The Michigan Constitution of 1850 calls for…
February 1855 CE
The Michigan Constitution of 1850 calls for the creation of an "agricultural school, " though it is not until February 12 of 1855 that Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signs a bill establishing the United States' first agriculture college, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan,
Classes will begin on May 13, 1857, with three buildings, five faculty members, and sixty-three male students.