In August 1900, Aleksander Paldrok spoke to the Estonian Students' Society's general assembly, proposing that the group form a corps.

[1][2] Initially, they called the group Aestia but soon changed it to Korporatsioon Fraternitas Estica for historical reasons.

[1][3] In 1906, Fraternitas Estica asked the rector of University of Tartu to approve this new corps and received recognition in April 1907.

[1][3] Fraternitas Estica was the first student organization to join in the Estonian War of Independence, resulting in the deaths of 21 members.

[1] The alumni and newly recruited members of the teams stayed in contact through the publication of occasional circulars.

At the time, the diaspora of Fraternitas Estica shows in its 1991 roster, with 96 members living in Sweden, 119 in Canada, 80 in the United States, 16 in Australia, 13 in Brazil, 4 in Germany, 4 in Finland, 2 in England, 2 in Norway, 2 in Switzerland, and 1 in France.

[1] In 1988, Vallo Nuust, Margus Sanglepp, and Jaan Murumets, three students from the faculty of journalism of Tartu University, decided to reestablish Fraternitas Estica.

[3] The Tartu corps negotiated the returned to its historic convent house in 1996 and began extensive renovations.

[7] The group's "circle" or twisted letter signet consists of the initials of the Latin phrase Vivat, Crescat, Floreat Fraternitas Estica!"

The blue part includes the phrase Teos aiglane and funkas, ustava sulle, Eesti rahvas in gold.

[7] The corporation's chairman wears a badge of office that consists of the old coat of arms in gold attached to a ribbon in the corps' colors.