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The French Revolution
The French Revolution is a period in the History of France, covering the years 1789-1799, in which the monarchy was overthrown and radical restructing was forced upon the Roman Catholic Church. -
George Washington becomes the first president
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Washington served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution, and later became the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. -
Napoleon forces Spain to sign the secret treaty.
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a treaty between France and Spain in which Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France. The treaty was concluded on 1 October 1800 between Louis Alexandre Berthier representing France and Don Mariano Luis de Urquijo for Spain. -
Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president
In our national elections, electoral voters decide separately to fill the position of president and vice president, but that wasn't always the case. On February 17, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected president of the United States, but there was more to it than beating his opponent. -
Lewis and clark explore the northern Louisiana purchase
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. ... President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. -
Freeman and Custis explore the Red River
Thomas Jefferson knew that to make the most of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the United States needed to understand what it had bought. Even before the purchase was made, he had planned to send Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River. He also wanted to send explorers up the Red and Arkansas rivers. The Red River Expedition, also called the Freeman-Custis or Sparks Expedition, was part of Jefferson's master plan. -
Thomas jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from france
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804-06), led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to explore the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, bought from France for 15 million dollars among other objectives. In 1801, Spain signed a secret treaty with France to return Louisiana Territory to France. -
Dunbar and Hunter explore the Ouachita River and Hot Springs
While the Ouachita River expedition was not as vast as and did not provide geographic and environmental information collected by Lewis and Clark’s ,the exploration of Dunbar and Hunter remains significant for several reasons.It gave Americans with the first scientific study of the varied lands as well as the animal and plant life of southern Arkansas and Louisiana. the expedition resulted in the most purely scientific collection of data among all of the Louisiana Purchase explorations. -
Quapaw Treaty
This Date in Native history: On November 10, 1808, the Osage Indians, the largest tribe of the Southern Sioux, agreed to abandon their lands in Missouri and Arkansas in exchange for minimal compensation and a smaller land base. -
New Madrid earthquakes
The first principal earthquake, M7.5, occurred at about 2:15 am (local time) in northeast Arkansas on December 16, 1811. The second principal shock, M7.3, occurred in Missouri on January 23, 1812, and the third, M7.5, on February 7, 1812, along the Reelfoot fault in Missouri and Tennessee. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies. -
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft explores Arkansas
Schoolcraft’s initial contact with the frontier came during a mineralogical trip through present Missouri and Arkansas (1817–18). He next served as topographer on an expedition to the upper Mississippi and Lake Superior region -
Fort Smith is established
The city began as a western frontier military post in 1817 and would later become well known for its role in the settling of the "Wild West" and its law enforcement heritage. -
Thomas Nuttall explores Arkansas
Thomas Nuttall, a preeminent and far-ranging field naturalist, participated in the early scientific exploration of Arkansas and is remembered both for identifying a number of the state’s plants and for his description of early Arkansas life. His notes on people living in the territory—both Native Americans and American settlers—have provided valuable information for historians and researchers ever since they were first published in 1821. -
Congress approves the Missouri compromise
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. ... February 16, 1820 - The Senate agreed to unite the Maine and Missouri bills into one bill. -
The Territory of Arkansas is established
territory of arkansas becomes a territory lol
