Timeline of Chicago history

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Prior to 19th century[]

  • 1673: French-Canadian explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, on their way to Québec, pass through the area that will become Chicago.
  • 1677, Father Claude Allouez arrived to try to convert the natives to Christianity
  • 1682: French explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, passes through Chicago en route to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
  • 1696: Jesuit missionary founds the Mission of the Guardian Angel. It is abandoned four years later.
  • 1705: Conflicts develop between French traders and the Fox tribe of Native Americans.
  • 1780s: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable establishes Chicago's first permanent settlement near the mouth of the Chicago River.
  • 1795: Six square miles (16 km2) of land at the mouth of the Chicago River are reserved by the Treaty of Greenville for use by the United States.
  • 1796: Kittahawa, du Sable's Potawatomi Indian wife, delivers , Chicago's first recorded birth.

19th century[]

1800s-1840s[]

  • 1803: The United States Army orders the construction of Ft. Dearborn by Major John Whistler. It is built near the mouth of the Chicago River.
  • 1812.
  • 1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearborn is rebuilt.
  • 1818: December 3, Illinois joins the Union and becomes a state.
  • 1830
    • August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson.
  • 1833 Chicago incorporated as a town.
  • 1837
    • Chicago incorporated as a city.
    • C.D. Peacock jewelers was founded. It is the oldest Chicago business still operating today.
    • Chicago receives its first charter.[1]
    • Rush Medical College is founded two days before the city was chartered. It is the first medical school in the state of Illinois which is still operating.
  • 1840
    • July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for the rape and murder of Lucretia Thompson, a farmer's wife.
    • Population: 4,470.[2]
  • 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published.
  • 1848

1850s-1890s[]

20th century[]

1900s-1940s[]

See also: Chicago in the 1930s

1950s-1990s[]

21st century[]

  • 2001:
    • is opened.
    • Boeing moves its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago
  • 2002: Lakeview Polar Bear Club founded (now known as the Chicago Polar Bear Club).
  • 2003
  • 2004: Millennium Park opens.[50]
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2008: November 4, US President-elect Barack Obama makes his victory speech in Grant Park.
  • 2010
    • June 28: US supreme court case McDonald v. City of Chicago decided; overturns city handgun ban.[46]
    • Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.
    • City of Chicago Data Portal launched.[3]
  • 2011
    • February 2: 900 cars abandoned on Lake Shore Drive due to Blizzard.
    • March 30: Last of Cabrini Green towers torn down.
    • Rahm Emanuel becomes mayor.
    • Population: 8,707,120; metro 17,504,753.[52]
  • 2012
    • 38th G8 summit and 2012 Chicago Summit are to take place in Chicago.
    • The first of an ongoing franchise of NBC Chicago-set dramas, Chicago Fire, makes its world premiere on WMAQ
  • 2013
  • 2014:
    • January: Chiberia
    • August: Archer Daniels Midland completes its headquarters move from Decatur to the Loop.
    • November 2: Wallenda performs high-wire stunt.[53]
  • 2015
    • 606 linear park opens.
    • Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup yet again for the third time in six years, establishing a "puck dynasty" nationwide and arguably becoming the best team in the NHL.
    • Video of the Shooting of Laquan McDonald is released by court order, and protests ensue.
  • 2016:
    • June 16: McDonald's announces it will move its headquarters from Oak Brook to the West Loop by 2018.
    • ConAgra completes its headquarters move from Omaha to the Merchandise Mart.
    • November 2: Cubs win the world series.
  • 2017
    • January 21: Women's protest against U.S. president Trump.[54]
    • City approves public high school "" graduation requirement (to be effected 2020).[55]
  • 2018: Walgreens announces the move of its headquarters from Deerfield, including 2,000 jobs, to the Old Chicago Main Post Office.
  • 2019
    • May 20: Lori Lightfoot becomes the first female African-American mayor of Chicago.
  • 2020
    • March 16: First Chicago death due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot issue a stay at home order.

See also[]

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Further reading[]

Main article: Bibliography of Chicago history

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