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The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856, attack by Native American tribesmen upon Seattle, Washington. [2] At the time, Seattle was a small, four-year-old settlement in the Washington Territory that had recently named itself after Chief Seattle (Sealth), a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound. [3]
The 1999 Seattle WTO protests, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle, [1] were a series of anti-globalization protests surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, where members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) convened at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on November 30, 1999. The ...
Notable battles occurred in present-day Tacoma, Seattle, and even as far east as Walla Walla. On 28 October 1855, a party of natives killed eight settlers in what was later called the White River Massacre. Three children fled on foot to Seattle, but a five-year-old boy was seized and held by the natives for six months before being released. [4]
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seattle, Washington, USA. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Tyler Perry is spotlighting a lesser-known piece of World War II history in his new Netflix film, The Six Triple Eight. Based on a WWII History Magazine article by Kevin M. Hymel, the film, out ...
(The Center Square) – Members of the Seattle City Council are proposing legislation that would send general funds to its Seattle Channel, despite continuing budget issues over the next three years.
Battle in Seattle is a 2007 political action-thriller film written and directed by Stuart Townsend, in his directorial debut. The story is loosely based on the protest activity at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2007.