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The history of Wisconsin encompasses the story not only of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin ...
Significant events in Wisconsin history. Indian agricultural implements. First nations. Wisconsin’s original residents were Native American hunters who arrived here about 14,000 years ago. The area’s first farmers appear to have been the Hopewell people, who raised corn, squash, and pumpkins around 2,000 years ago.
- 17th Century Wisconsin History Timeline
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- 19th Century Wisconsin History Timeline
- 20th Century Wisconsin History Timeline
- 21st Century Wisconsin History Timeline
1634- Jean Nicolet: First known European to reach Wisconsin. Sought Northwest Passage. 1654-59- Pierre Esprit Radisson and Medart Chouart des Groseilliers: First of the fur traders in Wisconsin. 1661- Father Rene Menard: First missionary to Wisconsin Indians. 1665- Father Claude Allouez founded mission at La Pointe. 1666- Nicholas Perrot opened fur...
1701-38- Fox Indian Wars. 1755- Wisconsin Indians, under Charles Langlade, helped defeat British General Braddock. 1763- Treaty of Paris. Wisconsin became part of British colonial territory. 1761- Fort at Green Bay accepted by English. 1763- 1. Conspiracy of Pontiac. 2. Two Englishmen killed by Indians at Muscoda. 1764- Charles Langlade settled at ...
1804- 1. William Henry Harrison's treaty with Indians at St. Louis. 2. United States extinguished Indian title to lead region (a cause of Black Hawk War). 1814 - Fort Shelby built at Prairie du Chien. Captured by English and name changed to Fort McKay. 1815- War with England concluded. Fort McKay abandoned by British. 1816- 1. The establishment of ...
1900- Wisconsin's first state park, Interstate near St. Croix Falls, established. 1901- 1. First Wisconsin-born Governor, Robert M. La Follette, inaugurated. 2. Teaching of agriculture introduced into rural schools. 3. Legislative Reference Library, which served as a model for other states and the Library of Congress, established - later renamed th...
2000- Legislature approves a local sales tax and revenue bonds for renovation of Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers. 2001- 1. Governor Thompson ends a record 14 years in office and assumes post of US Secretary of Health and Human Services. 2. Lt. Governor Scott McCallum becomes governor and appoints State Senator Margaret Farrow as the fi...
1917 The U.S. enters World War I; many key Wisconsin legislative leaders oppose the war; Wisconsin becomes first state to meet draft requirements; 120,000 soldiers serve in the military, and almost 4,000 die in the war.
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Wisconsin. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Wisconsin can lay claim to an amazing number of inventors and their inventions, creative thinkers and events that changed history. Use this list in your classroom for research ideas, easy reference, timeline creation, and more.
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Although American Indians lived in the area of present-day Wisconsin for several thousand years before the arrival of the French—numbering about 20,000 when the French arrived—the written history of the state began with the accounts of French explorers.
