The Osceola mudflow from Mount Ranier covering an area from Rainier to Puget Sound.
WA History
1513
Spanish Explorer, Juan Ponce de Léon lands on the cost of Florida
US History
1539
Hernando De Soto lands at Florida and begins an expedition across the southeastern part of what is now America.
US History
1543
Pacific Northwest claimed by Spain
WA History
1579
The Washington coast sighted by Sir Francis Drake and claimed for England
WA History
1579
Francis Drake claims California land for Great Britain
US History
Juan de Fuca, a Greek sailing for Spain, sailed into a strait that later became the border between Canada’s Vancouver Island, BC, and the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. The waterway was later named the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
WA History
Jamestown; the first English colony in America is established
US History
First representative assembly, the House of Burgesses, held in America is elected in Jamestown.
US History
First African slaves brought to Jamestown
US History
Plymouth colony settled in Massachusetts by pilgrims from England
US History
Pequot War began – Taking place in Connecticut and Rhode Island
US History
English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York
