1917 Jan 16th
Buddhist Girls' College opened at Turret road, Colombo.
20 students enrolled with Dr. Banning as Principal and Mr. W. A. De Silva as Trustee.
1921
First head girl - Aida Gunawardena
First Prize Giving
First Sports Meet
1923
Enrollment of Girl Guides
1927
Renaming of the school to Visakha Vidyalaya at new premises at Vajira Road
1929
Old Girls' Day Celebration
1933
Passing away of Mrs. Jeremias Dias
1934
Founding of the Old Girls' Association
1946
Science introduced into the curriculum
Opening of the new Lab
1947
The First Visakha Jayanthi celebrations at the school premises
Conferred Grade 1 status
Naming of the Houses - Dias, Dawes, Jayatilake & Motwani
1952
Becomes a non fee levying School
1952
The 2nd Visakha Jayanthi at the school premises
Staging of the "Visakha Geetha Natakaya"
Gifting of the Geethanjali Amarasuriya Memorial Library
1961
Management taken over by the State.
1967
Visakha Swarna Jayanthi celebrations at the Race Course, Colombo
1971
Obtains new sports grounds
Pulimood House is begun
1982
Visakha Jayanthi Carnival
1983
Opening of the Jeremias Dias Memorial Hall by the President of Sri Lanka
The "Bo maluwa" & its surrounding hall completed & gifted by Mr. U.N.G. Gunasekera
1987
Sports pavilion gifted by the OGA
"Avurudu Pola" organised by the OGA
1992
75th anniversary celebrations
School Exhibition
Re-staging of " Visakha Geetha Natakaya "
" Trade & Fun fair " at The Sathutu Uyana, Colombo.
1993
A second modern computer unit was donated to the school by the Association.
1995
Laying the foundation stone for the Indoor Stadium
1997
Audio Visual Unit donated in memory of Inoka Gunarathna
1998
The Visakha Vidyalaya website - www.visakhav.org - was launched on Independence Day, 04th February, and mainly funded by the old girls in the USA.
1999
Construction of the New School Hostel Building
2001
Junior Computer Unit donated by the OGA
Cafeteria & The Reading Room constructed in the Boganwila Building, was donated by the OGA British branch
The first Colours Nite
2004
Informative and creative website was done by Jayani Lakmini De Silva, a grade 10 student of Visakha Vidyalaya, which can be accessed at - www.visakhavidyalaya.slt.lk
2007
90th anniversary celebrations
Laying the foundation stone for the school Swimming Pool