(1763) France ceded all lands in North America east of Mississippi River to Great Britain in Treaty of Paris; Ottawa Indians, led by Chief Pontiac, led revolt against British, captured all forts in Michigan except Detroit
(1787) Michigan became part of Northwest Territory in Northwest Ordinance of 1787
(1796) British evacuated Detroit, other posts now under terms of Jay Treaty; Wayne County established as administrative division of Northwest Territory
1800's
(1805) Michigan Territory created, seat of government established in Detroit; much of Detroit destroyed by fire
(1812) War of 1812; Detroit, Fort Mackinac surrendered to British
(1813) American forces retook Detroit
(1819) Ojibwe, Ottawa, Potawatomi Indians ceded more than six million acres in Lower Peninsula to United States; Indians began mass exodus to the south
(1824) Chicago Road surveyed between Fort Dearborn and Detroit
(1835) Conflict with Ohio (Toledo War) over border; Ohio granted lands around Toledo, Michigan received entire Upper Peninsula
(1837) Michigan became 26th U. S. state
(1842) Copper mining began near Keweenaw Point; last Indian lands ceded in Michigan by treaty
(1844) Iron ore discovered in Upper Peninsula
(1847) Lansing named State Capital; Dutch Calvinist separatists founded Holland, Michigan
(1854) Republic Party organized at Jackson
(1855) Soo Canal and Locks opened, linked Lake Superior with Lake Huron
(1861 - 1865) Civil War; over 90,000 men from Michigan served
(1871) Fires in Port Huron, Holland and Manistee killed 200, burned over 1.2 million acres
(1881) Great "Thumb Fire" (Huron Fire) killed 282 people, damages $2,347,000, was first natural disaster served by American Red Cross
(1896) Charles King of Detroit first person to design, build, test drive gasoline-powered automobile
(1899) Ransom E. Olds established first automobile factory in Detroit
