Tennessee Timeline

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  • 1541
    1541

    1541

    Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto is the first European to come tto Tennessee.
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    French and Indian War

  • 1763

    1763

    The British take control from the French after the French and Indian War.
  • 1796

    1796

    Congress makes Tennessee the 16th state of the United States.
  • 1815

    1815

    Andrew Jackson leads Tennessee to victory in the Battle of New Orleans.
  • 1826

    1826

    Nashville is made capital of Tennessee
  • 1828

    1828

    Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.
  • 1844

    1844

    James K. Polk from Tennessee is elected President of the United States.
  • 1861

    1861

    Tennessee is the last of the southern states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
  • 1866

    1866

    Tennessee is readmitted as a state in the Union.
  • 1940

    1940

    President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • 1968

    1968

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.