Timeline: Beckius, Christoph: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1748 - Bef 1848 (99 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1752	1752: Kaukauna History Charles de Langlade with a force of 200 Ottawa attacks the Miami village of Pickawillany -- signaling the start of the French-Indian (or Seven Year\'s) War.
2	1754	1754: Kaukauna History Charles de Langlade marries Charlotte Ambroisine Bourassa, a daughter from this union marries Pierre Grignon.
3	1755	1755: Kaukauna History De Langlade and his Ottawa are given credit for planning the attack in which Braddock and the English were defeated at Fort Duquesne.
4	1759	1759: Kaukauna History De Langlade and 400 Indians join Montcalm in the defense of Quebec. The French surrender and the French and Indian (SevenYears) War ends.
5	1763	1763: Kaukauna History Charles de Langlade and his son-in-law, Pierre Grignon, open a trading post at Grand Kakalin 1763: Kaukauna History The Treaty of Paris is signed in which Wisconsin becomes a part of the British Empire.
6	1764	1764: Kaukauna History The de Langlade family moves to Green Bay.
7	1775	1775: USA History June 15: George Washington appointed general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.
8	1776	1776: USA History July 4. Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independence
9	1789	1789: USA History First President of the US is George Washington 1789-1797 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
10	1790	1790: Appleton History Dominque Ducharme becomes the first person of European descent to live in the Appleton area when he built a home and trading post where the city of Kaukauna is today.
11	1791	1791: USA History Bill of Rights ratified
12	1793	1793: Kaukauna History First recorded sale of land in Wisconsin occurs when Dominique DuCharme buys 1,282 acres of land that is today\'s Kaukauna from Wapisipine and Le Black Tobacco for two barrels of rum.
13	1795	1795: Kaukauna History At this time, Kakalin was a village of over 1,500 inhabitants, mostly Indians and French-Indian traders. One resident is Dan McCrea, a Scotsman married to a Menominee woman, and whose daughter, Nancy would become Augustine\'s wife. 1795: Kaukauna History Pierre Grignon dies, and his son, Augustin, takes charge of the trading post.
14	1797	1797: USA History Second President of the US is John Adams 1797-1801
15	1801	1801: USA History Third President of the US is Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
16	1805	1805: Kaukauna History Augustin Grignon and Nancy McCrea are married.
17	1809	1809: USA History Fourth President of the US is James Madison 1809-1817 1809: Kaukauna History John Jacob Astor founds the American Fur Company
18	1812	1812: USA History War of 1812 begins 1812: Kaukauna History Paul Ducharme leaves Kaukauna for Green Bay because of the uncertainties of the War of 1812
19	1813	1813: Kaukauna History Paul Ducharme sells a portion of the land in Kaukauna, including Dominique\'s cabin to Augustin Grignon. 1813: Kaukauna History Augustine Grignon actually settles in Kaukauna to join his wife, Nancy McCrea, and their children
20	1814	1814: Kaukauna History Treaty of Ghent signed December 24th, ends British rule in Wisconsin.
21	1816	1816: Kaukauna History Augustin Grignon builds a grist mill on his property, and a sawmill shortly after.
22	1817	1817: USA History Fifth President of the US is James Monroe 1817-1825
23	1818	26 Oct 1818: Wisconsin History October 26, 1818: Wisconsin was divided into three counties when it was part of the Michigan Territory. The northern county was named Michilimackinac County, the eastern county was named Brown County and the western county was named Crawford County.
24	1822	1822: Appleton History Eleazar Williams led a group of New York Indians to their new reservation west of Green Bay. 1822: Kaukauna History The Stockbridge and Munee tribes settle on the south side of the river at Statesburg.
25	1824	1824: Kaukauna History the first real road to be opened in Wisconsin was laid out in 1824 along the east side of the Fox, from Green Bay to Kaukauna.
26	1825	1825: USA History Sixth President of the US is John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 1825: Kaukauna History Daniel Whitney builds a sawmill on the south side of Kaukauna almost opposite Grignon\'s.
27	1827	1827: Appleton History At a site on Little Lake Butte des Morts, Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass negotiated a treaty with the Indian leaders that gave the United States government control over almost all of the Fox River Valley.
28	1828	1828: Kaukauna History In spring, Rev. Jesse Miner arrives to minister to the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes living in Statesburg on the south side of the river.
29	1829	1829: USA History Seventh President of the US is Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
30	1830	1830: Kaukauna History Augustin and Nancy Grignon leave Kaukauna for their holdings in Buttes des Morts. Their sons, Charles and Alexander take over the business and family homestead.
31	1832	1832: Kaukauna History The Black Hawk War. 14 Jul 1832: Wisconsin History July 14, 1832: Congress appropriated $5,000 for surveying the route of what became the Military Road, connecting forts Crawford, Winnebago and Howard. James Doty and Alexander Center surveyed the road in 1832. It was built, in part, by troops under the command of Zachary Taylor. The 234-mile road cost $12,000.
32	1834	1834: Appleton History The United States government made the first survey of the Fox River Valley, beginning with the area south of the river.
33	1835	1835: Appleton History Hippolyte Paul Grignon built his home and trading post 1835: Appleton History Walter L. Newberry and Joshua Hathaway, Jr., land speculators from Chicago and Milwaukee, became the first to buy land that would one day be a part of Appleton. 1835: Kaukauna History Dam dug at DePere -- one of the first construction projects which was part of the Fox River Locks system 1835: Kaukauna History Paul Beaulieu settles on the south side of Kaukauna (on the hill east of Konkapot Creek). He and James Boyd, a son-in-law to George Lawe, buy and operate Whitney\'s sawmill.
34	1836	1836: Appleton History Wis. Territorial Governor Henry Dodge, representing the U.S. government, purchased about four million acres of NE Wisconsin from the native Indians. 1836: Kaukauna History Paul Ducharme sells the remainder of his Kaukauna holdings to Judge John Lawe to cove his debts to Lawe. Lawe in turn gives the holdings to his son, George.
35	1837	1837: Kaukauna History Charles Grignon builds his mansion in the woods as a gift for his bride
36	1839	1839: Kaukauna History The village of Kaukauna is incorporated 1839: Kaukauna History George Lawe moves to Kaukauna, builds a home, opens a trading post and a farm.
37	1841	1841: USA History Ninth President of the US is William Henry Harrison 1841 1841: USA History Tenth President of the US is John Tyler 1841-1845
38	1842	1842: Kaukauna History Nancy Grignon dies at age 53 at Buttes de Morts. 1842: Kaukauna History Immigrant Michael Klein who born in Germany in 1803, settles on the south bank.
39	1843	1843: Appleton History The U.S. government began surveying the land north of the Fox River.
40	1844	1844: Appleton History Eleazar Williams made a loan agreement with Amos A. Lawrence, using his wife\'s land on the Fox River for collateral. Williams later defaulted on the loan, and Mr. Lawrence took possession of the property. 1844: Kaukauna History Immigrant Peter Deidrich, born in Holland, settles and operates a ferry service directly across from Michael Klein farm.
41	1845	1845: Appleton History 1845 Paul Grignon bought the land on which he had lived for the past ten years, becoming the first to purchase land north of the Fox River that would one day be a part of Appleton. 1845: Appleton History 1845 The Reverend Reeder Smith met with Amos A. Lawrence to discuss establishing a college on the Eleazar Williams property in Wisconsin. 1845: Appleton History 1846 Bela Murch became the first farmer to settle in what is now Appleton on November 6. 1845: Irish History 1845-1849 The Irish Potato Famine: Many Irish emigrate to America and the population of Ireland drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration 1845: USA History Eleventh President of the US is James Knox Polk 1845-1849
42	1846	1846: USA History Mexican-American War begins
43	1847	1847: Appleton History 1847 Reeder Smith purchased land on behalf of Amos A. Lawrence as a site for the Lawrence Institute. 1847: Appleton History 1847 The Wisconsin Territorial Legislature granted a charter to the Lawrence Institute on January 17. 1847: USA History Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War

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