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Missouri History Timeline 1673-1965

Missouri History Timeline 1673-1965. 1673. During their voyage down the Mississippi River, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to set foot on land that would later become Missouri. Timeline. 1750.

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Missouri History Timeline 1673-1965

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  1. Missouri History Timeline 1673-1965

  2. 1673 • During their voyage down the Mississippi River, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to set foot on land that would later become Missouri. Timeline

  3. 1750 • Approximate date of the founding of Ste. Genevieve, the first permanent white settlement. Timeline

  4. 1764 • City of St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest on February 15. Timeline

  5. 1803 • The Louisiana Purchase was signed on April 30. Timeline

  6. 1804 • The Lewis and Clark Expedition set out from St. Louis on May 14 Timeline

  7. 1811 • The New Madrid Earthquake, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental United States of America, occurred on December 16. Timeline

  8. 1817 • The steamboat Zebulon M. Pike, the first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River above the mouth of the Ohio River reached St. Louis on August 2. Timeline

  9. 1820 • Missouri’s first Constitution was adopted on July 19. Timeline

  10. 1821 • Missouri was admitted as the 24th state on August 10. Timeline

  11. 1826 • Jefferson City was designated Missouri’s permanent seat of government. Timeline

  12. 1837 • Missouri’s first capitol in Jefferson City was destroyed by fire on November 15. Timeline

  13. 1839 • The University of Missouri, the first state university west of the Mississippi River, opened April 14. Timeline

  14. 1860 • The Pony Express started its first run from St. Joseph to Sacramento, California on April 3. Timeline

  15. 1865 • Slavery was abolished in Missouri by an ordinance of immediate emancipation, making Missouri the first slave state to emancipate its slaves. Timeline

  16. 1866 • The Missouri Historical Society was organized in St. Louis on August 11. Timeline

  17. 1873 • Susan Blow opened the first public kindergarten in the United States in St. Louis. Timeline

  18. 1874 • The Eads Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River, was opened in St. Louis on July 4. Timeline

  19. 1882 • Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford in St. Joseph on April 3. Timeline

  20. 1901 • The first State Fair held at Sedalia opened on September 9. Timeline

  21. 1904 • The 1904 World’s Fair opened in St. Louis on April 30. Timeline

  22. 1911 • Missouri State Capitol was completely destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning on February 5. Timeline

  23. 1927 • Charles Lindbergh landed the "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris on May 21. Timeline

  24. 1945 • U.S. Vice President Harry S. Truman, from Independence, became President upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12. Timeline

  25. 1946 • Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of England, delivered his "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton’s Westminster College on March 5. Timeline

  26. 1965 • The Gateway Arch was completed. Timeline

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