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Timeline of Early Missouri History 1539--DE SOTO discover's and crosses the Mississippi. 1542--Winter quarter's of his company, probably in Missouri, in 1541-'42. " --De Soto died, and was buried in the Mississippi, near mouth of Arkansas River. " --Louis de Moscoso succeeds De Soto. He marches to Red River, in Texas. 1543--Moscoso and his troops march through Arkansas and Missouri. 1544--De Biedma makes a report of De Soto's Expedition, to the King of Spain. 1671--The French take forma1 posession of the Northwest. 1673--May 13, Marquette and Joliet leave Mackinaw in search of the Mississippi. " --June 17, Marquette reaches the Mississippi at the mouth of the Wisconsin and descended it to the mouth of the Arkansas. 1675--May 18, Marquette died. 1680--La Salle sends Hennepin and Dugay to explore the Upper Mississippi. St. Anthony's Falls named by Hennepin. 1682--0riginal naming of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and the countries through which they flow. 1683--First settlements made by La Salle. He descends the Mississippi to its mouth. " --March 6, takes possession of the country, and named it "Louisiana" 1687--March 17, La Salle is killed by some companions. 1696--War between the Iroquois Indialns aud the British Colonies, against the Province of Canada. 1705--The Missouri River explored to the mouth of the Kansas River by the French. 1712--September 14, Louisiana granted to Crozart by Louis XIV. 1717--August 22, Crozart resigns Louisiana to the Crown. Transfer of the grant to "The Company of the West." First Laws. 1718--Colonists arrive. New Orleans laid out. Fort Chartres, Illinois, commenced. 1719--Renault 1eaves France for the Illinois country. Arrives, and dispatches 200 miners, assayers, and artisans in search of precious metals in Illinois and Missouri. Fort Chartres completed. 1720--Spanish Expedition from Santa Fe, against the French and Missouri Indians. 1724--Erection of Fort Orleans on an island in the Missouri. Destruction of the Fort. 1731--January 24, Company of the West surrender their charter to tbe King of France. 1762--November 3, Paris Treaty concluded. Louisiana ceded to Spain by France. " --Village du Cote (St. Charles) established. 1763--November 3, M. Laclede arrives at St. Genevieve and Fort Chartres. 1764--February 15, St. Louis founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest. 1766--August 11, Grant of land received by Pierre Laclede Liguest, upon which to build St. Louis. 1769--First occupancy by the Spaniards. 1770--Spain obtains possession of St. Louis and Upper Louisiana. 1772--Fort Chartres evacuated. 1778--General Clark takes possession of Kaskaskia. Cahokia joins the Americans. " --June 20, Pierre Laclede Liguest died near the mouth of Arkansas River, aged 54. 1780--St. Louis attacked by 1500 Indians and 140 British. 1785--Great flood of the Mississippi threatening to inundate St.Louis. 1786--Julien Dubuque first visits the Upper Mississippi. 1787--New Madrid founded by Colonel G. Morgan, of New Jersey. 1788--Dubuque obtains, a grant of 140,000 acres, embracing the present Dubuque, lead mines, etc. " --First boat-load of lead bought from the Indians and shipped to St. Louis by Co1. Joseph Shaw, the pioneer of the lead trade. 1795--First Ferry established at St. Louis, by Captain James Piggott. 1798--Charles Dehault Delassus de Deluziere succeeds Zenon Tradeau as Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Louisiana. 1803--Louisiana ceded to the United States. 1804--March 26, "Territory of Orleans" organized; residue of country called "Territory of Louisiana." " --Lewis and Clark set out upon their Western Exploring Expedition. 1808--September 5, Major George C. Sibley established Fort Osage Government Factory on the Missouri. " --July, the "Missouri Gazette," first newspaper west of the Mississippi established at St. Louis by Joseph CharIess. 1809--Governor M. Lewis committed suicide. 1811--December 11, Earthquake at New Madrid. 1812--June 4, Name changed to Territory of Missouri, and advanced to second grade of government. " --December 7, First Session of Legislature convened at St. Louis. 1814--December 5, Second Session of Legislature convened at St. Louis. " --Bank of Missouri chartered. 1815--Second weekly paper established at St. Louis. 1817--Tbe first Steamboat (General Pike) reached St. Louis. " --John Scott, of St, Genevieve, elected first Delegate to Congress. 1818-19--Missouri Compromise passed. 1819--June 8, ExpIoring Expedition under Major Long 1eft St. Louis for Mandan villages and the Yellowstone; failed. 1820--ConstitutionaI Convention at St. Louis. 1821--Admission of Missouri into the Union. 1833--Trouble with the Mormons in Jackson County. 1838--State Capitol commenced. " --Mormon war in Caldwell County. 1852--November 20, First Locomotive west of Mississippi, on Pacific Railroad. 1859--JuIy, Introduction of Horse Railroads in St. Louis. Transcribed from: Missouri As it is in 1867 An Illustrated Historical Gazetteer of Missouri By Nathan H. Parker Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1867 Return to the Missouri State Website
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