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*1634: [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2330&keyword=nicolet Jean Nicolet (Nicollet) de Belle Borne] at the request of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain Samuel de Champlain of New France], landed at Red Banks on the shore of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_(Lake_Michigan) Green Bay].<ref>Norman K. Risjordemissary, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring01_risjord.pdf "Jean Nicolet’s Search for the South Sea"], ''Wisconsin Magazine of History'', vol. 84, no. 3, 34-43.</ref> | *1634: [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2330&keyword=nicolet Jean Nicolet (Nicollet) de Belle Borne] at the request of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain Samuel de Champlain of New France], landed at Red Banks on the shore of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_(Lake_Michigan) Green Bay].<ref>Norman K. Risjordemissary, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring01_risjord.pdf "Jean Nicolet’s Search for the South Sea"], ''Wisconsin Magazine of History'', vol. 84, no. 3, 34-43.</ref> | ||
*1690–1820: Roman Catholic missionaries established the mission of [http://www.mackinacparks.com/ | *1690–1820: Roman Catholic missionaries established the mission of [http://www.mackinacparks.com/parks-and-attractions/colonial-michilimackinac/ 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. | ||
*1763: The [http://www.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/Americans.html British took possession of the area] from the French but discouraged new settlers. | *1763: The [http://www.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/Americans.html British took possession of the area] from the French but discouraged new settlers. |