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Main article: History of Illinois
The following is a topical outline of the history of the U.S. State of Illinois.
History of Illinois, by period[]
- Prehistory of Illinois
- Indigenous peoples
- Mississippian culture
- Cahokia
- Mississippian culture
- Indigenous peoples
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699-1763
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
- British (though predominantly Francophone) Province of Quebec, (1763-1783)-1791
- American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Illinois campaign, July 1778 – February 1779
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783-1787
- Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (1787-1800)-1803
- Territory of Indiana, (1800-1809)-1816
- Territory of Illinois, 1809-1818
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- Peoria War, 1813
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- State of Illinois becomes 21st State admitted to the United States of America on December 3, 1818
- Black Hawk War, 1832
- Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States on March 4, 1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865
- President Lincoln dies in Washington, D.C. on April 15, 1865
- Ulysses S. Grant becomes 18th President of the United States on March 4, 1869
- First Transcontinental Railroad completed on May 10, 1869
- Spanish-American War, April 25 – August 12, 1898
- World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
- United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917
- World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
- United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
- Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
- Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
- Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
- Ronald Reagan becomes 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981
- Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
- Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
- Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001
- Iraq War, since March 20, 2003
- History of marriage in Illinois
- Barack Obama becomes 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009
History of Illinois, by region[]
- By city
- History of Nauvoo, Illinois
- History of Peoria, Illinois
History of Illinois, by subject[]
- [[List of museums in Illinois|Museums in Illinois
See also[]
- United States of America
- State of Illinois
- Outline of Illinois
- State of Illinois
- History of the United States
- History of Illinois
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