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(1541) Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto, first white man to visit area; claimed area for Spain
(1566) Spaniards built fort near present-day Chattanooga
(1673) James Needham, Gabriel Arthur of England explored Tennessee River Valley
(1682) Shawnee Indians driven out by Cherokees; LaSalle claimed Mississippi Valley territory for France; built Fort Prud'Homme near Memphis
(1714) Charles Charleville established French trading post at French Lick
(1730) Emissary of King George II appointed Chief Moyton "emperor" of Cherokees; England's sovereignty over Cherokees recognized
(1750) Dr. Thomas Walker led group of Virgininians into Tennessee; reached Cumberland River and mountains, named for Duke of Cumberland
(1757) South Carolinians built Fort Loudon on Little Tennessee River
(1754) French and Indian Wars broke out between British and French settlers
(1760) Cherokee Indians captured Fort Loudon, killed garrison and nearby settlers
(1763) French and Indian Wars ended; British won; French surrendered all claims to lands east of Mississippi in Treaty of Paris
(1768) Iroquois Indians ceded Tennessee land claims to English
(1772) Group of settlers formed government, Watauga Association
(1775) Daniel Boone blazed trail from Virginia across mountain at Cumberland Gap to open land for settlement
(1779) Jonesboro became first chartered town, oldest permanent settlement in state
(1780) Samuel Doak, Presbyterian minister, started first school in Tennessee; John Sevier led group of men at Battle of King's Mountain to defeat British; Fort Nashborough (Nashville) founded
(1796) Tennesse became 16th U.S. state
(1812) Eathquake occurred; tidal waves created on Mississippi River, river flowed backward, formed Reelfort Lake area
(1815) Tennessee troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British at Battle of New Orleans
(1818) Western boundary of Tennessee extended to Mississippi River by Chickasaw Treaty
(1826) Nashoba, colony for free blacks, established; failed after four years; capitol moved to Nashville
(1834) State constitution amended, free blacks no longer had voting rights
(1836) Davy Crockett killed at battle at Alamo
(1838) Army evicted Cherokee, sent them to Indian territory on "Trail of Tears"; Tennessee first state to pass temperance law
(1861) Tennessee last state to secede from Union; Civil War began
(1862) Union troops led by Ulysses S. Grant forced unconditional surrender of Fort Donelson; two-day battle fought at Shiloh; General Forrest defeated Union army at Murfreesboro
(1864) Confederate army overwhelmed Fort Pillow
(1865) Civil War ended; Ku Klux Klan formed; Andrew Johnson elected U.S. president
(1866) Tennessee first state readmitted to Union; third state to ratify Fourteenth Amendment to constitution
(1869) President Andrew Jackson impeached; moved to Greeneville
(1878) 5,200 Memphis residents died due to yellow fever epidemic
(1894) Shiloh National Military Park created
(1897) Tennessee Centennial Exposition held in Nashville to celebrate state's 100th birthday
(1900) Locomotive engineer, Casey Jones, died in train crash
(1916) Chattanooga mechanic, Ernest Holmes, invented tow truck
(1918) Train wreck in Nashville killed 101, injured 171
(1920) Women received right to vote
(1925) Trial of evolution teacher, John T. Scopes, the "Monkey Trial", took place in Dayton
(1928) Fort Donelson National Battlefield established
(1933) Federal government established Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); built first hydroelectric dams in Tennessee
(1939) "Grand Ole Opry" began radio broadcasts
(1940) Great Smoky Mountain National Park dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt
(1942) Development of first atomic bomb (Manhattan Project) began at Oak Ridge
(1955) "Grand Ole Opry" began television broadcasts
(1960) Students held sit-in demonstrations at Nashville lunch counters
(1968) James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis; Roy Orbison's sons died in fire in home in Hendersonville
(1976) Alex Haley won Pulitzer Price for "Roots"
(1977) Elvis Presley died in Memphis
(1982) World's fair held in Knoxville; Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion opened to public
(1985) General Motors opened new Saturn assembly plant in Spring Hill
(1991) National Civil Rights Museum opened
(1992) Al Gore elected vice president of United States
(1996) Al Gore elected to second term
(1997) Tennessee Titans (former Houston Oilers) began playing
(1998) University of Tennessee football team became national champions
(2002) Former Nashville Mayor, Phil Bredesen, elected Governor; National Rights Museum in Memphis opened new $11 million addition
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