1,000 BC to 1650 AD	Semi-nomadic peoples at Straits of Mackinac.
By 1650 AD	Anishanabeg people at Straits of Mackinac.
1634	Jean Nicolet passes through the Straits of Mackinac looking for the Northwest Passage.
1670	Father Claude Dablon, S.J. visits Straits of Mackinac and winters on Mackinac Island.
1671	Father Jacques Marquette, S.J. brings Hurons to Straits of Mackinac, and establishes Mission of St. Ignace on north side of straits near existing Odawa village.
1670s	Fur trade community flourishes around St. Ignace Mission.
1680s	Fort DuBaude established near mission (possibly as late as 1690).
1697	Fort DuBaude abandoned, but community remains, eventually moving to south side of straits.
1705	Jesuits abandon and burn mission of St. Ignace.
1706	French fortify St. Ignace in response to unrest at Detroit.  Jesuits thereafter maintain seasonal mission at St. Ignace .
1708	Major fire damages Odawa village and fort
1708 - 1710	Odawa relocate village to south shore of straits.
1714	Jesuits reestablish mission of St. Ignace on south shore of straits.

  
Fort Michilimackinac Period

1715	French military reestablish presence at straits and construct Fort Michilimackinac near Odawa community and Jesuit mission on the south side of the straits.
1716	Residents of Fort Michilimackinac participate in victorious attack on Fox tribe in Wisconsin.
1728	Commandant of Michilimackinac leads combined French, Odawa and Ojibwa force from Michilimackinac into Wisconsin to defeat the Fox.  The Fox avoid battle.
1733	Another force of French and American Indian allies assembles at Michilimackinac and launches an expedition into Green Bay against the Fox.  Commandant of Michilimackinac killed in battle.  Expansion of fort begins with new layout for buildings.
1739	Michilimackinac serves as base for French expedition against the Chickasaw south of the Ohio River.  Despite some success, Chickasaw never decisively defeated.
1742	Odawa relocate 25 miles south at L'Arbre Croche.  Jesuits transfer St. Ignace mission to new location, but maintain a parish church at Fort Michilimackinac.
1743	New parish church building constructed at Fort Michilimackinac and named in honor of Ste. Anne.
1744	Tensions between French and English erupt into "King George's War."
1747-1748	Fort repaired and expanded.
1747	American Indian unrest and attacks on French at Michilimackinac and Detroit.
1751	Construction of new guardhouse authorized.  Expansion of fort toward lake authorized.
1752	Charles Langlade leads party of Odawa and French in a successful raid on the aggressive English traders at Pickawillany in Ohio country.
1753	Large Indian council held at Fort Michilimackinac.  Each nation agrees to ally with the French.
1755	Warriors from Michilimackinac help defeat General Edward Braddock at Fort Duquesne in Pennsylvania.
1760	French defeated at Montreal, following the fall of Quebec in 1759.  New France passes into British hands.  Troops from Fort Michilimackinac present at both battles.  French evacuate fort in October.
1761	British take control of Fort Michilimackinac in September following French and Indian War.
1763	Fort Michilimackinac attacked and captured by American Indian tribes as part of Pontiac's Uprising.
1764	Fort Michilimackinac returned to the British by American Indians. British arrive aboard the Schooner Gladwin, the first sailing vessel to call at the straits since the ill-fated Griffin in 1679.
1765	Jesuit mission of St. Ignace at L'Arbre Croche closes.  Development of Michilimackinac suburbs begins.
1766	Commandant Robert Rogers dispatches exploration party in search of northwest water passage to Pacific Ocean.
1770	Soldiers' Barracks and Commanding Officer's House completed.
1772 - 1775	Major repairs and improvement to walls, platforms, stairs and gates.
1773	New King's Storehouse completed.
1774	Commandant DePeyster holds council of Ojibwa and Sioux at Michilimackinac.
1779	Clearing of land begins on Mackinac Island in October.  First house moved in November.
1780 - 1781	Fort Michilimackinac moved to Mackinac Island.  What is not moved is burned.

Post-Fort Period

1857	Modern-day Mackinaw City is platted.  Site of fort at "Old Mackinac Point" reserved within a community park.
1880	Railroad arrives at Mackinaw City and small community develops according to 1857 plat.
1904	Village of Mackinaw City transfers park to State of Michigan.
1909	Park designated "Michilimackinac State Park" and placed under the care of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission.
1920s	Park develops into a popular summer campground.
1930s	Early reconstruction of fort palisade erected on original site.
1958	Park Commission begins historical museum program.
1959	Professional archaeology begins at fort site.
1960	1930s fort dismantled and reconstruction of fort based on archaeological evidence begins.