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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1754 | - 1754: Kaukauna History
Charles de Langlade marries Charlotte Ambroisine Bourassa, a daughter from this union marries Pierre Grignon.
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| 3 | 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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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 1764 | - 1764: Kaukauna History
The de Langlade family moves to Green Bay.
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| 7 | 1775 | - 1775: USA History
June 15: George Washington appointed general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.
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| 8 | 1776 | - 1776: USA History
July 4. Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence
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| 9 | 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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| 10 | 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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| 11 | 1791 | - 1791: USA History
Bill of Rights ratified
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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 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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| 14 | 1797 | - 1797: USA History
Second President of the US is John Adams 1797-1801
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| 15 | 1801 | - 1801: USA History
Third President of the US is Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
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| 16 | 1805 | - 1805: Kaukauna History
Augustin Grignon and Nancy McCrea are married.
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| 17 | 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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| 18 | 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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| 19 | 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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| 20 | 1814 | - 1814: Kaukauna History
Treaty of Ghent signed December 24th, ends British rule in Wisconsin.
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| 21 | 1816 | - 1816: Kaukauna History
Augustin Grignon builds a grist mill on his property, and a sawmill shortly after.
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| 22 | 1817 | - 1817: USA History
Fifth President of the US is James Monroe 1817-1825
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| 23 | 1818 | - 26 Oct 1818: Wisconsin History
October 26, 1818: Wisconsin was divided into three counties when it was part of the Michigan Territory. The northern county was named Michilimackinac County, the eastern county was named Brown County and the western county was named Crawford County.
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| 24 | 1822 | - 1822: Appleton History
Eleazar Williams led a group of New York Indians to their new reservation west of Green Bay.
- 1822: Kaukauna History
The Stockbridge and Munee tribes settle on the south side of the river at Statesburg.
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| 25 | 1824 | - 1824: Kaukauna History
the first real road to be opened in Wisconsin was laid out in 1824 along the east side of the Fox, from Green Bay to Kaukauna.
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| 26 | 1825 | - 1825: USA History
Sixth President of the US is John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
- 1825: Kaukauna History
Daniel Whitney builds a sawmill on the south side of Kaukauna almost opposite Grignon\'s.
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| 27 | 1827 | - 1827: Appleton History
At a site on Little Lake Butte des Morts, Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass negotiated a treaty with the Indian leaders that gave the United States government control over almost all of the Fox River Valley.
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| 28 | 1828 | - 1828: Kaukauna History
In spring, Rev. Jesse Miner arrives to minister to the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes living in Statesburg on the south side of the river.
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| 29 | 1829 | - 1829: USA History
Seventh President of the US is Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
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| 30 | 1830 | - 1830: Kaukauna History
Augustin and Nancy Grignon leave Kaukauna for their holdings in Buttes des Morts. Their sons, Charles and Alexander take over the business and family homestead.
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| 31 | 1832 | - 1832: Kaukauna History
The Black Hawk War.
- 14 Jul 1832: Wisconsin History
July 14, 1832: Congress appropriated $5,000 for surveying the route of what became the Military Road, connecting forts Crawford, Winnebago and Howard. James Doty and Alexander Center surveyed the road in 1832. It was built, in part, by troops under the command of Zachary Taylor. The 234-mile road cost $12,000.
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| 32 | 1834 | - 1834: Appleton History
The United States government made the first survey of the Fox River Valley, beginning with the area south of the river.
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| 33 | 1835 | - 1835: Appleton History
Hippolyte Paul Grignon built his home and trading post
- 1835: Appleton History
Walter L. Newberry and Joshua Hathaway, Jr., land speculators from Chicago and Milwaukee, became the first to buy land that would one day be a part of Appleton.
- 1835: Kaukauna History
Dam dug at DePere -- one of the first construction projects which was part of the Fox River Locks system
- 1835: Kaukauna History
Paul Beaulieu settles on the south side of Kaukauna (on the hill east of Konkapot Creek). He and James Boyd, a son-in-law to George Lawe, buy and operate Whitney\'s sawmill.
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| 34 | 1836 | - 1836: Appleton History
Wis. Territorial Governor Henry Dodge, representing the U.S. government, purchased about four million acres of NE Wisconsin from the native Indians.
- 1836: Kaukauna History
Paul Ducharme sells the remainder of his Kaukauna holdings to Judge John Lawe to cove his debts to Lawe. Lawe in turn gives the holdings to his son, George.
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| 35 | 1837 | - 1837: Kaukauna History
Charles Grignon builds his mansion in the woods as a gift for his bride
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| 36 | 1839 | - 1839: Kaukauna History
The village of Kaukauna is incorporated
- 1839: Kaukauna History
George Lawe moves to Kaukauna, builds a home, opens a trading post and a farm.
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| 37 | 1841 | - 1841: USA History
Ninth President of the US is William Henry Harrison 1841
- 1841: USA History
Tenth President of the US is John Tyler 1841-1845
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| 38 | 1842 | - 1842: Kaukauna History
Nancy Grignon dies at age 53 at Buttes de Morts.
- 1842: Kaukauna History
Immigrant Michael Klein who born in Germany in 1803, settles on the south bank.
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| 39 | 1843 | - 1843: Appleton History
The U.S. government began surveying the land north of the Fox River.
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| 40 | 1844 | - 1844: Appleton History
Eleazar Williams made a loan agreement with Amos A. Lawrence, using his wife\'s land on the Fox River for collateral. Williams later defaulted on the loan, and Mr. Lawrence took possession of the property.
- 1844: Kaukauna History
Immigrant Peter Deidrich, born in Holland, settles and operates a ferry service directly across from Michael Klein farm.
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| 41 | 1845 | - 1845: Appleton History
1845 Paul Grignon bought the land on which he had lived for the past ten years, becoming the first to purchase land north of the Fox River that would one day be a part of Appleton.
- 1845: Appleton History
1845 The Reverend Reeder Smith met with Amos A. Lawrence to discuss establishing a college on the Eleazar Williams property in Wisconsin.
- 1845: Appleton History
1846 Bela Murch became the first farmer to settle in what is now Appleton on November 6.
- 1845: Irish History
1845-1849 The Irish Potato Famine: Many Irish emigrate to America and the population of Ireland drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration
- 1845: USA History
Eleventh President of the US is James Knox Polk 1845-1849
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| 42 | 1846 | - 1846: USA History
Mexican-American War begins
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| 43 | 1847 | - 1847: Appleton History
1847 Reeder Smith purchased land on behalf of Amos A. Lawrence as a site for the Lawrence Institute.
- 1847: Appleton History
1847 The Wisconsin Territorial Legislature granted a charter to the Lawrence Institute on January 17.
- 1847: USA History
Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War
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| 44 | 1848 | - 1848: Appleton History
1848 On August 4, Rev. Reeder Smith, Rev. William H. Sampson, Joel S. Wright, a surveyor, and Henry Blood, a Methodist volunteer, moved onto the Lawrence Institute land and began laying out the plots for the school and for a village.
- 1848: Appleton History
1848 The name Appleton\ was first used for the tiny village that was growing around the Lawrence Institute. The village was named to honor Sarah Appleton
- 1848: Appleton History
1848 Wisconsin entered the union as the 30th state on May 29.
- 1848: Appleton History
1848 Wisconsin Methodist Church leaders raised the $10,000 necessary to match Amos A. Lawrence\'s gift of $10,000 to endow the Lawrence Institute.
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Bef 1749 - Bef 1849 (~ 100 years)
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