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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