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19th century
- 1803: The United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in the 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- 1833: The Potawatomi were eventually forcibly removed from their land following the Treaty of Chicago in 1833. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- 1833: Chicago was founded in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- August 12, 1833: On August 12 1833, the Town of Chicago was organized with a population of 350, and within seven years it grew to a population of over 4,000. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
- March 4, 1837: The City of Chicago was incorporated on March 4 1837. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
- November 28, 1842: The original Diocese of Chicago was created on November 28, 1842, and was elevated to the status of an archdiocese on September 10, 1880. - Portal:Chicago/Selected article/11, Wikipedia.
- November 28, 1842: The original Diocese of Chicago was created on November 28, 1842, and was elevated to the status of an archdiocese on September 10, 1880. - Portal:Chicago/Selected article, Wikipedia.
- February 18, 1857: The Galena and Illinois River Railroad was chartered in Illinois on February 18, 1857 to build from Galena through Chicago to the Indiana state line towards Lansing, Michigan. - Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Wikipedia.
- September 25, 1857: The Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad was chartered in Indiana to build a line from Logansport northwest to Valparaiso. - Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Wikipedia.
- February 24, 1859: The Illinois General Assembly chartered the Chicago and Plainfield Railroad on February 24, 1859 to build a railroad from Chicago via Lyons, Plainfield, and Lisbon or Newark to Ottawa. - Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Wikipedia.
- September 25, 1861: The Cincinnati and Chicago Air–Line opened a bridge over the Wabash River at Logansport on September 25, 1861, connecting it to the Chicago and Cincinnati. - Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Wikipedia.
- February 28, 1867: The Illinois General Assembly chartered the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad on February 28, 1867 to build a railroad from Chicago through Lisbon and Ottawa (the latter on the Illinois River) to the Mississippi River opposite Keokuk, Iowa, with a branch in the vicinity of Streator. - Chicago and Illinois River Railroad, Wikipedia.
- 1871: After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed a third of the city, including the entire central business district, Chicago experienced rapid rebuilding and growth. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- 1880s: During the 1880s and 1890s, Chicago had a powerful radical tradition with large and highly organized socialist, anarchist and labor organizations. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- December 8, 1890: Grand Central Station was formally opened on December 8, 1890 by the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad, a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railway. - Grand Central Station (Chicago), Wikipedia.
- November 9, 1891: The first Chicago performance of the opera took place at the Auditorium Building of Roosevelt University on 9 November 1891. - Lohengrin (opera), Wikipedia.
- 1893: Former New Orleans and Memphis residents brought jazz and blues to Chicago as they came north for a variety of reasons: the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 brought a lot of itinerant musicians to town, and the city's booming economy kept them coming through the Great Migration. - Chicago, Wikitravel.
- September 11, 1893: The Parliament of Religions opened on 11 September 1893 at the Art Institute of Chicago. - Swami Vivekananda, Wikipedia.
- September 30, 1893: CTA 1 joins Pioneer, the first locomotive to operate in Chicago; a redesigned exhibit space to showcase the car and locomotive opened on September 30, 2006. - Chicago History Museum, Wikipedia.
- November 21, 1897: At Bern he was a co-consecrator of Anthony Stanislaus Kozlowski of Chicago to be a bishop for the Polish Catholic Church of America. - Gerardus Gul, Wikipedia.
- November 24, 1898: The team finished the season traveling to Chicago for a final game against Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago team on November 24, 1898. - Gustave Ferbert, Wikipedia.
20th century
- 1900s
  - 1900: Chicago is the only city in North America that has had more than one MLB franchise every year since the AL began in 1900. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - October 27, 1900: Michigan won its second Western Conference game against Illinois on October 27, 1900 on Marshall Field in Chicago. - 1900 Michigan Wolverines football team, Wikipedia.
  - 1901: William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago, was instrumental in the creation of the junior college concept, establishing nearby Joliet Junior College as the first in the nation in 1901. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - November 28, 1901: Michigan closed its regular season schedule on November 28 with a 50–0 win over the University of Iowa at the National League Baseball Park in Chicago. - 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team, Wikipedia.
  - December 29, 1905: Charles Tyson Yerkes, American financier of rapid transit systems in Chicago and London (b. - 1905 in rail transport, Wikipedia.
- 1910s
  - September 4, 1911: Hackenschmidt met Gotch again on 4 September 1911 at the newly opened Comiskey Park in Chicago, which drew a crowd of nearly 30,000 spectators and a record gate of $87,000. - Georg Hackenschmidt, Wikipedia.
  - September 19, 1911: His best performance was in a game on 19 September 1911, pitching for the Phillies against the Chicago Cubs. - Ramona, California, Wikipedia.
  - February 8, 1914: The first presentation of the film was at the Palace Theater in Chicago on February 8, 1914; later performances were at the Hammerstein Theater in New York City. - Gertie the Dinosaur, Wikipedia.
  - September 27, 1919: She was sold to the Goodrich Transit Company of Chicago and struck from the Navy list on 27 September 1919. - USS City of South Haven (ID-2527), Wikipedia.
- 1920s
  - September 28, 1921: He was consecrated a Bishop 28 September 1921 in Chicago, Illinois by Joseph Rene Vilatte, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of America of the Syrian Church of Antioch. - George Alexander McGuire, Wikipedia.
  - September 28, 1921: Episcopal rector George Alexander McGuire was consecrated a bishop on September 28, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois, by Archbishop Joseph Rene Vilatte, assisted by Bishop Carl A. - African Orthodox Church, Wikipedia.
  - 1924: The earliest date being claimed is that of 1924 in Chicago when the Society for Human Rights was founded to declare civil rights for gays. - LGBT movements in the United States, Wikipedia.
  - September 15, 1925: It was recorded in Chicago by Morton and His Red Hot Peppers on September 15, 1926. - Black Bottom Stomp, Wikipedia.
  - 1926: The Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL began playing in 1926 as a member of the Original Six and have won three Stanley Cups. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
  - 1927: The citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927, when William Thompson was voted into office. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- 1930s
  - September 7, 1934: A world amateur softball tournament was held by the ASA at Chicago's Soldier Field that started on September 7, 1939. - Amateur Softball Association, Wikipedia.
  - September, 1939: Yntema became the director of research of the Cowles Commission at the time of its move to Chicago in September 1939. - Theodore O. Yntema, Wikipedia.
- 1940s
  - September 27, 1942: September 27 1942 at Wrigley Field in Chicago - 1942 Colored World Series, Wikipedia.
  - September 29, 1946: The Illinois Central Railroad fully dieselizes all passenger trains that it is operating between Chicago, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri. - 1946 in rail transport, Wikipedia.
  - December 4, 1947: He was killed with Fred Hampton in an infamous Chicago police raid on December 4, 1969. - Mark Clark (Black Panther), Wikipedia.
- 1950s
  - November 29, 1950: Originally named the Northwest Expressway for its general direction of travel, the Chicago City Council voted unanimously on November 29, 1963--one week after the assassination and death of President Kennedy--to rename the highway the John F. Kennedy Expressway. - Kennedy Expressway, Wikipedia.
  - September 16, 1956: Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad begins operating over a relocated alignment through East Chicago, Indiana, reducing travel time on the railroad between Gary, Indiana, and Chicago by ten minutes. - 1956 in rail transport, Wikipedia.
  - September 19, 1958: At the direction of his successor Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer, a former seminary rector and Milwaukee archbishop named archbishop of Chicago on September 19, 1958, the seminary built a new high school, Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, at 77th Street and Western Avenue, which opened in 1961, with Msgr. - Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Wikipedia.
- 1960s
  - December 12, 1965: Sayers had a magnificent rookie season, and in one game against the San Francisco 49ers at Chicago's Wrigley Field on December 12, he scored 6 touchdowns in a 61-20 Bears win. - 1965 Chicago Bears season, Wikipedia.
  - December 27, 1965: Originally known as the Chicago Civic Center, the building was renamed for Mayor Daley on December 27, 1976, seven days after his death. - Richard J. Daley Center, Wikipedia.
  - January 16, 1966: The Bulls were founded after the city of Chicago, Illinois was granted an NBA franchise on January 16, 1966. - 1966 NBA Expansion Draft, Wikipedia.
  - 1968: Since 1968, the Joseph Jefferson Awards are given annually to acknowledge excellence in theater in the Chicago area. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - September 13, 1969: Measures to bolster the paper were unsuccessful, and Chicago Today published its final issue on September 13, 1974. - Chicago's American, Wikipedia.
- 1970s
  - September 15, 1971: The Heller House was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark/8, Wikipedia.
  - September 15, 1971: The Heller House was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark, Wikipedia.
  - September 15, 1971: The Heller House was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972. - Portal:Home improvement/Homes/8, Wikipedia.
  - February 24, 1972: The Union Stock Yard Gate was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 24, 1972 and a National Historic Landmark on May 29, 1981. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark/7, Wikipedia.
  - February 24, 1972: The Union Stock Yard Gate was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 24, 1972 and a National Historic Landmark on May 29, 1981. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark, Wikipedia.
  - 1972: Chicago Police Commander Jon Graham Burge is a former Chicago Police Department detective and decorated United States Army soldier who has gained notoriety for allegedly torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991, in order to force confessions. - Portal:Chicago/Selected biography/53, Wikipedia.
  - December 8, 1972: United Airlines Boeing 737 from Washington National to Chicago Midway crashes short of the runway, killing 43 of 61 onboard and 2 on the ground. - 1972 in the United States, Wikipedia.
  - November 23, 1973: At the Croatian Parliament held in Chicago from November 23 to November 25, 1973 it was decided that a global body, representing groups calling for Croatian independence, would be formed in Toronto, Canada from February 1 to February 3, 1974. - Croatian National Council, Wikipedia.
  - November 15, 1979: A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. - November 15, Wikipedia.
- 1980s
  - September 29, 1982: October 1 – The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders occur when 7 people in the Chicago area die after ingesting capsules laced with potassium cyanide. - 1982 in the United States, Wikipedia.
  - 1983: Harold Washington became the first African American to be elected to the office of mayor, in one of the closest mayoral elections in Chicago. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - 1983: The independents finally gained control of city government in 1983 with the election of Harold Washington. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - 1983: Harold Washington became the first African American to be elected to the office of mayor, in one of the closest mayoral elections in Chicago. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
  - November 22, 1987: A broadcast of Horror of Fang Rock by Chicago television station WTTW was interrupted for around 90 seconds by a pirate broadcast featuring an individual disguised as television character Max Headroom. - Horror of Fang Rock, Wikipedia.
  - November 22, 1987: Two Chicago television stations had their broadcast signals hijacked by an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask. - Max Headroom (character), Wikipedia.
  - November 22, 1987: An unidentified man wearing a Max Headroom mask intercepted the signals of two television stations in Chicago. - Broadcast signal intrusion, Wikipedia.
- 1990s
  - 1990s: During the 1990s with Michael Jordan leading them, the Bulls took six NBA championships in eight seasons (only failing to do so in the two years of Jordan's absence). - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - 1990s: This influence continued into the alternative rock of the 1990s. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
  - September 29, 1991: The Minnesota Twins become the first team to ever go from last place to first over the course of one season when a Chicago White Sox loss to the Seattle Mariners clinches the American League West title. - 1991 Major League Baseball season, Wikipedia.
  - September 29, 1991: The Minnesota Twins become the first team to ever go from last place to first over the course of one season when a Chicago White Sox loss to the Seattle Mariners clinches the American League West title. - 1991 in baseball, Wikipedia.
  - March 25, 1992: The site of the incident was designated as a Chicago Landmark on 25 March 1992. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark/11, Wikipedia.
  - March 25, 1992: The site of the incident was designated as a Chicago Landmark on 25 March 1992. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark, Wikipedia.
  - 1993: Chicago was named the Best Sports City in the United States by The Sporting News in 1993 and 2006. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
21st century
- February 27, 2002: It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 27, 2002. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark/9, Wikipedia.
- February 27, 2002: It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 27, 2002. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark, Wikipedia.
- 2002: As of 2002, severe freight train congestion caused trains to take as long to get through the Chicago region as it took to get there from the West Coast of the country (about 2 days). - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- March 31, 2003: On March 31 2003, the airport runways were unexpectedly destroyed by order of the Mayor, who had sought closure of the airport and development of the land. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
- September, 2004: He visited the USA again in September 2004 to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago. - Malcolm Mackerras, Wikipedia.
- December 23, 2004: For years the Blue Meanies would have a show on December 23 in their hometown of Chicago. - Blue Meanies (Illinois band), Wikipedia.
- 2005: A 2005 study found that one quarter of commuters used public transit. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- 2005: The Chicago White Sox of the American League won the World Series championship in 2005, their first since 1917. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
- September 16, 2005: The band performed Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin songs at Soundstage Studios in Chicago, and the performance was broadcast in the 2006-2007 season of the PBS series Soundstage. - Strange Sensation, Wikipedia.
- November 1, 2005: The building, which is the second largest store in the world, was both declared a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21978, and it was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 12005. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark/12, Wikipedia.
- November 1, 2005: The building, which is the second largest store in the world, was both declared a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21978, and it was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 12005. - Portal:Chicago/Selected landmark, Wikipedia.
- September 23, 2006: Below is a compilation of the track listings from the concert in Chicago, Illinois on 23 September 2006 and the concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on 21 September 2006. - Encore Series 2006, Wikipedia.
- September 14, 2006: The parish hosted Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski during a Mass celebrating his visit to Chicago. - Holy Trinity in Chicago, Wikipedia.
- November 4, 2006: Glenn was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago on November 4. - Christopher Glenn, Wikipedia.
- December 8, 2006: Three people are killed and a fourth injured when a gunman starts shooting at a Chicago skyscraper. - December 2006, Wikipedia.
- February 27, 2007: If he serves the length of this term, he will become the longest serving mayor of Chicago, surpassing his father Richard J. Daley. - February 2007, Wikipedia.
- April 14, 2007: Chicago was selected on April 14 2007 to represent the United States internationally for the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. - Chicago, Genealogy_wikia.
- April 14, 2007: Chicago was selected on April 14, 2007, to represent the United States internationally in the bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- 2007: Chicago attracted an approximate combined 35 million people in 2007 from around the nation and abroad. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- September 30, 2007: The show exceeded expectations, which necessitated a four week extension of its Chicago engagement until September 30, 2007. - The Color Purple (musical), Wikipedia.
- January 10, 2008: The show is currently playing at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago until January 10, 2010 in preparation for a run in New York City. - Rick Elice, Wikipedia.
- November 19, 2008: Sara Lee Corporation announced that it will close its kosher hot dog and meat processing facility in Chicago, on or before January 30, 2009. - Sara Lee Corporation, Wikipedia.
- 2009: The Blackhawks also hosted the 2009 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- September 12, 2009: The North American leg of the tour began on 12 September 2009 in Chicago followed by two nights in Toronto and ended on 28 October 2009 in Vancouver. - U2 360° Tour, Wikipedia.
- October 2, 2009: Rio de Janeiro was selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. - Chicago, Wikipedia.
- December 18, 2009: Purifoy spoke at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago on December 18, 2009 about the advancements in technology for music education, at which time he unveiled his newest creation, iSchoolBand. - Chris Purifoy, Wikipedia.
- January 22, 2016: The next step was for the city of Los Angeles and Chicago to have a bid book ready for the committee by January 22 for review and a video stating why the USOC should pick their city to represent America for International competition, to have ready for their cities evaluation See Below. - Los Angeles bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wikipedia.

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