing of City Hospital |
| 1890 |
Three-year graded course established for the College of Medicine |
| 1894 |
Medical College opened to women |
| 1897 |
Hospital and Training School for Nurses established for the education of African-American nurses at 135 Cannon St., later the McClennan-Banks Hospital |
| 1898 |
First woman admitted to the College of Medicine |
| 1899 |
A four-year graded course established for the College of Medicine |
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