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(1614 - 1615) Samuel de Champlain, New France governor, explored Maumee River region
(1671) Simon de Saint-Lusson claimed most of the area for France
(1679) Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Louis de Baude de Frontenac, planned for control of Maumee-Wabash trade route; plans included relocation of Miami Indians to headwaters of Maumee River
(1728 - 1732) Vincennes established on Wabash River by French, first European settlement in area
(1747) British convinced Huron Indian Chief, King Nicolas, to attack French-owned Fort Miami
(1752- 1753) Smallpox epidemic devastated local Indian population
(1754 - 1763) French and Indian War
(1763) England gained control of Vincennes and Indiana area; Proclamation of 1763 forbade settlement west of Appalachian Mountains; British sent Indian war parties to attack settlers who disobeyed proclamation
(1772) General Gage ordered French to leave settlements in Wabash Valley, demanded land deeds
(1774) British Parliament passed Quebec Act, French settlements, including Indiana, were included in province of Quebec
(1775 - 1783) Revolutionary War
(1777) British encouraged Indians to attack settlers
George Rogers Clark
(1778) Colonel George Rogers Clark's expedition captured Fort Sackville at Vincennes; Indiana became part of Virginia; British Governor Henry Hamilton overtook Fort Sackville
(1779) British at Fort Sackville surrendered to Colonel George Rogers Clark, his expedition and Francis Vigo
(1783) Treaty of Paris gave modern-day Indiana lands to United States
(1787) Continental Congress created Northwest Territory; territory to be governed by a governor, three judges; laws prohibited slavery, encouraged public education, guaranteed religious freedom and civil rights
(1794) Anthony Wayne overwhelmed Shawnee Indians, led by Tecumseh, in battle near rapids of Maumee River; Anthony Wayne established fort, named Fort Wayne
(1800) Indiana Territory established from Northwest Territory; William Henry Harrison first Governor; Vincennes named capital
(1803) Indians signed treaties ceding land in Indiana
(1805) Michigan Territory separated from Indiana Territory
(1809) Illinois Territory separated from Indiana Territory
(1811) Chief Tecumseh and Indians defeated in Battle of Tippecanoe
(1812 - 1814) War of 1812
(1813) Chief Tecumseh killed at Battle of the Thames; Indiana Territory capital moved to Corydon
(1814) Treaty of Ghent ended War of 1812
(1816) Indiana became 19th U. S. state; Jonathan Jennings first Governor; Abraham Lincoln and family moved to Indiana
(1818) Indians gave up claims to portion of central Indiana, "New Purchase"
(1825) State capital moved to Indianapolis
(1835) Wabash and Erie Canal opened from Fort Wayne to Huntington
(1842) University of Notre Dame founded
(1851) State Consitution adopted, included measure protecting property rights of married women
(1861 - 1865) Civil War
(1889) Standard Oil Co. built refinery in Whiting
(1897) Tribal status of Miami Indians terminated
(1906) U. S. Steel Company built plant, founded Gary
(1908) Serial killer, Belle Gunness, died in fire at her farm in LaPorte
(1911) First Indy 500 auto race occurred
(1915) Workmen's Compensation Act enacted
(1925) Tri-State tornado struck Indiana, Illinois, Missouri; many dead
(1930) Mob broke into Marion jail, beat two young black men to death, hung them from tree
(1937) Ohio River flooded causing severe damage in southern Indiana
(1956) Northern Indiana Toll Road completed
(1963) Studebaker Automobile Corporation ceased auto production at South Bend plant
(1974) Series of 148 tornadoes struck the Midwest and Southern states (including Indiana); many killed with severe property damage
(1980) Indianapolis businessman, Herbert Baumeister, killed 16 men, most gay
(1984) NFL Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis
(1985) AIDS patient, Ryan White, barred from attending public school
(1987) Air Force jet crashed into Ramada Inn near Indianapolis Airport, ten killed
(1988) Indianian J. Danforth Quayle, elected U. S. Vice President
(1998) Explosion at Southern Energy Co. in Hammond killed 16
(1999) Lilly Endowment Inc. presented $50 million grant to Hispanic Scholarship Fund
(2001) Cicero's town president, nine others, charged with stealing $10 million in taxpayer monies; Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh, executed at Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute
(2003) Governor Frank O'Bannon suffered massive stroke, died
(2004) Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning broke Dan Marino's pass record
(2005) Measles outbreak among school children; tornado struck Evansville, 22 killed, 200 injured
(2007) Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI
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