Colonial America
Colonial Events in Kentucky
56 events, page 1 of 2 - 1492 to early statehood
9,500 BC
Earliest Human Occupation of Kentucky
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
1,800 BC
Shift from Hunter-Gatherer to Agriculture
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
1,000 BC
Introduction of Pottery in Kentucky
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
450 BC
Construction of Earthen Burial Mounds Begins
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
200 BC
Maize Cultivation Migrates to Eastern United States
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
900
Emergence of Mississippian Culture in Kentucky
Kentucky · Other · Pre-Columbian
1000
Wickliffe Mounds Settlement Period
Kentucky · Settlement · Pre-Columbian
1050
Angel Chiefdom Founded
Kentucky · Founding · Pre-Columbian
1669
La Salle Visits Falls of the Ohio River
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1670
Beaver Wars Disrupt Kentucky Tribes
Kentucky · Other · Colonial Period
1673
Marquette and Jolliet Reach Ohio River Mouth
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1673
Arthur and Needham Expedition into Kentucky Region
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1701
Great Peace of Montreal Ends Beaver Wars
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1701
Nanfan Treaty Cedes Iroquois Lands to British
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1718
Eskippakithiki Native American Settlement Established
Kentucky · Settlement · Colonial Period
1718
Eskippakithiki Shawnee Village Established
Kentucky · Settlement · Colonial Period
1739
Le Moyne Expedition Discovers Big Bone Lick
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1750
Walker and Gist Survey Eastern Kentucky
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1750
Thomas Walker Discovers Coal in Kentucky
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1751
Christopher Gist Maps Ohio River Area
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1763
Treaty of Paris Ends French Claim to Kentucky
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1767
Daniel Boone's First Kentucky Hunting Expedition
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1767
Daniel Boone's First Kentucky Expedition
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1768
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1768
Treaty of Fort Stanwix Cedes Kentucky Lands
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1769
Boone Expedition Through Cumberland Gap
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1770
Treaty of Lochaber Transfers Cherokee Claims
Kentucky · Treaty · Colonial Period
1774
Battle of Point Pleasant Ends Lord Dunmore's War
Kentucky · Battle · Colonial Period
1774
Lord Dunmore's War
Kentucky · Battle · Colonial Period
1774
Harrodsburg Founded as Early Kentucky Settlement
Kentucky · Founding · Colonial Period
1774
Harrod's Town Founded as First English Settlement West of Alleghenies
Kentucky · Settlement · Colonial Period
1775
Wilderness Road Cut and Boonesborough Founded
Kentucky · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1775
Transylvania Purchase from Cherokee
Kentucky · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1775
Lexington, Kentucky Founded and Named
Kentucky · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1775
Wilderness Road Blazed Through Cumberland Gap
Kentucky · Expedition · Revolutionary Era
1776
Virginia Creates Kentucky County
Kentucky · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1776
Fincastle County Abolished, Kentucky County Created
Kentucky · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1777
John Bowman Appointed County Lieutenant of Kentucky
Kentucky · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1777
Treaty of DeWitt's Corner Cedes Cherokee Lands
Kentucky · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1777
Creation of Virginia's Kentucke County
Kentucky · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1778
Louisville Founded by George Rogers Clark
Kentucky · Settlement · Revolutionary Era
1778
George Rogers Clark Establishes Corn Island Settlement
Kentucky · Settlement · Revolutionary Era
1778
Virginia Voids Transylvania Company Land Claims
Kentucky · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1782
Battle of Blue Licks
Kentucky · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1783
Treaty of Paris Ends Revolutionary War
Kentucky · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1783
North Carolina Nullifies Transylvania Land Grant
Kentucky · Legislation · Revolutionary Era
1784
First Kentucky Constitutional Convention at Danville
Kentucky · Founding · Early Republic
1790
First African Baptist Church Founded in Lexington
Kentucky · Founding · Early Republic
1792
Kentucky Admitted as 15th State
Kentucky · Admission To Union · Early Republic
1792
Kentucky Admitted to the Union
Kentucky · Admission To Union · Early Republic
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