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Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in Illinois history. Around 5000 BCE, native American tribes hunt in the Illinois region. By 650 B.C. they have establish the settlement of Chahokia. The civilization vanishes around 1400 for unknown reasons.
1 gru 2020 · A lot has happened since Chicago published its first issue 50 years ago this month. Mayors have toppled the status quo, championships have been won and lost (and won again), a blizzard paralyzed...
The history of Illinois may be defined by several broad historical periods, namely, the pre-Columbian period, the era of European exploration and colonization, its development as part of the American frontier, its early statehood period, growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary Illinois of today.
1763: The Illinois Country falls to British Troops after the defeat of New France. 1775: The Revolutionary War begins with America declaring independence from Britain. 1778: The Illinois Campaign is born under the command of George Rogers Clark to lead the fight against major British outposts scattered across the country.
6 kwi 2024 · In the 1960s, Chicago witnessed pivotal events that reshaped its social and physical landscape. You’ll see how Martin Luther King Jr.’s activism echoed through the city and learn about an engineering feat that reversed the flow of the Chicago River.
1960-1969. Leo Koch, circa 1955. 1960. The Committee for Liberal Action (CLA) formed to “fight student and administration apathy.” The group placed stickers protesting racial discrimination in store windows, and staged a sit-in at Walgreens. Biology instructor Leo Koch was fired after writing letter to the Daily Illini endorsing premarital sex.
The Baby Boom & Beyond | 1953 – 1979 - Mapping History. The Baby Boomers hit the U of I campus like an earthquake. Their sheer numbers forced University administrators to build additional facilities and to enlarge the campus, creating the “Big U” that we have today.
