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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Basic timeline of Alaska

This post is a basic timeline of Alaska. There are 18 events listed below chronologically.

Humans arrive in Alaska (40,000 - 15,000 years ago)
Aleut, Athabaskan, Eskimo, Haida, Inupiat, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Yup'ik cultures (Pre-European arrival)
Vitus Bering and Russia arrive (1741)
Bruno de Hezeta expedition (1775)
James Cook expedition (1778)
Grigory Shelekhov establishes settlement at Three Saints Bay (1784)
Nootka Crisis (1789)
Battle of Sitka (1804)
United States acquires Alaska from Russia (1867)
Gold discovered in the Yukon Territory (1896)
Boundary dispute resolved with Canada (1903)
Territory of Alaska is established (1912)
Japan occupies two Aleutian Islands (1942 - 1943)
Alaska becomes 49th state of the United States (1959)
Great Alaskan earthquake (1964)
Oil discovered at Prudhoe Bay (1968)
Alaskan National Claims Settlement Act (1971)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline completed (1977)

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