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The Flag of the State of Tennessee The Great Seal of the State of Tennessee
The Flag of the State of Tennessee
The Great Seal of the State of Tennessee

The following is a topical outline of the history of the U.S. State of Tennessee.

History of Tennessee, by period[]

File:Map of USA TN.svg

The location of the State of Tennessee

File:Map of Tennessee NA.png

An enlargeable map of the State of Tennessee

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An enlargeable map of the 95 counties of the State of Tennessee

  • Prehistory of Tennessee
  • English Province of Carolina, 1663–1707
  • French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763
  • British Province of Carolina, 1707–1712
  • British Province of North Carolina, 1712–1776
  • French and Indian War, 1754–1763
    • Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
    • Treaty of Paris of 1763
  • British Indian Reserve, 1763–1783
    • Royal Proclamation of 1763
  • American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
    • United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
    • Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
  • State of North Carolina since 1776
    • Chickamauga Wars, 1776–1794
  • Territory South of the River Ohio, 1790–1796
    • Nickajack Expedition, 1794
  • State of Tennessee becomes 16th State admitted to the United States of America on June 1, 1796
    • History of slavery in Tennessee
    • War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
      • Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
    • Creek War, 1813–1814
    • Andrew Jackson becomes 7th President of the United States on March 4, 1829
    • James K. Polk becomes 11th President of the United States on March 4, 1845
    • Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
      • Tennessee volunteers
    • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
      • Tennessee in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
          • Eleventh state to declare secession from the United States on June 8, 1861
          • Eleventh state admitted to the Confederate States of America on July 2, 1861
        • Battle of Fort Donelson, February 11–16, 1862
        • Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862
        • Stones River Campaign, November 20, 1862 – January 2, 1863
        • Tullahoma Campaign, June 24 – July 3, 1863
        • Knoxville Campaign, September 22 – December 14, 1863
        • Chattanooga Campaign, October 1 – November 27, 1863
        • Franklin-Nashville Campaign, October 5 – December 25, 1864
          • Second Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864
          • Battle of Nashville, December 15–16, 1864
    • Andrew Johnson becomes 17th President of the United States on April 15, 1865
    • Tennessee in Reconstruction, 1865–1866
        • First former Confederate state readmitted to the United States on July 24, 1866
    • 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
    • Great Smoky Mountains National Park established on June 15, 1934
    • Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
    • Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
    • African-American Civil Rights Movement from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969
      • Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968
    • Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
    • 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 Tennessee, by region[]

History of Tennessee, by subject[]

  • History of marriage in Tennessee

See also[]

File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee portal
File:MontreGousset001.jpg History portal

Template:US historical outlines Template:Tennessee

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