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Seattle

city in and county seat of King County, State of Washington, United States

22 dated entries naming Seattle, drawn from 20 separate years between 1820 CE and 2004 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Seattle, Washington in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1820Mount Rainier erupts over modern-day Seattle.source
  • 1851November 13 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what later becomes Seattle.source
  • 1853May 23 – The first plat for Seattle, Washington, is laid out.source
  • 1864Asa Mercer travels from Seattle to the U.S. East Coast, and recruits 11 Mercer Girls, potential wives for men on the West Coast.source
  • 1868January 6 – Asa Mercer and a number of new "Mercer Girls" sail from Massachusetts for the West Coast, arriving in Seattle on May 23.source
  • 1883A depression starts in Seattle, Washington, United States.source
  • 1897July 17 – The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattlesource
  • 1897July 17 – The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle. On July 25 Jack London sails to join the Rush.source

20th century

  • 1901January 5 – Typhoid fever breaks out in a Seattle jail, the first of two typhoid outbreaks in the United States during the year.source
  • 1906November 18 – The steamboat Dix sinks en route from Seattle to Port Blakely claiming the lives of approximately 50 passengers and crew.source
  • 1907August 28 – UPS is founded by James E. (Jim) Casey in Seattle, Washington.source
  • 1909August 8 – The Rosicrucian Fellowship is launched at Seattle, Washington.source
  • 1909August 8 – Max Heindel formally founds the Rosicrucian Fellowship in Seattle, Washington.source
  • 1911October 28 – The Rosicrucian Fellowship's international headquarters opens at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California (preceded by its formal constitution on August 8, 1909, at Seattle, Washington).source
  • 1916July 15 – In Seattle, William Boeing incorporates Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).source
  • 1924September 28 – U.S. Army pilots John Harding and Erik Nelson complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. It has taken them 175 days and 74 stops before their return to Seattle.source
  • 1962April 21 – The Century 21 Exposition World's Fair opens in Seattle, United States. This is also the Opening Day of the Seattle Space Needle.source
  • 1969December 2 – The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its first passenger flight. It carries 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle to New York City.source
  • 1983February 18 – Wah Mee massacre: 13 people are killed in an attempted robbery in the Chinatown area of Seattle, United States.source
  • 1993November 17 – The first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit opens in Seattle.source
  • 1994April 5 – Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana. commits suicide at the age of 27 at his home in Seattle. His body was found three days later.source

21st century

  • 2004May 23 – The Seattle Central Library opens in Seattle, Washington.source

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