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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]
Four historical events are commemorated by the four red stars on Chicago's flag: The United States' Fort Dearborn, established at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1803; the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which destroyed much of the city; the World Columbian Exposition of 1893, by which Chicago celebrated its recovery from the fire; and the ...
An early western outpost of the United States, Fort Dearborn, was established in 1803 (at the site of present-day Chicago), and the creation of the Illinois Territory followed on February 3, 1809. Statehood
The Illinois Country (French: Pays des Illinois [pɛ.i dez‿i.ji.nwa]; lit. ' land of the Illinois people '; Spanish: País de los ilinueses), also referred to as Upper Louisiana (French: Haute-Louisiane [ot.lwi.zjan]; Spanish: Alta Luisiana), was a vast region of New France claimed in the 1600s that later fell under Spanish and British control before becoming what is now part of the ...
Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, and abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement. 1498: Santo Domingo: Distrito Nacional: Dominican Republic Capital of the Dominican Republic. Oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in the Americas. Founded in 1498, by Bartholomew Columbus. 1502
1873: Chicago Public Library established. [6] 1875: Holy Name Cathedral dedicated. [6] 1877 Bohemian National Cemetery was founded. Railroad strike. [12] 1876 Chicago White Stockings Art Institute of Chicago As seen from Michigan Ave. 1878 Art Institute of Chicago established. Conservator newspaper begins publication. [13] [14] 1879: Art ...
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A Scottish entrepreneur established a colony of 1,225 immigrants in the largest colonization attempt in the US. ... Chicago: Illinois: ... Illinois: United States [41 ...