1673 During their voyage down the Mississippi River
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1673 During their voyage down the Mississippi River, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to set foot on land that would later become Missouri. Timeline
1750 Approximate date of the founding of Ste. Genevieve, the first permanent white settlement. Timeline
1764 City of St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest on February 15. Timeline
1803 The Louisiana Purchase was signed on April 30. Timeline
1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition set out from Louis on May 14 Timeline St.
1811 The New Madrid Earthquake, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental United States of America, occurred on December 16. Timeline
1817 The steamboat Zebulon M. Pike, the first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River above the mouth of the Ohio River reached St. Louis on August 2. Timeline
1820 Missouri’s first Constitution was adopted on July 19. Timeline
1821 Missouri was admitted as the 24 th state on August 10. Timeline
1826 Jefferson City was designated Missouri’s permanent seat of government. Timeline
1837 Missouri’s first capitol in Jefferson City was destroyed by fire on November 15. Timeline
1839 The University of Missouri, the first state university west of the Mississippi River, opened April 14. Timeline
1860 The Pony Express started its first run from St. Joseph to Sacramento, California on April 3. Timeline
1865 Slavery was abolished in Missouri by an ordinance of immediate emancipation, making Missouri the first slave state to emancipate its slaves. Timeline
1866 The Missouri Historical Society was organized in St. Louis on August 11. Timeline
1873 Susan Blow opened the first public kindergarten in the United States in St. Louis. Timeline
1874 The Eads Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River, was opened in St. Louis on July 4. Timeline
1882 Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford in St. Joseph on April 3. Timeline
1901 The first State Fair held at Sedalia opened on September 9. Timeline
1904 The 1904 World’s Fair opened in St. Louis on April 30. Timeline
1911 Missouri State Capitol was completely destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning on February 5. Timeline
1927 Charles Lindbergh landed the "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris on May 21. Timeline
1945 U. S. Vice President Harry S. Truman, from Independence, became President upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12. Timeline
1946 Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of England, delivered his "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton’s Westminster College on March 5. Timeline
1965 The Gateway Arch was completed. Timeline
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- Anton van leeuwenhoek 1673
- 1673 anton van leeuwenhoek
- Voyage voyage
- Le voyage chanson
- Chapter 5 lesson 1 physical geography of the united states
- Mississippi river
- States east of the mississippi
- Major us rivers
- Pacific ocean facts
- Mississippi river
- Mississippi river length
- Mississippi river
- In 1814 i took a little trip
- I am the river and the river is me
- Green river watershed
- Chester children's chorus down in the river
- Why doesn’t air pressure crush your desk?
- Spirit break out heaven come down
- I fled him down the nights and down the days
- Hands on your hips
- There's a place where mercy reigns
- An almond or lens-shaped cloud which appears stationary
- The tyger industrial revolution
- Romeo and juliet opening
- Chụp tư thế worms-breton
- Bổ thể