The History Of Ohio

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    The Beginning the Colonial Period in the New World.

    Christopher Colombus rediscovered the Americas for Europeans.
  • Period: Oct 12, 1492 to

    Exploration

  • Discovery of the Ohio river

    René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle discovers the Ohio river. He was the first european to do so.

  • Settlers

    Settlers kill 90 Native Americans.

  • Ohio University

    Ohio University
    19 Apr 1804 Ohio University in Athens began.

  • Native Americans

    The last Native Americans leave the state.

  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant is the first person from Ohio to be elected president.

  • Ohio Department of Natural Resources. 

    1949: The General Assembly created the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. 

  • Ohio civil rights commission.

    1959: The General Assembly created the Ohio civil rights commission.

  • The Flood

    The Scioto River floods.

  • John Glenn

    John Glenn is the oldest astronaut to go in to space.