07/26/1848 AD founded
Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's first governor, signed the act that formally created the University of Wisconsin.
John H. Lathrop became the university's first chancellor, in the fall of 1849
The university had its official beginnings when the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in its 1838 session passed a law incorporating a "University of the Territory of Wisconsin", and a high-ranking Board of Visitors was appointed. However, this body (the predecessor of the U.W. board of regents) never actually accomplished anything before Wisconsin was incorporated as a state in 1848
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