Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Basic timeline of Ohio


This post is a basic timeline of Ohio. There are 23 events listed below chronologically.

  • Adena culture (800 BC)
  • Hopewell culture (100 - 400 AD)
  • Fort Ancient culture (1000 - 1750)
  • Iroquoians, Algonquian and Siouan tribes (c. 1600)
  • French explorers reach Ohio (17th century)
  • Beaver Wars (1609 - 1701)
  • Ohio Country becomes part of New France (1663)
  • George Washington loses the Battle of Fort Necessity (1754)
  • France cedes Ohio to Great Britain (1763)
  • Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)
  • Lord Dunmore's War (1774)
  • American Revolution (1775 - 1783)
  • Becomes part of Illinois Country, Virginia (1778 - 1782)
  • Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecticut cede land claims to Ohio (1784 - 1789)
  • Northwest Indian War (1786 - 1795)
  • Northwest Territory established (1787)
  • Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794)
  • Ohio becomes the 17th state in the United States (1803)
  • War of 1812
  • Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
  • Indian Removal Act (1830)
  • Toledo War (1835 - 1836)
  • American Civil War (1861 - 1865)

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