The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Illinois:
Illinois – fifth most populous of the 50 states of the United States of America. Illinois lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River and the Ohio River in the Midwestern United States. Chicago, Illinois, is the third most populous city and the third most populous metropolitan area of the United States. The United States created the Illinois Territory on March 1, 1809. Illinois joined the Union as the 21st state on December 3, 1818.
General reference
Geography of Illinois
Geography of Illinois
Places in Illinois
Environment of Illinois
Natural geographic features of Illinois
Regions of Illinois
Regions of Illinois
Administrative divisions of Illinois
Demography of Illinois
Demographics of Illinois
Government and politics of Illinois
Politics of Illinois
Branches of the government of Illinois
Government of Illinois
Executive branch of the government of Illinois
Legislative branch of the government of Illinois
Judicial branch of the government of Illinois
Courts of Illinois
Law and order in Illinois
Law of Illinois
Military in Illinois
History of Illinois
History of Illinois
History of Illinois, by period
- Prehistory of Illinois
- Indigenous peoples
- Mississippian culture
- Cahokia
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699âÂÂ1763; Upper Louisiana was called Illinois Country.
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
- British (though predominantly Francophone) Province of Quebec, (1763âÂÂ1783)-1791
- American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 â September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- Illinois campaign, July 1778 â February 1779
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783âÂÂ1787
- Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (1787âÂÂ1800)-1803
- Territory of Indiana, (1800âÂÂ1809)-1816
- Territory of Illinois, 1809âÂÂ1818
- Peoria War, 1813
- State of Illinois becomes 21st State admitted to the United States of America on December 3, 1818
- Black Hawk War, 1832
- Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States on March 4, 1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 â May 13, 1865
- Illinois in the American Civil War
- Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865
- President Lincoln dies in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 1865
- Ulysses S. Grant becomes 18th President of the United States on March 4, 1869
- Ronald Reagan becomes 40th President of the United States on January 20, 1981
History of Illinois, by region
History of Illinois, by subject
Culture of Illinois
Culture of Illinois
The Arts in Illinois
Sports in Illinois
Sports in Illinois
Economy and infrastructure of Illinois
Economy of Illinois
Education in Illinois
Education in Illinois
See also
References
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