1634History
When French explorer Jean Nicolet visited in 1634–35, the site was home to a multi-tribal settlement of several thousand people, drawn by the abundant fishing at the first rapid...
1671Government
In 1671, French Jesuit missionary Claude-Jean Allouez founded the St.
1836Government
The present city of De Pere had its beginnings in 1836, when John Penn Arndt and Charles Tullar incorporated the De Pere Hydraulic Company and drew up the first plat of the town.
1837Government
In 1837, a popular vote established De Pere as the county seat of Brown County; it maintained this status until 1854, when another election moved the county seat to Green Bay.
1838Government
In 1838, the area was first formally established by the territorial government as a separate township entity.
1839Civil Rights
In 1839, the town of Wilcox was divided along the Fox River, with the eastern half becoming the town of De Pere (Ledgeview); the area west of the river was re-integrated into th...
1857Civil Rights
The village of De Pere was incorporated within the town of De Pere by an act of the state legislature on March 6, 1857.
1870Military
West De Pere, on the west side of the river, was eventually set off from Howard as a separate town, and in 1870, the village of West De Pere was incorporated.
1883Government
In 1883, the village of De Pere was re-incorporated as the city of De Pere, that same year the village of West De Pere was re-incorporated as the city of Nicolet (after voyageur...
1887History
In 1887 the city of Nicolet was renamed the city of West De Pere, and in 1890 the city of West De Pere was finally consolidated into the city of De Pere to form a single city go...
1890History
The west–east division at the river persisted until 1890.
1898Government
Norbert College, which abuts the banks of the Fox River on the city's west side near the Claude Allouez Bridge, was founded by Norbertine Abbot Pennings in 1898.
1993Infrastructure
The De Pere Lock and Dam Historic District (#93001331) was added in 1993.
2000History
=== 2000 census ===
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,559 people, 7,724 households, and 5,020 families living in the city.
2003History
The Union Hotel was added to the list in 2003.
2007History
The Randall Avenue Historic District and North Michigan Street-North Superior Street Historic District were added in 2007.
2010History
=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 23,800 people, 9,254 households, and 5,869 families living in the city.
2015History
The Edwin and Jennie Gutknecht House was listed in 2015.
2018Education
Norbert College Historic District was added to the list in 2018.
2020Architecture
A billion-dollar cleanup completed in 2020 dredged or capped over 6 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment.
2021Military
The Mansion Street World War II Defense Housing Historic District and the Daviswood Ranch Homes Historic District were added to the list in 2021.