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(1540 - 1541) Hernando De Soto entered Mississippi; discovered Mississippi River
(1673) French missionary, Father Jacques Marquette, and fur trapper Louis Joliet explored Mississippi River; reaching the Gulf Coast
(1699) Pierre LeMoyne, Jean Baptiste built Fort Maurepas, first capital of French colony on North American continent
(1716) Fort Rosalie (now Natchez) established
(1729) French settlers at Fort Rosalie massacred by Natchez Indians
(1732) French retaliated against Natchez Indians; tribe ceased to exist
(1736) Chickasaw Indians defeated French at battle of Ackia
(1763) Mississippi passed into English control after French and Indian War
(1779) Spanish Louisiana governor, Bernardo Galvez, captured Natchez
(1781 - 1783) Mississippi divided - Spain controlled south; America controlled north
(1797) Spain ceded Mississippi to America
(1798) Mississippi organized as American territory
(1801 - 1802) Natchez Trail developed as mail route, major road; capital moved from Natchez to Washington, Mississippi
(1805) Choctaw sold 4.5 million acres of land to U. S.
(1812) War of 1812 began; Mississippi took control of West Florida territory
(1815) War of 1812 ended
(1816) Treaty with Choctaw Indians opened land around Tombigbee Prairie for settlement
(1817) Mississippi became 20th state; Indian lands opened for white settlement
(1822) State capital moved to Jackson
(1830) All Choctaw territory east of Mississippi River ceded to U. S.; Choctaws left state; all Chickasaw territory in north ceded to U. S.; Chickasaws moved to Oklahoma
(1850) U. S. Congress gave Mississippi three million acres of swamp and overflow land; levees were built along river, created Delta; land available for cultivation; Compromise of 1850 allowed slavery
(1861) Civil War began; Mississippi seceded from Union; Ship Island captured by Union army
(1862) Union captured Corinth
(1863) Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery
(1865) Civil War ended
(1867) U.S. Congress rejected state's reconstructed government; military government established
(1868) Voters rejected biracial constitutional "Black and Tan Convention" which protected rights of ex-slaves, punished ex-Confederates
(1869) Constitution which did not punish ex-Confederates ratified
(1870) Mississippi readmitted to Union; public education established
(1890) New state constitution adopted
(1903) New capitol building dedicated in Jackson
(1907) Boll weevils destroyed cotton crops
(1908) Statewide prohibition adopted
(1922) System of junior colleges authorized by State Legislature (first in the U. S.)
(1927) Mississippi River flooded 2,722,000 acres in Delta area; thousands homeless
(1932) State sales tax became effective
(1939) First oil well drilled in Yazoo County
(1954) Brown vs. Board of Education ruling laid groundwork for desegregation
(1962) James Meredith, first black registrant, entered University of Mississippi
(1964) Civil Rights Act passed outlawing segregation in public places
(1969) Segregation in public schools ended; Hurricane Camille hit causing catastrophic damage
(1976) Savings and loans associations restructured by Legislature to avert financial crisis
(1979) Flooding devastated Jackson and other cities along Pearl River
(1986) Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway completed
(1992) Tornadoes struck, 15 killed, over 300 injured
(2005) Hurricane Katrina caused severe, catastrophic damage along coast; 238 people died, 67 missing and billions of dollars in damages
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