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First European to explore Arkansas, De Soto is from Spain.
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France cedes the Louisiana Territory, including Arkansas, to Spain, but French soldiers continue to man Arkansas Post.
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The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France, which had retaken it from Spain as part of the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
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The Quapaw cede their lands between the Red and Arkansas rivers.
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Arkansas, which has been part of Missouri Territory since 1812, is detached and made a territory. November 20: Arkansas Gazette, the first newspaper in Arkansas, published.
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The capital moves from Arkansas Post to Little Rock.
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Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836, with Little Rock as its capital.
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Diamonds found near Murfreesboro, which becomes the site of the only diamond mine in the United States.
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The Mississippi River floods one-fifth of the state, leaving a plethora of destruction
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President Eisenhower had to send US troops to help African Americans attend Central High School in Little Rock.
