Template:AfDM
| The Flag of the State of Illinois | The Great Seal of the State of Illinois | |
The Flag of the State of Illinois
|
The Great Seal of the State of Illinois
|
Main article: History of Illinois
The following is a topical outline of the history of the U.S. State of Illinois.
History of Illinois, by period[]
The location of the State of Illinois in the United States of America
An enlargeable map of the State of Illinois
An enlargeable map of the 102 counties of the State of Illinois
- Prehistory of Illinois
- Indigenous peoples
- Mississippian culture
- Cahokia
- Mississippian culture
- Indigenous peoples
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699-1763
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
- British (though predominantly Francophone) Province of Quebec, (1763-1783)-1791
- American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Illinois campaign, July 1778 – February 1779
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783-1787
- Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (1787-1800)-1803
- Territory of Indiana, (1800-1809)-1816
- Territory of Illinois, 1809-1818
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- Peoria War, 1813
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- State of Illinois becomes 21st State admitted to the United States of America on December 3, 1818
- Black Hawk War, 1832
- Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States on March 4, 1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865
- President Lincoln dies in Washington, D.C. on April 15, 1865
- Ulysses S. Grant becomes 18th President of the United States on March 4, 1869
- First Transcontinental Railroad completed on May 10, 1869
- Spanish-American War, April 25 – August 12, 1898
- World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
- United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917
- World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
- United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
- Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
- Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
- Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
- Ronald Reagan becomes 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981
- Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
- Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
- Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001
- Iraq War, since March 20, 2003
- History of marriage in Illinois
- Barack Obama becomes 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009
History of Illinois, by region[]
- By city
- History of Nauvoo, Illinois
- History of Peoria, Illinois
History of Illinois, by subject[]
- [[List of museums in Illinois|Museums in Illinois
See also[]
- United States of America
- State of Illinois
- Outline of Illinois
- State of Illinois
- History of the United States
- History of Illinois
| |||||
Template:US historical outlines Template:Illinois