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Ohio University was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [1] opening for students in 1809. [2] .
In 1802, approval was granted by the territorial government for the establishment of the American Western University, but the school was not operated under that name. Ohio University was recognized by the new state on February 18, 1804, with its charter being certified by the Ohio General Assembly.
In 1803, Ohio became a state and on February 18, 1804, the Ohio General Assembly passed an act establishing “The Ohio University.” The University opened in 1808 with one building, three students, and one professor, Jacob Lindley.
Ohio University’s roots are in post-Revolutionary War America. In 1786 a group of veterans petitioned Congress to purchase, through the Ohio Company of Associates, one-and-a-half million acres north and west of the Ohio River.
Ohio University was founded in 1804, and instruction began five years later. Women were first admitted in 1869. William McGuffey, author of the McGuffey Readers, was an early president of Ohio University.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
All three legal charters placed Ohio University as the first institution of higher education founded and nourished by an act of Congress in America; the first in the territory northwest of the Ohio River; and the first in Ohio.
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Feb 11, 2022 · Ohio University was founded on Feb. 18, 1804, and each year on Feb. 18 the University celebrates this special day. This year, all members of the University community are invited to view the virtual exhibit, “Celebrating OHIO’s Founding: The History of Founders Day at Ohio University.”
