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Friday, July 2, 2021

Basic timeline of Seattle

This post is a basic timeline of Seattle. There are 37 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (8,0000 BC)
• Duwamish tribe (8,000 BC)
• George Vancouver and Europeans arrive (1792)
• Seattle is founded by Denny Party at Alki Beach (1851)
• Arthur Denny moves Seattle to Elliot Bay (1852)
• Henry Yesler establishes steam-powered sawmill (1852)
• University of Washington established (1861)
• Seattle is incorporated (1865)
• Colman Dock in Elliot Bay opens (1882)
• Great Northern Railway reaches Seattle (1884)
• Great Seattle Fire (1889)
• Klondike Gold Rush boom in Seattle (1896-1899)
• Nordstrom is founded (1901)
• Pike Place opens (1907)
• Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909)
• Smith Tower is built (1914)
• Boeing is founded (1916)
• Seattle General Strike (1919)
• Maritime Strike of 1934
• Japanese American internment (1942-1946)
• Seattle-Tacoma International Airport opens (1944)
• Alaskan Way Viaduct (1953-2019)
• Pacific Science Center established (1962)
• Seattle Center Monorail is built (1962)
• Space Needle is built (1962)
• Seattle World's Fair (1962)
• Starbucks is founded (1971)
• Bumbershoot is founded (1971)
• Seattle Seahawks established (1974)
• Seattle Mariners established (1977)
• Columbia Tower is built (1985)
• Microsoft moves to Redmond (1986)
• Amazon is founded (1994)
• WTO protests (1999)
• Experience Music Project is built (2000)
• Link Light Rail opens (2003)
• Seattle Great Wheel is built (2012)