-
Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle, explores the Ohio region for France.
-
The French and Indian War ends.
-
Ohio becomes part of the Northwest Territory.
-
Marietta, the first settlement in the Ohio Territory, is founded.
-
United States Army defeats Native American forces at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
-
The Treaty of Greenville gives the United States claim to most Native American lands in the Northwest Territory.