St. Louis
independent city in Missouri, United States
7 dated entries naming St. Louis, drawn from 7 separate years between 1764 CE and 1891 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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18th century
- 1764February 15 – The settlement of St. Louis is established.source
- 1767March 14 – Antonio de Ulloa, the Colonial Governor of Spanish Louisiana (Luisiana), dispatches Captain Francisco Ríu y Morales up the Mississippi River to establish two forts, one at San Luis (now St. Louis, Missouri) and to set up a colony for displaced French-speaking Acadians and protect shipping on the river.source
19th century
- 1804March 10 – Louisiana Purchase, Three Flags Day: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.source
- 1816August 12–24 – The Treaty of St. Louis, between the United States and the Council of Three Fires tribes, is signed in St. Louis.source
- 1876Adolphus Busch's brewery, Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, Missouri, first markets Budweiser, a pale lager, as a nationally sold beer.source
- 1887American financial services company A. G. Edwards is founded by General Albert Gallatin Edwards in St. Louis, Missouri.source
- 1891November 28 – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is organized in St. Louis, Missouri.source
Named in the same entries
- Mississippi River (1)
- Antonio de Ulloa (1)
- Acadians (1)
- Missouri (1)