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Events on Sunday 24 July 1701 1
1701Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit foundedFrench officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac establishes a settlement on the Detroit RiverCadillac led a party of soldiers and settlers to build a fort at a strategic narrows between Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, naming it Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit. The settlement grew into the city of Detroit, Michigan. It served as a key French trading post in the Great Lakes region.