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| 1887 | Fullerton is founded, named after George H. Fullerton. |
| 1904 | Fullerton is incorporated as a city. |
| 1913 |
FUHS proposes the board authorize two-year post-graduate work. First classes held at FJC with 26 students. |
| 1914 | Hetebrinkhouse constructed on Chapman Avenue. |
| 1915 | First graduating class. |
| 1917 |
US declares war on Germany. Board of Trustees votes in favor of military drills in school. |
| 1922 |
FJC Alma Mater created. Weekly Torch, college newspaper, established. |
| 1925 | Fox Theatre opens in Fullerton. |
| 1927 | Fullerton Municipal Airport opens. |
| 1929 | Stock Market crash. |
| 1930 | Plummer Auditorium opens. |
| 1931 | Pat Nixon enrolls at FJC. |
| 1934 | FJC campus land purchased. |
| 1935 | First building (300) added to FJC campus by WPA. |
| 1938 | Great Flood in Fullerton. |
| 1939 | FJC attendance exceeds FUHS at 1,341 students. |
| 1941 | U.S. declares war on Japan and Axis Powers. |
| 1942 | FC Japanese students sent to internment camps. |
| 1945 | Alum Leo Fender begins selling guitars. |
| 1948 | Ernie Polte state and national record holder in swimming. |
| 1950 | Dr. H. Lynn Sheller becomes president. |
| 1952 | Bob Hughes twice Olympian in Water Polo and Swim. |
| 1955 | FC Choir performs at Disneyland for 1st Christmas event. |
| 1959 | Fullerton College Foundation established. |
| 1960 | Scuba program created by Ernie Polte. |
| 1962 | Hornet sculpture dedicated. |
| 1965 | North Orange County Community College District formed. |
| 1965 | National Football Championship (also 1967, 1983). |
| 1968 | Women's Intercollegiate Sports begin at FC. |
| 1968 | Men's Water Polo State Champs (also '73-'74). |
| 1970 | Men's Swim State Champs (also 1975). |
| 1971 | Fullerton Civic Light Opera incorporated. |
| 1972 | Fullerton Junior College becomes Fullerton College. First Artist in Residence, Wayne Thiebaud. |
| 1973 | Fullerton Museum Center moves into former Carnegie Library. |
| 1978 | Women's Basketball state champs. |
| 1980 | Women's Softball state champs. |
| 1983 | Basketball Coach Coleen Riley first to 500 wins. |
| 1987-1989 | Theatre on the Green at the Muckenthaler (also 1996). |
| 1989 | "Tracers" performs at the Edinburgh Festival. Journalism wins Golden Crown Award at Columbia University. |
| 1991 | Bronwyn Dodson Theatre dedicated. |
| 1998 | Virginia Schoepe Wellness Center opens. |
| 2000 | 3 FC acting alums studying at Juilliard. |
| 2001 | World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. |
| 2002 | Measure X funds FC new building projects. |
| 2006 | Men's Basketball (37-0) and state champs. |
| 2010 | Honorary diplomas awarded to Japanese-Americans Stella Asawa Yano and Mitsuko Funakoshi at Fullerton College under The California Nisei College Diploma Project. |
| 2011 | Dance Team national champions, first for any CA school. Retired trainer Bill Chambers inducted into state Hall of Fame. |
| 2011 | Five Engineering students work with NASA. |