1702Government
With thirty-four French Canadians, he founded the company post on October 28, 1702, to trade for Buffalo hides with American Indians.
1732Government
It was founded in 1732 by French fur traders, including the namesake François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes.
1736Military
In 1736, during the French war with the Chickasaw nation, Vincennes was captured and burned at the stake near the present-day town of Fulton, Mississippi.
1742Economy
=== The Vincennes Tract ===
The earliest land claims by inhabitants of Vincennes were based on a sale by the Indians to the French in 1742 of a tract of land containing 1.6 mill...
1745Military
The boundary between the French colonies of Louisiana and Canada, although inexact in the first years of the settlement, was decreed in 1745 to run between Fort Ouiatenon (below...
1763Military
The tract was ceded by France to Britain by treaty in 1763 after the French and Indian War.
1766History
British officer John Ramsey came to Vincennes in 1766.
1775Economy
On October 18, 1775, an agent for the Wabash Company purchased two tracts of land along the Wabash River from the Piankeshaw tribe called the 'Plankashaw Deed'.
1778History
In 1778, residents at Poste Vincennes received word of the French alliance with the American Second Continental Congress from Father Pierre Gibault and Dr.
1779Crime
The Patriots won the Battle of Vincennes on February 23–24, 1779.
1783History
The claims based on French sovereignty or individual deeds issued under it were eventually rejected by congress, because if there were such grants, they passed to the United Sta...
1786History
In 1786, Captain John Hardin led a mounted Kentucky militia across the Ohio River and destroyed a friendly Piankeshaw town near Vincennes.
1787Culture
When the area became part of the Northwest Territory, slavery was banned by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, but slavery and indentured servitude continued.
1790Military
On September 30, 1790, Major Hamtramck led 350 men from Vincennes as far north as the Vermillion River, to engage some of the Indian villages which had been at war with Vincennes.
1791History
The Vincennes Donation Lands were embodied in An Act for granting lands to the Inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois country, in the territory northwest of the ...
1798History
=== Growth ===
By 1798, the population had reached 2,500.
1800Government
Vincennes served as capital of the Indiana Territory from 1800 until 1813, when the government was moved to Corydon.
1801Government
=== Higher education ===
Vincennes University was established in 1801 as Jefferson Academy.
1804History
Elihu Stout published the first newspaper in the Indiana Territory in 1804 at Vincennes.
1806Disaster
Fire destroyed the printing presses in 1806, but Stout revived the newspaper as the Western Sun in 1807.
1809History
For example, on February 3, 1809, the 10th U.S.
1811Military
Fort Knox II: Operated by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites Corp, Fort Knox was the jumping off point for the Tippecanoe Campaign in 1811.
1813Government
Vincennes served as the first capital of Indiana Territory until it was moved to Corydon on May 1, 1813.
1820Sports
After losing in the Harrison County Circuit Court, she won the case at the Indiana Supreme Court on July 22, 1820, and she was freed.
1821Sports
She won her freedom on November 6, 1821, when the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that servitude violated the state's 1816 Constitution.
1826Culture
In 1826, "A party of Shawnee Indians ...
1829History
Denny (1829–1887), Indiana Attorney General (1872–1874)
Henry Dodge (1782–1867), U.S.
1881Education
La Lumiere, president of Marquette University
Julian Morgenstern (1881–1976), rabbi, professor, and president of Hebrew Union College
Alvy Moore (1921–1997), actor
Curtis Painte...
1884History
Wallace Chadwick (1884–1969), U.S.
1885Military
Dawson (1885–1967), photographer, film correspondent in World War I
James C.
1918History
Controversy concerning time in Indiana has caused a change in the time zone of Vincennes on three different occasions since the Standard Time Act of 1918.
1929Sports
== Notable people ==
Bruce Barmes (1929–2014), baseball player, Washington Senators
Clint Barmes (b.
1937Military
The second Vincennes was a New Orleans class heavy cruiser commissioned in 1937 and lost in the Battle of Savo Island in 1942.
1944History
The third Vincennes was a Cleveland class light cruiser commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1946.
1947History
congressman for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1947 to 1949
Albert K.
1968History
Derleth, August (1968).
1979Culture
1979), baseball player, San Diego Padres
David Carter, retired football player, center and guard Houston Oilers
E.
1985History
The most precipitation in one month was 11.18 inches (28.4 cm) in November 1985.
1988History
The record high temperature was 104 °F (40 °C) on June 26, 1988.
1989History
The snowiest season was 1989–90 when 16.4 inches (42 cm) fell.
1990History
The wettest year was 1990 with 60.08 inches (152.6 cm) and the dryest year was 1988 with 36.02 inches (91.5 cm).
1992History
1992), professional golfer on the PGA Tour
Red Skelton (1913–1997), comedian and film actor, star of The Red Skelton Show
Richard L.
1994History
The record low temperature was −26 °F (−32 °C) on January 19, 1994.
2000History
=== 2000 census ===
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,701 people, 7,614 households, and 4,332 families residing in the city.
2007Culture
=== Time zone controversy ===
On November 4, 2007, Knox County joined Daviess, Martin, Pike, and Dubois counties in returning to the Eastern Time zone.
2010History
== Demographics ==
=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 18,423 people, 7,407 households, and 4,108 families residing in the city.
2011History
Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011.
2012Government
First elected in 2012, he is the longest-serving mayor in the history of Vincennes.
2017History
As of 2017, his birth home still exists, but is in private hands.
2024Education
Parochial schools:
Flaget Elementary (K–5)
Vincennes Rivet High School (6–12)
Other private schools:
Southwestern Indiana Youth Village (4–12) - It ended juvenile detention se...