GLCEventFirst ExplorersټCNoteFrench explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet descend the Mississippi to the Arkansas River and return to Wisconsin via the Illinois River -- the first Europeans to reach the Illinois country.Phttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001.French Found a MissionUticaTMarquette founds a mission at the Great Village of the Illinois, near present Utica.Phttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001."Illinois Becomes Part of LouisianaIn 1718 New Orleans was founded. Governance of Illinois country was transferred from Canada to New Orleans and assigned to the French Company of the Indies, a royal-chartered enterprise. http://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001. and http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1700/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Illinois Governed by FranceKIllinois became a royal province, governed directly by the French crown. qhttp://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1700/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Illinois Ceded to the British@=gFrench and Indian (Seven Years') War ends; Illinois country is ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris.Phttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001.!Illinois Becomes Part of VirginiaRmGeorge Rogers Clark (1752-1818) defeats the British at Kaskaskia, securing the Illinois country for Virginia.Phttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001.Illinois Becomes Part of The USYTreaty of Paris extends the United States boundary to include the Illinois country. Virginia does not give up its claim to Illinois until the following year.Phttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001.Northwest Ordinance~_?Northwest Ordinance places Illinois in the Northwest Territory.Phttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 9, 2001.Indiana Territory Created r?Congress creates the Indiana Territory, which includes IllinoisQhttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Illinois Territory Created~rCongress organizes the Illinois Territory, with Kaskaskia the capital and Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) the Governor.Qhttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.First Newspaper Published KaskaskiaGFirst newspaper was printed in Illinois--the Kaskaskia Illinois Herald.qhttp://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1800/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Becomes a StateTIllinois becomes the twenty-first state, with Kaskaskia the capital and Shadrach Bond the first governor. Population of the state is 34,620.http://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001 and http://www.50states.com/statehood1.htm Taken from the Internet, July 16, 2001.Black Hawk WarThe Black Hawk War resulted in the removal of the last organized group of American Indians from the state. The last remaining Indian lands were ceded to the government the next year.qhttp://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1800/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001. Wyatt EarpݵMonmouthWyatt Earp, born in Illinois, lived and travelled all over the American west. He was famous as a lawman, who learned early in life to stand up for what he believed to be right. His fame has continued to grow since his death. Whttp://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Earp.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.%Illinois Central Railroad ConstructedͺIllinois Central Railroad, the first railroad in the U.S. to receive a grant of public lands, was chartered. This backbone north/south route was completed in 1856.qhttp://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.American Civil WarliCivil War took 256,297 Illinois men away from their families, over 34,000 were killed or died of disease.http://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001. and http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Slavery AbolishedGeneral Assembly repeals three measures against black settlement (Black Laws); it is the first state legislature to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.Qhttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.The Chicago FireVChicagoThe Chicago Fire killed 350 people and destroyed the homes of one-third of the city's population, about 1,600 stores, 60 factories, 28 public buildings. The city quickly rebounded as more costly structures were built and more than 100,000 craftsmen were employed for the reconstruction.qhttp://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1850/timeline/index.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Illinois Women's Suffrage ActBIllinois Women's Suffrage Act passes making Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River to allow women the right to vote in Presidential elections. Zhttp://www.rsa.lib.il.us/~ilwomen/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.Spanish Flu EpidemicdThe Spanish flu, also known as the "Spanish Lady," is said to have originated in the United States at Fort Riley KS. The original source is said to have been in Europe, most likely in Spain. As servicemen were shipped overseas to Europe, they came in contact with the bug. When they began to return home, the epidemic hit. Illinois was directly in it's path. At Camp Grant, in Rockford, Illinois, 115 soldiers died in a 24 hour period. The production of coffins could not keep up with the number of deaths occurring each day, in each city. Social clubs cancelled meetings until further notice; town meetings and even political campaigns were put on hold. City streets were hosed down each day. People venturing out into the cities were required to wear a protective mask. Nhttp://www.iltrails.org/flu1918.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.The Herrin Massacre HerrinsUgly mob action led to the brutal murder of twenty strikebreakers by union sympathizers. The Herrin Massacre drew national attention and outrage. The events surrounding the massacre highlight the vital role of the union in the coal miners' lives and demonstrate the lengths that individuals and a whole community would go to in order to protect what the union gave them._http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7847/massacre.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.$Gwendolyn Brooks Wins Pulitzer Prize HGwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917) becomes the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize; is named Illinois poet laureate in 1968.Qhttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.MacDonalds RestaurantM Des Plaines[Raymond A. Kroc (1902-1984) opens the first in a chain of McDonald's fast food restaurants.Qhttp://www.state.il.us/gov/history.htm Taken from the Internet, August 10, 2001.