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[[Image:Jean Nicolet.jpg|thumb|center|350px| Jean Nicolet landing at Green Bay]]. | [[Image:Jean Nicolet.jpg|thumb|center|350px| Jean Nicolet landing at Green Bay]]. | ||
''' 1634''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring01_risjord.pdf Jean Nicolet], emissary of Gov. Samuel de Champlain of New France, landed at Red Banks on the shore of Green Bay | ''' 1634:''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring01_risjord.pdf Jean Nicolet], emissary of Gov. Samuel de Champlain of New France, landed at Red Banks on the shore of Green Bay. | ||
'''1690–1820:''' Roman Catholic missionaries established the mission of [http://www.mackinacparks.com/history/index.aspx?l=0,1,4,32,41,46 St. Ignace de Michilimackinac], at Mackinac (now Michigan). The mission was the center for traders going to and from what is now Wisconsin. For records of baptisms, marriages, and burials, see the [[Wisconsin Church Records|Church Records]] page. | '''1690–1820:''' Roman Catholic missionaries established the mission of [http://www.mackinacparks.com/history/index.aspx?l=0,1,4,32,41,46 St. Ignace de Michilimackinac], at Mackinac (now Michigan). The mission was the center for traders going to and from what is now Wisconsin. For records of baptisms, marriages, and burials, see the [[Wisconsin Church Records|Church Records]] page. | ||
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'''1809: '''The Wisconsin area was part of the Illinois Territory. | '''1809: '''The Wisconsin area was part of the Illinois Territory. | ||
'''1818: '''The Wisconsin area was included in the Michigan Territory. The territorial governor of Michigan created the first two Wisconsin counties, Brown and Crawford. | '''1818: '''The Wisconsin area was included in the Michigan Territory. The territorial governor of Michigan created the first two Wisconsin counties, [[Brown County, Wisconsin|Brown]] and [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford]]. | ||
'''1820s:''' High prices for lead attracted settlers to the mines of southern Wisconsin. The Michigan 1820 census lists residents of what is now Wisconsin. | '''1820s:''' High prices for lead attracted settlers to the mines of southern Wisconsin. The Michigan 1820 census lists residents of what is now Wisconsin. | ||