Timeline of Ohio History Since Prehistoric Period

The Ohio Company formed in Virginia to settle the Ohio River Valley

1748

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Paleoindian_Period

Treaty of Fort Stanwix - Iroquois ceded all lands south and east of the Ohio River to the British

1768

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_of_Fort_Stanwix_(1784)

The American Revolution

1775

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/American_Revolution

Land Ordinance of 1785 established methods for surveying and dividing land in the Ohio Country

1785

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Land_Ordinance_of_1785

Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance, establishing the Northwest Territory, which included modern-day Ohio

1787

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Northwest_Territory

Ohio Indian Wars

Period: 1790 to 1794

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Ohio_Indian_Wars

Enabling Act set the stage for Congress to admit Ohio to the Union

1802

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Enabling_Act_of_1802

Thomas Worthington presented Ohio constitution to Congress for approval

1802

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Thomas_Worthington

President Jefferson signed legislation making Ohio the seventeenth state of the Union

1803

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Thomas_Jefferson

City of Columbus founded and named as new state capitol

1812

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Columbus,_Ohio

The Ohio Constitution of 1851 adopted

1851

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Ohio_Constitution_of_1851

American Civil War

Period: 1860 to 1865

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/American_Civil_War

Industrialization and Urbanization

Period: 1866 to 1900

Originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, The Ohio State University chartered by the Ohio General Assembly

1870

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Ohio_Agricultural_and_Mechanical_College

The Ohio General Assembly officially adopted Ohio's state flag

1902

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Ohio%27s_State_Flag_(1901)

World War I

Period: 1914 to 1918

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/World_War_I

The Great Depression

Period: 1929 to 1941

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Great_Depression

The World War II entangled the United States and Ohio

Period: 1941 to 1945

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/World_War_II

The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement

Period: 1946 to 1975

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cold_War
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Civil_Rights_Movement

Modern Ohio

Period: 1978 to 2018

Public schools in Columbus, Dayton and Cleveland began busing pupils to eliminate segregation

1979

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Busing