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(1543) Spain claimed Pacific Northwest
(1592) Juan de Fuca discovered Strait of Juan de Fuca
(1543) Spain claimed Pacific Northwest
(1579) Sir Francis Drake claimed Washington coast for England
(1774) Juan Perez led first Spanish expedition to Northwest Coast, discovered Olympic Mountains
(1775) Bruno de Hezeta landed on Washington coast, claimed area for Spain
(1778) James Cook explored and charted the Northwest Coast
(1792) George Vancouver explored and named Puget Sound; Spain established first non-Indian settlement in Washington at Neah Bay
(1805-1806) Lewis and Clark reached Washington
(1811) John Jacob Astor built Fort Astoria, part of Pacific Fur Company at Columbia River mouth
(1825) Forts Vancouver and Colvile established on Columbia River by Hudson Bay Company
(1841) Charles Wilkes led United States naval expedition to explore Washington
(1842) John C. Fremont witnessed eruption of Mount St. Helens
(1847) Cayuse Indians attacked Whitman Mission in Walla Walla
(1851) First settlers arrived at Seattle site
(1853) Washington Territory created.
(1855-58) Yakima Indian Wars occurred
(1858) Cascade Railroad Company began operating in Columbia River Gorge; Indian wars ended
(1860) Gold and silver discovered in Okanogan
1886 Coal mining town of Roslyn founded
1889 Washington became 42nd state
(1897-99) Klondike Gold Rush brought thousands to Seattle
(1899) Mount Rainier National Park established
(1909) Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in Seattle
(1910) Women won right to vote in Washington
(1933) Grand Coulee Dam construction began
(1937) Bonneville Dam on Columbia River completed
(1941) Grand Coulee Dam completed
(1962) World Fair held in Seattle
(1974) Expo '74 World's Fair held in Spokane
(1975) Microsoft founded
(1976) First woman governor, Dixy Lee Ray, elected
(1980) Mount St. Helens erupted
(2001) Communist Party office closed in Seattle
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