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1592: Greek explorer Juan de Fuca explores the Oregon Coast for Spain, possibly reaching the strait named for him in Washington and British Columbia. 1700 - January 26: An earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2 strikes the region, causing damage to native settlements and sending a tsunami across the Pacific. [9] [10]
The history of Oregon, ... team led by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sighted southern Oregon off the Pacific coast in 1543. In 1592, ... Timeline of Oregon history;
In 1592, Juan de Fuca may have reached Puget Sound. ... In 1602, Sebastián Vizcaíno re-explored the California coast, one of his ships reaching Oregon. His was the ...
The following is a timeline of the history of Washington state in the United States. ... 1592 - Ioánnis Fokás ... March 2: Washington Territory splits from Oregon ...
1811–12 – Wilson Price Hunt discovers Union Pass in the Wind River Range and reaches the upper Snake River, while Robert Stuart discovers South Pass—his route would later become the Oregon Trail. [29] 1816 – Otto von Kotzebue discovers Kotzebue Sound. [29] 1819 – William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands. [93]
The state of Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. [26] The 1857 Constitution of Oregon provided for the election of a governor every four years, to serve no more than eight out of any twelve years. [27] This length and limit have never been changed. It is one of the few states without a lieutenant governor.
The federal Oregon Territory (August 1848 to February 1859), carved out of the American southern portion of the former Oregon Country (1818-1846) with the Oregon Treaty of June 15, 1846, signed in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C., between the United States and Great Britain (old United Kingdom / British North America of the ...
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Organic Act in 1848 An enlargeable map of the United States after Oregon Statehood in 1859 An ...