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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)

Sources

Wikipedia: History of Ohio, Beaver Wars, Fort Ancient, Lord Dunmore's War, Northwest Indian War, Toledo War