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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Basic timeline of Washington state

This post is a basic timeline of Washington state. There are 30 events listed below chronologically.

• First humans (13,000 years ago)
• 125 Northwest Indian tribes (Pre-European arrival)
• Juan Pérez and Europeans arrive on West coast (1774)
• Charles William Barkley discovers the Strait of Juan de Fuca (1778)
• Robert Gay discovers the Columbia River (1792)
• Oregon County established, joint control by United States and Britain (1818)
• Spain cedes north of 42nd Parallel to the United States (1819)
• Britain cedes south of 49th Parallel to the United States (1846)
• Whitman massacre (1847)
• Cayuse War (1847-1855)
• Oregon Territory established (1848)
• Seattle founded (1851)
• Washington Territory established (1853)
• Puget Sound War (1855-1856)
• Yakima War (1855-1858)
• Battle of Seattle (1856)
• Fraser Canyon Gold Rush in British Columbia begins (1858)
• Spokane War (1858)
• Oregon becomes 33rd state in the United States (1859)
• Pig War (1859)
• Idaho Territory established east of Snake River and 117th meridian west (1863)
• U.S - Canada border established (1872)
• Tacoma riot of 1885
• Washington becomes 42nd state in the United States (1889)
• Grand Coulee Dam is completed (1941)
• Hanford nuclear plant is opened (1943)
• Fish Wars (1960s - 1970s)
• Boldt Decision reaffirms Native's rights to fish (1974)
• Mount St. Helens eruption (1980)
• WTO protest (1999)

Sources

Wikipedia: History of Washington (state), Battle of Seattle, Cayuse War, Fish Wars, Fraser Canyon Gold Rush