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| 1 | 1729 | - 1729: Kaukauna History
Charles de Langlade, son of Augustin de Langlade and Domitelle, sister to the head of the Ottawa, born in Mackinac.
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| 2 | 1745 | - 1745: Kaukauna History
Augsutin de Langlade and his son, Charles, first come to Green Bay.
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| 3 | 1752 | - 1752: Kaukauna History
Charles de Langlade with a force of 200 Ottawa attacks the Miami village of Pickawillany -- signaling the start of the French-Indian (or Seven Year\'s) War.
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| 4 | 1754 | - 1754: Kaukauna History
Charles de Langlade marries Charlotte Ambroisine Bourassa, a daughter from this union marries Pierre Grignon.
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| 5 | 1755 | - 1755: Kaukauna History
De Langlade and his Ottawa are given credit for planning the attack in which Braddock and the English were defeated at Fort Duquesne.
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| 6 | 1759 | - 1759: Kaukauna History
De Langlade and 400 Indians join Montcalm in the defense of Quebec. The French surrender and the French and Indian (SevenYears) War ends.
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| 7 | 1763 | - 1763: Kaukauna History
Charles de Langlade and his son-in-law, Pierre Grignon, open a trading post at Grand Kakalin
- 1763: Kaukauna History
The Treaty of Paris is signed in which Wisconsin becomes a part of the British Empire.
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| 8 | 1764 | - 1764: Kaukauna History
The de Langlade family moves to Green Bay.
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| 9 | 1775 | - 1775: USA History
June 15: George Washington appointed general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.
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| 10 | 1776 | - 1776: USA History
July 4. Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence
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| 11 | 1789 | - 1789: USA History
First President of the US is George Washington 1789-1797 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
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| 12 | 1790 | - 1790: Appleton History
Dominque Ducharme becomes the first person of European descent to live in the Appleton area when he built a home and trading post where the city of Kaukauna is today.
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| 13 | 1791 | - 1791: USA History
Bill of Rights ratified
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| 14 | 1793 | - 1793: Kaukauna History
First recorded sale of land in Wisconsin occurs when Dominique DuCharme buys 1,282 acres of land that is today\'s Kaukauna from Wapisipine and Le Black Tobacco for two barrels of rum.
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| 15 | 1795 | - 1795: Kaukauna History
At this time, Kakalin was a village of over 1,500 inhabitants, mostly Indians and French-Indian traders. One resident is Dan McCrea, a Scotsman married to a Menominee woman, and whose daughter, Nancy would become Augustine\'s wife.
- 1795: Kaukauna History
Pierre Grignon dies, and his son, Augustin, takes charge of the trading post.
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| 16 | 1797 | - 1797: USA History
Second President of the US is John Adams 1797-1801
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| 17 | 1801 | - 1801: USA History
Third President of the US is Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
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| 18 | 1805 | - 1805: Kaukauna History
Augustin Grignon and Nancy McCrea are married.
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| 19 | 1809 | - 1809: USA History
Fourth President of the US is James Madison 1809-1817
- 1809: Kaukauna History
John Jacob Astor founds the American Fur Company
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| 20 | 1812 | - 1812: USA History
War of 1812 begins
- 1812: Kaukauna History
Paul Ducharme leaves Kaukauna for Green Bay because of the uncertainties of the War of 1812
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| 21 | 1813 | - 1813: Kaukauna History
Paul Ducharme sells a portion of the land in Kaukauna, including Dominique\'s cabin to Augustin Grignon.
- 1813: Kaukauna History
Augustine Grignon actually settles in Kaukauna to join his wife, Nancy McCrea, and their children
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| 22 | 1814 | - 1814: Kaukauna History
Treaty of Ghent signed December 24th, ends British rule in Wisconsin.
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