12,000 YEARS AGO- MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAS BORN. |
10,000 YEARS AGO- FIRST HUMANS IN UPPER MISSISSIPPI |
6,000 BC - HUNTERS SLAUGHTER GIANT BISON. |
1,000 BC- HOPEWELL CULTURE DOMINATES AREA |
HERNANDO DE SOTO WAS THE FIRST KNOWN EUROPEAN TO ENTER MISSISSIPPI.
1673-JACQUES MARQUETTE AND LOUIS JOLIET BEGIN EXPLORATION OFF THE MISSISSIPPI.
1680-LOUIS HENNEPIN SEES THE FALLS STANTHONY.
1682-ROBERT CAVALIER DE LA SALLE NAVIGATES AND CLAIMS FOR FRANCE ALL LANDS.
1699- PIERRE LEMOYNE BUILT FORT MAUREPEND- FIRST CAPITAL OF FRENCH COLONY.
18TH CENTURY
1700- FRENCH FUR TRADING BEGINS.
1716-FORT ROSALIE IS ESTABLISHED.
1729-FRENCH SETTLERS IS FIGHTING WITH NATCHEZ INDIANS.
1732- NATCHEZ INDIANS CEASE TO EXIST AS A TRIBE.
1763-1779-ENGLISH DOMINATON.
1763- MISSISSIPPI PASSES TO ENGLISH CONTROL.
1779-1798-SPANISH DOMINATION.
1779-BERNARDO GALVEZ CAPTURES NATCHEZ.
1781-1783-SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI COMES UNDER SPANISH CONTROL.
1797-SPAIN GIVES CONTROL OF NATCHES TO AMERICA.
1798-THE SPANISH WITHDRAWAL FROM MISSISSIPPI.IT IS ORGANIZED AS AN AMERICAN TERRITORY.
1801-MISSISSIPPI ADVANCES TO THE STAGE OF TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
1801-1802-NATCHES TRACE DEVELOPED AS A MAIL ROUTE.WASHINGTON BECOME TERRITORIAL CAPITAL.
1803-LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
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