1673. Marquette
1682. De la Salle
1700. Catholic Mission
1719. Charles Claude Du Tisne
1723. Fort Orleans
1724. Black Code
1735. Ste. Genevieve
1738. De la Verendrye
1762. Seven Years’ War.
1764. St. Louis
1776. July 4. US. Birthday!
1803. Louisiana Purchase
1804. Louis & Clark
1808. Mo. Gazette; Fort Osage.
1812. 1st Capitol, St. Louis
1813. 1st Legislature, Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis
1818. Indian Reservation
1819. Civilization Fund; Steamboat
1820. Missouri Compromise; First Governor; 2nd Capitol, St. Charles
1821. Statehood; Santa Fe Trail
1822. MO. State Seal
1824. Bureau of Indian Affairs
1826. 3rd Capitol, Jefferson City
1830. Indian Removal Act
1833. Great Meteoric Shower
1837. Platte Purchase
1838. Trail of Death
1839. Trail of Tears
1841. Oregon Trail
1842. Presbyterian Division
1844. Methodist Division
1845. Baptist Division
1846. Dred Scott Case
1847. Law against teaching Blacks
1849. Gold Rush; Cholera
1850. Fugitive Slave Law; Names in Census; Kansas City.
1852. 600 wagon trains went to Santa Fe
1854-1865. Border War
1857. Railroad
1860. Pony Express
1861-1865. Civil War
1862. Homestead Act.
1863. Emancipation Proclamation; Order No. 11
1864. Presbyterian Division
1865. Drake Constitution (Oath of Loyalty); Black marriages legalized
1868. Kansas City Times
1878. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1880. Kansas City Star
1890. US Frontier closed.
1901. Native American citizenship
1904. World’s Fair
1910. Registry of Births & Deaths
1913. State Flag
1923. State Flower: Hawthorn
1927. State Bird: Bluebird
1945. 33rd US President: Harry S. Truman
1949. State Song: Missouri Waltz
1955. State Tree: Dogwood
1965. St. Louis Arch
1967. State Mineral: Galena; State Rock: Mozarkite
1985. State Insect: Honeybee
1987. State Musical Instrument: Fiddle
1989. State Fossil: Crinoid
1990. State Tree Nut: Black Walnut
1995. State Animal: Mule; State American Folk Dance: Square Dance
1997. State Aquatic Animal: Paddlefish; State Fish: Catfish
2002. State Horse: Foxtrotter
2003. State Grape: Norton/Cynthiana Grape
2004. State Dinosaur: Duckbill
2005. State Amphibian: Bullfrog
2020. Covid lockdown
