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The following is a timeline of the history of the US state of Tennessee This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee. In the 16th century, three Spanish expeditions passed through what is now Tennessee. [12] The Hernando de Soto expedition entered the Tennessee Valley via the Nolichucky River in June 1540, rested for several weeks at the village of Chiaha (near the modern Douglas Dam), and proceeded southward to the Coosa chiefdom in northern ...
1843 – Nashville becomes capital of Tennessee. [7] 1844 – Tennessee School for the Blind [14] and Mechanics Institute and Library Association established. [12] 1845 – Protestant Orphan Asylum established. [5] 1847 – St. Mary's Cathedral built. [5] 1849 – Merchants' Library and Reading Room [8] and Tennessee Historical Society founded ...
Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. University of Tennessee Press. Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Memphis, TN, various dates; Tennessee State Library and Archives. Memphis City Directories, various dates (digitized) Bibliography of Tennessee Bibliographies: Local History, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State
Pages in category "Tennessee history-related lists" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Timeline of Perry County, Tennessee history; S.
East Tennessee Historical Society, Lucile Deaderick (ed.), Heart of the Valley: A History of Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1976) James A. Burran (1979), "Labor Conflict in Urban Appalachia: The Knoxville Streetcar Strike of 1919", Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 38 (1): 62–78, JSTOR 42625936
Here's a look back at the key events of the last few years leading up to this moment in TSU history. ... Tennessee State: Timeline of events that led to leadership change. Show comments.
Tennessee was the last state to join the Confederacy on June 24, 1861, when Governor Isham G. Harris proclaimed "all connections by the State of Tennessee with the Federal Union dissolved, and that Tennessee is a free, independent government, free from all obligations to or connection with the Federal Government of the United States of America."