 700 A.D. - 1200 A.D.: Mound Builders Indians: live on the Ohio River near Evansville
1614-1671: Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Quebec, is the first of many French explorers to reach the area, most claiming the land for France
1728-32: The French establish Vincennes on the Wabash River, and it becomes the first European settlement in the area
1752: A smallpox outbreak devastates the local Indian population
1763: After a decisive victory in the French and Indian War, the British now control the land
1778: During the American Revolutionary War, George Rogers Clark, with a small band of men, capture the British fort at Vincennes
1779: The British surrender Fort Sackville
1783: A far-reaching treaty signed in Paris gives the entire area to the United States
1800: Indiana Territory established, and Vincennes was made capital city
1811: After minor uprisings, the Indian Chief Tecumseh and his forces were decisively defeated in the Battle of Tippecanoe
1814: The War of 1812 ends, and a broad-based treaty with the remaining Indians is reached
1816: Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. State
1816: Abraham Lincoln moves to Indiana with his family
1825: The state's capital is relocated to Indianapolis
1842: The University of Notre Dame is founded in South Bend
1889: Standard Oil Company build a huge oil refinery in Whiting, on the shores of Lake Michigan
1906: The city of Gary is created by U.S. Steel Corporation's new plant
1911: The inaugural running of the Indianapolis 500 occurs
1937: The Ohio Rivers flooding severely damages southern Indiana
1956: After years of construction, the Northern Indiana Tool Road is finished
1963: The Studebaker Automobile Corporation ends its auto production in their South Bend plant
1988: J. Danford "Dan" Quale, Indiana's junior senator, is elected U.S. Vice President
(1998) Explosion at Southern Energy Co. in Hammond killed 16
(1999) Lilly Endowment Inc. presented $50 million grant to Hispanic Scholarship Fund
(2001) Cicero's town president, nine others, charged with stealing $10 million in taxpayer monies; Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh, executed at Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute
(2003) Governor Frank O'Bannon suffered massive stroke, died
(2004) Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning broke Dan Marino's pass record
(2005) Measles outbreak among school children; tornado struck Evansville, 22 killed, 200 injured
(2007) Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI
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