Portal:Kansas/Important dates in Kansas' history

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 * July–August 1541 : Coronado explores Kansas
 * April 30, 1803 : Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed
 * May 30, 1854 : Kansas Territory organized
 * July 29, 1859 : Constitution adopted by convention
 * January 29, 1861: Kansas becomes 34th state
 * August 21, 1863: Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence
 * Spring 1879: Exodusters
 * February 19, 1881 : First state to Constitutionally prohibit alcohol
 * 1890s: Populist Revolt
 * July 1951: Great Flood of 1951
 * May 17, 1954 : Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka