when was chicago founded
Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable is known as being the Founder of  Chicago.. He was the first settler in 1773 in the area that is  present-day Chicago. He was a trader from Ha â¦ iti.ho founded Chicago and where was he born? Answer   1772 --- A black man from Haiti named Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable, a fur trader, founded a settlement called Eschikagou on the north bank of the Chicago River.