• 1858: Attends school in Paris.
• 1861: Attends school in Dusseldorf.
• 1866: Frances returned to Britain. She started her medical career.
• 1867: Frances passes her preliminary examinations, the Council of the Apothacaries’ Society decided to exclude from its licensure those who had received private medical school education.
• 1867: October – Frances started a medical course at Zurich University.
• 1870: She is the second woman to graduate in medicine from Zurich University, and the first woman from Britain to gain a European Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.
• 1871: She established the National Health Society with Elizabeth Blackwell to promote sanitation education.
• 1877: Despite being a practising physician for seven years, it was not until 1877 that Frances Hoggan’s name was included on the Medical Register.
• She received her licence from the King and Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland, which was the first examining body to open its licentiate examination to women.
• 1875: Frances was elected to the British Medical Association.
• 1878: The British Medical Association refuses to admit any more women; Hoggan’s membership was reversed.
• 1881–85: Frances was also involved in the campaign for medical women in India and argued for priority to be given to opening medical schools for Indian women.
• 1882: She published her recommendations in Education for Girls in Wales.