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The US acquires Nebraska in the Louisiana Purchase
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US Army established Nebraska's first military post, Fort Atkinson
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Bellevue becomes the first permanent settlement in Nebraska.
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1833 - Rev. Moses Merrill and his wife, Eliza Wilcox Merrill, were the first resident missionaries to the Nebraska Indians. They arrived in Bellevue
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The word "Nebraska" first began to appear in publications in 1842 when John Fremont explores the Platte Valley and names Nebraska
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The first bill to organize the new Nebraska Territory, introduced in Congress by Illinois Sen. Stephen Douglas, failed to pass.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the US Congress
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Nebraska became a state
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Lincoln replaced Omaha as the state capitol
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Oglala Sioux leader Red Cloud and other Sioux sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie.
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The first Arbor Day took place in Nebraska.
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Crazy Horse was killed.
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William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska is nominated as the presidential candidate by both the Democratic and Populist parties
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Gov. Charles Bryan imposed a moratorium on farm foreclosures.
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Strategic Air Command establishes headquarters near Omaha
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Race riot in Omaha led to the creation of the Omaha Human Rights Commission
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State began prohibiting large corporations from buying farmland
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Prairie fire in central part of state burned 72,000 acres of grassland, killed cattle
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Pipe bombs found in six residential mailboxes, domestic terrorism suspected; drought devastated crops, caused invasion of grasshopper, losses more than $1 billion
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Legislature voted to allow convicted felons to vote after completion of sentence and two-year waiting period
