The following is a

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of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

in the

United States of America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territo ...

Pre-European

* 13,200 BCE - Earliest evidence of human habitation in Oregon, discovered in 1938 at

Fort Rock Cave Fort Rock Cave was the site of the earliest evidence of human habitation in the US state of Oregon before the excavation of Paisley Caves. Fort Rock Cave featured numerous well-preserved sagebrush sandals, ranging from 9,000 to 13,000 years old. ...

in modern day Lake County. * 13,000-11,000 BCE - The Missoula floods inundate and scour large portions of the state along the

Columbia River The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...

and in the

Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley ( ) is a long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the east, ...

before entering the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

. * 5,677 BCE - Mount Mazama suffers a major volcanic eruption, forming the caldera that was later filled by Crater Lake. * Various: Oregon was populated by many Native American groups, including the

Bannock Bannock may mean: * Bannock (food), a kind of bread, cooked on a stone or griddle * Bannock (Indigenous American), various types of bread, usually prepared by pan-frying * Bannock people, a Native American people of what is now southeastern Oregon ...

Chasta The Shastan peoples are a group of linguistically related indigenous peoples from the Klamath Mountains. They traditionally inhabited portions of several regional waterways, including the Klamath, Salmon, Sacramento and McCloud rivers. Shastan ...

, Chinook, Kalapuya,

Klamath Klamath may refer to: Ethnic groups *Klamath people, a Native American people of California and Oregon **Klamath Tribes, a federally recognized group of tribes in Oregon *Klamath language, spoken by the Klamath people Places in the United States * ...

, Molalla, Nez Perce, Takelma, and Umpqua.

16th to 18th Centuries

* 1542: A Spanish expedition led by

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ( pt, João Rodrigues Cabrilho; c. 1499 – January 3, 1543) was an Iberian maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America, undertaken on behalf of the Spanish Empire. He was the firs ...

explores north along the West Coast of North America, possibly reaching present-day Oregon before turning back. * 1565-1700s: Spanish explorers originating from the

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reach the West Coast of North America. Most landed in

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

, but some shipwrecked along the Oregon Coast. * 1579 - June 5:

Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician. Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 (t ...

exploring for Britain lands near Coos Bay. Ship Columbia on river

* 1592: Greek explorer Juan de Fuca explores the Oregon Coast for Spain, possibly reaching the strait named for him in

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

and

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. * 1700 - January 26: An

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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. * 1774: Juan José Pérez Hernández, exploring for Spain, is the first European to note

Yaquina Head Yaquina Head ( ) is a headland extending into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the site of the Yaquina Head Light, and is managed as Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area by the Bureau of Land Management. I ...

.Hayes, Derek. ''Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of exploration and Discovery''. Sasquatch Books. 1999. . pp. 38-39. * 1775:

Bruno de Heceta Bruno de Heceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia (1743–1807) was a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family, he was sent by the Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, to explore the area nort ...

, exploring for Spain, is the first European to sight the Columbia River but is unable to enter. * 1778:

James Cook James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...

, exploring for

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, explores the Oregon Coast on his third voyage. * 1780s: Fur trading between the Europeans and Native Americans begins along the Coast. * 1792: **

George Vancouver Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...

explores for Britain, sighting and nameing several Cascade volcanoes and other geographic features. ** Robert Gray, an American, explores and names the Columbia River.

19th Century

1800 to 1849

* 1805-1806 - The

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gro ...

explores present day Oregon along the

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and Columbia Rivers, wintering at Fort Clatsop. * 1811 ** David Thompson becomes the first European to navigate the entire length of the Columbia River. **

John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor who made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by smuggling opium into China, and ...

's Pacific Fur Company founds Fort Astoria, which would later become the city of Astoria. This was the first American-owned settlement on the North American west coast. * 1812 - October 22: Robert Stuart, returning east from Fort Astoria, discovers South Pass which would later be traversed by the

Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and Westward Expansion Trails, emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what ...

Mormon Trail The Mormon Trail is the long route from Illinois to Utah that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled for 3 months. Today, the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System, known as the Mormon ...

, and

California Trail The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California. After it was established, the first half of the California Trail f ...

. * 1813: Fort Astoria is sold to the

North West Company The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what is present-day Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great weal ...

and becomes headquarters for the

Columbia District The Columbia District was a fur trading The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold ...

, the British authority in the region. * 1818: October 20 - The

Treaty of 1818 The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, is an international treaty signed in 1818 betw ...

is signed, allowing for joint occupation of

Oregon Country Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been created by the Treaty of 1818, co ...

by the United Kingdom and United States. * 1819 **

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from the

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, sponsored by the North West Company, arrive in Oregon Country. ** February 22: The Adams-Onis Treaty is signed between the United States and Spain, which includes Spain withdrawing its claim to the Pacific Northwest. * 1821: The North West Company merges with the

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...

with the latter becoming the British authority in the region. * 1824:

Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading post that was the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department, located in the Pacific Northwest. Named for Captain George Vancouver, the fort was located on the northern bank of the ...

in the present day Washington city of the same name becomes the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia District headquarters. Bierstadt Albert Oregon Trail

* 1830s: Pioneers from the United States begin coming to Oregon via the

. Transportation improvements brought declines in wagon traffic on the trail in the 1850s and 1860s, but the trail continued to be in use as late as the 1890s. * 1843 ** Champoeg, a settlement in the

becomes the American capital of Oregon Country. ** Hudson's Bay Company moves their Columbia District headquarters to Fort Victoria in the present day

city of the same name. **

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becomes the American capital of Oregon Country. * 1844 - June 24: A law is enacted to limit settlement of

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in Oregon Country including them being lashed every six months. Portions of this law were repealed that December. * 1845:

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

is founded. It would later become the state's largest city. * 1846 - June 15: The

Oregon Treaty The Oregon Treaty is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to t ...

between the United Kingdom and United States is signed, setting the boundary between the two nations occupying Oregon Country at the 49th parallel and placing present day Washington in Oregon Territory. * 1847 - November 29: The Whitman massacre occurs near present-day Walla Walla, Washington, starting the initial phase of the Cayuse War which took place throughout the Northwest and lasted until 1853.

1850 to 1899

* 1851:

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becomes the capital of Oregon Territory. * 1853 - March 2: Washington Territory splits from Oregon Territory, taking with it areas north of the Columbia River (west of

Wallula Gap Wallula Gap () is a large water gap of the Columbia River in the northwest United States in southeast Washington. It cuts through the Horse Heaven Hills basalt anticlines in the Columbia River Basin, just south of the confluence of the Walla ...

) and the 46th parallel. * 1855 - October: A volunteer militia attacks a group of Takelma people who returned to an ancestral village, sparking the

Rogue River Wars The Rogue River Wars were an armed conflict in 1855–1856 between the U.S. Army, local militias and volunteers, and the Native American tribes commonly grouped under the designation of Rogue River Indians, in the Rogue River Valley area o ...

which lasted into 1856. * 1858: The first railroad in Oregon, operated by the Cascade Railroad Company, serves the Columbia River Gorge.Horner, John B. (1919). ''Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature''. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 83 * 1859 - February 14:

is granted statehood with its present boundaries. The remaining portion of the territory to the east of the present state is added to Washington Territory. * 1862 - April: The 1st Oregon Cavalry Regiment is formed to protect Oregon and surrounding areas during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

. * 1868:

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

is founded. Great Fire of 1873 Aftermath Portland, OR

* 1873 ** A lock and canal is built to bypass Willamette Falls, allowing boat traffic to pass between the sections of the

Willamette River The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward b ...

above and below the falls.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. ** A

fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...

destroys twenty-two blocks of downtown Portland. * 1876: The

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is established. * 1877: The Nez Perce War takes place in the Inland Northwest, including parts of Northeast Oregon. * 1880: The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company completes a rail line connecting Oregon to the transcontinental railroad system. * 1885-1886: Violent mobs drove Chinese immigrants out of small communities throughout Oregon with many people relocating to Portland's

Chinatown A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Austra ...

. * 1887 - April 9: The original Morrison Bridge in Portland opens, becoming the first bridge to cross the Willamette River. * 1888: The Portland Zoo is founded, later changing names to the Oregon Zoo. It was the first zoo west of the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...

in North America.

20th Century

1900 to 1949

* 1902 - May 22:

Crater Lake National Park Crater Lake National Park is an American national park located in southern Oregon. Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon. The park encompasses the caldera of ...

is established. * 1905: The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition is held in Northwest Portland. InterstateBridge1917

* 1917 ** Oregon's original state highway system was created. ** February 14: The

Interstate Bridge The Interstate Bridge (also Columbia River Interstate Bridge, I-5 Bridge, Portland-Vancouver Interstate Bridge, Vancouver-Portland Bridge) is a pair of nearly identical steel vertical-lift, Parker through-truss bridges that carry Interstate 5 ...

, which now carries Interstate 5, opens. This was the first bridge across the Columbia River connecting Portland to Vancouver, Washington. * 1936 ** Portland-Columbia Airport opens, later becoming

Portland International Airport Portland International Airport is a joint civil–military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon, accounting for 90% of the state's passenger air travel and more than 95% of its air cargo. It is within Portland's city li ...

. ** July 15: The State Line earthquake, centered near

Milton-Freewater, Oregon Milton-Freewater is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The city received its current name in 1951 when the neighboring rival cities of Milton and Freewater voted to merge. The population was 7,151 at the 2020 census. It is part of ...

, causes damage in

Umatilla County Umatilla County () is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,075. Hermiston is the largest city in Umatilla County, but Pendleton remains the county seat. Umatilla County is part of ...

. * 1937: Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River east of Portland begins to operate. It was the second dam built on the Columbia River, and the first built on a stretch of the river in Oregon. * 1940: The U.S. Census records a population of over one million in Oregon for the first time. * 1942 ** June 21: A Japanese submarine

fired on ''Fired On'' is a 1907 oil painting by Frederic Remington. It measures and has been held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 1910. Sometimes described as a nocturne, it depicts a group of men on horseback lit by moonlight in the mu ...

Fort Stevens near Astoria. This was the only time a military base in the Contiguous United States was attacked by the

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during

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. Despite only causing minor damage, it helped spark fears that Japan would invade the West Coast. ** September 9: Japanese pilots dropped two incendiary bombs in

Siskiyou National Forest Siskiyou may refer to: *Siskiyou Mountains, a mountain range in northern California and southern Oregon *Siskiyou National Forest, in Oregon and California *Siskiyou County, California *Siskiyou Trail, an old Native American and pioneer trail connec ...

in Southwest Oregon in an attempt to start a forest fire. Damage was minimal. * 1945 - May 5: A Japanese balloon bomb explodes in Lake County, killing six. These were the only people on American soil whose deaths were attributed to an enemy balloon bomb explosion during World War II. Aerial view of vanport flooded

* 1948: The Columbia River floods, destroying the community of Vanport which was the second largest city in Oregon at the time.

1950 to 1999

* 1962: The remnants of Typhoon Freda strike the Pacific Northwest, causing a total of 46 deaths and $230 million (1962 USD) in damage. * 1964-1965: Widespread flooding in December and January, including the Willamette River which inundated over . Note: Surpassed only by the Heppner Flood of 1903, the Vanport Flood of 1948, the Columbus Day Storm of 1962, and the Tillamook Burn of 1933, 1939, 1945, and 1951. * 1967 - July 6: Governor

Tom McCall Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 January 8, 1983) was an American statesman, politician and journalist in the state of Oregon. A Republican, he was the state's thirtieth governor from 1967 to 1975. A native of Massachusetts, McCall grew up th ...

signs a bill establishing Oregon beaches as public land. * 1970 ** The U.S. Census records one million residents in the Portland metropolitan area for the first time. ** November 12: The carcass of a

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that appeared on a beach at

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a few days earlier was

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by the

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. * 1972: A law goes into effect charging customers who purchase certain bottled products with the fee being refunded when the bottle is recycled. * 1984 - August to October: Followers of

Rajneesh Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho (), was an Indian Godman (India), godman, Mysticism, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. H ...

who settled in Wasco County infect 751 people after contaminating salad bars in The Dalles with ''

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'' in an attempt to limit the number of people who vote in that year's election thus giving their candidates a better chance of winning. This was the first and remains the largest act of bioterrorism in the United States. * 1985 - April: The

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begins operation. * 1996 - February: Heavy rain on existing snowpack caused regional flooding that produced $700-800 million (1996 USD) worth of damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. * 1998 - November 3: Oregon voters pass a measure to expand the

vote by mail Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. In an ele ...

system to have it used in all elections.

21st Century

* 2014 - May 19: Oregon's ban on

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is struck down by a federal court. * 2016 - January & February: An armed

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group led by

Ammon Bundy Ammon Edward Bundy (born September 1, 1975) is an American anti-government militant and activist. A car fleet manager by profession, Bundy gained widespread attention by leading the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. He is t ...

takes control of and occupies the

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located roughly south of the city of Burns in Oregon's Harney Basin. Administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge area is roughly T-shaped with the southe ...

in Harney County. * 2020-2022: The

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

impacts Oregon, leading to closures of many services to limit the spread of the virus. * 2022 - July: The World Athletics Championships are held in

Eugene Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the sin ...

References

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