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(1673) French explorers, Jolliet and Marquette explored the area for the King of France
(1682) LaSalle explored Mississippi River, claimed the river and land for King of France
(1762) King of France transferred claim to the land to the King of Spain during Seven Years' War
(1788) Julien Dubuque became first white settler in Iowa
(1800) Spain transferred land back to France during Napoleonic Wars in Europe
(1803) United States acquired Iowa in Louisiana Purchase
(1804) Lewis and Clark expedition arrived; only death on the expedition occurred
(1808) U.S. Army built Fort Madison
(1811) New Madrid fault caused earthquakes in central Iowa
(1813) Troops abandoned and burned Fort Madison
(1820) Missouri Compromise made Iowa non-slave territory
(1832) Black Hawk War ended; Sauk tribe forced to cede land west of Mississippi River
(1833) Iowa Territory opened for settlement
(1834) Patrick O'Connor first person hung in Iowa
(1846) Nearly 20,000 Mormons crossed Iowa; Iowa admitted to Union as 29th state
(1847) Dutch immigrants arrived at Pella
(1856) First train from Chicago arrived Iowa City; band of Sioux indians massacred settlers at Spirit Lake
(1857) State capital moved to Des Moines from Iowa City
(1858) First legislative session held in Des Moines
(1867) Grasshopper invasion occurred, crops damaged; first railroad completed through Iowa
(1890) Huge meteor struck ground 11 miles northwest of Forest City
(1893) Pomeroy tornado struck Calhoun County, destroyed 80% of homes, killed 71 and injured 200
(1901) Record temperature of 113 degrees set in Sigourney
(1907) Last lynching occurred
(1909) Earthquake felt in eastern Iowa
(1912) Record low temperature of -47 degrees set in Washta
(1913) Keokuk Dam completed; Martin Block Coal Co. produced largest single piece of coal - 2,445 pounds
(1916) Prohobition closed Iowa breweries
(1920) Devil's Backbone designated Iowa's first state park
(1928) Herbert Hoover elected president of U.S.
(1935) First Heisman Trophy presented to Iowan, Jay Berwanger
(1940) Henry Agard Wallace elected vice president of U.S.
(1942) Five Sullivan brothers killed in World War II
(1949) Effigy Mounds National Monument designated
(1954) Governor William S. Beardsley killed in automobile accident
(1965) Herbert Hoover National Historic Site established
(1983) Last Maytag wringer washer produced
(1991) Riverboat gambling legalized
(1993) Flooding caused more than $2 billion in damages
(1998) Derecho in Washington, Iowa caused wind gusts of 123 mph
(1999) New state slogan "Fields of Opportunites" selected
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