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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 invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

of the city of

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

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 o ...

, USA.

Before the 19th century

* Native Americans explore and settle throughout the

Puget Sound Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected ma ...

region which includes the

area.

19th century

* 1851 – ** September 14: The Collins Party led by Luther Collins finds a settlement in present-day Georgetown. ** November 13: Two months after the founding of present-day Georgetown, the Denny Party settles at Alki Point to spend a rainy winter. * 1852 – The Denny Party finds it difficult to settle at Alki Point then moves to present day downtown Seattle in April. * 1853 – Seattle becomes seat of King County,

Washington Territory The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Washington. It was created from the ...

. * 1854 – School opens. * 1855 – Population: 300. * 1858 – The arrival of Manuel Lopes, the city's first Black Resident. * 1861 – Washington Territorial University established. * 1863 – ''Washington Gazette'' newspaper begins publication. * 1864 – May 16: The

Mercer Girls The Mercer Girls or Mercer Maids were women who chose to move from the east coast of the United States to the Seattle area in the 1860s at the invitation of Asa Mercer. Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle, wanted to "import" women to the Paci ...

arrive. * 1867 – '' Weekly Intelligencer'' newspaper begins publication. * 1868 – The Seattle Library Association is founded. * 1869 – Henry A. Atkins becomes mayor. * 1870 ** Central School opens. ** Church of Our Lady of Good Help founded. ** Population: 1,107. * 1873 – Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad organized. * 1874 – Gas street lamps installed. * 1875 ** San Francisco–Seattle steamship service begins. ** Ms. Maynard's Reading Room opens. * 1878 – ''Seattle Daily Post'' begins publication. * 1879 – Squire opera house built. * 1880 ** City chartered. ** Frye opera house built. ** Population: 3,533. * 1883 – Telephone and Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad begin operating. * 1885 – Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway organized. * 1886 – February: Most Chinese were expelled by White mobs. * 1888 –

Rainier Club The Rainier Club is a private club in Seattle, Washington; it has been referred to as "Seattle's preeminent private club."Priscilla LongGentlemen organize Seattle's Rainier Club on February 23, 1888 HistoryLink.org, January 27, 2001. Accessed onli ...

established. * 1889 ** Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs organized. ** June 6:

Great Seattle Fire The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington on June 6, 1889. The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, and during the same sum ...

. **

Seattle Fire Department The Seattle Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The department is responsible for an area of , including of waterfront, with a population of 713,700. There is ...

established. ** Electric streetcar begins operating. ** City becomes part of the new U.S. State of Washington. * 1890 ** ''Telegraph'' newspaper begins publication. ** Country Club established. ** Population: 42,837. * 1891 –

Seattle Public Library The Seattle Public Library (SPL) is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington. Efforts to start a Seattle library had commenced as early as 1868, with the system eventually being established by the city in 1890. The sys ...

opens. * 1892 – Pioneer Building constructed. * 1893 ** Great Northern Railway begins operating. ** Seattle Athletic Club organized. ** Seattle Theatre opens. **

Curtis Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin from the Old French ''curteis'' ( Modern French ''courtois'') which derived from the Spanish Cortés (of which Cortez is a variation) and the Portuguese and Ga ...

& Guptil photographers in business. * 1894 – '' The Argus'' newspaper begins publication. **The Seattle Republican daily newspaper beings publication * 1895 - Seattle General Hospital established. * 1898 – U.S. assay office opens. * 1899 ** ''

The Seattle Star ''The Seattle Star'' was a daily newspaper that ran from February 25, 1899, to August 13, 1947. It was owned by E. W. Scripps and in 1920 was transferred to Scripps McRae League of Newspapers (later Scripps-Canfield League), after a falling-o ...

'' newspaper begins publication. **

Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),

totem pole Totem poles ( hai, gyáaʼaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually ...

installed in

Pioneer Place Pioneer Place is an upscale, urban shopping mall in downtown Portland, Oregon. It consists of four blocks of retail, dining, parking, and an office tower named Pioneer Tower. The mall itself is spread out between four buildings, interconnected b ...

. * 1900 ** Population: 80,671. ** Seattle General Hospital re-opened in a new building.

20th century

1900s–1940s

* 1901 – Renton Hill Community Improvement Club organized. * 1903 ** July 30: Semi-centennial of founding of Seattle. ** City hires

Olmsted Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was a landscape architectural firm in the United States, established in 1898 by brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870–1957), sons of the landscape architect Frederick Law O ...

to design

public parks A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. ...

. * 1905 ** South Seattle becomes part of city. ** Seattle Fine Arts Society established. * 1906 **

The Mountaineers (club) The Mountaineers is an alpine club in the US state of Washington. Founded in 1906, it is organized as an outdoor recreation, education, and conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit organisation, and is based in Seattle, Washington. The club hosts a wid ...

formed. ** Public Library building opens. **

King Street Station King Street Station is a train station in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is served by Amtrak's '' Cascades'', ''Coast Starlight'', and ''Empire Builder'', as well as Sounder commuter trains run by Sound Transit. The station also anchor ...

opens. * 1907 ** City expands, annexing Atlantic City, Ballard, Columbia, Dunlap, Rainier Beach, Ravenna, South-East Seattle, South Park, and West Seattle. **

Pike Place Market Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. Overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront on Pug ...

opens. ** St. James Cathedral built. * 1908 ** The Great White Fleet visits Seattle and Puget Sound area. * 1909 ** June 1:

Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. It was originally planned for 1907 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold R ...

opens. ** Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad begins operating. * 1910 ** Georgetown becomes part of city. ** Municipal League of Seattle founded. ** Population: 237,194. * 1911 – Port of Seattle established. * 1913 **

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. ...

branch established. **

20th Avenue NE Bridge The 20th Avenue NE Bridge (also known as the Ravenna Park Bridge) is a three-hinged, steel, lattice-arched bridge that spans a ravine in Seattle's Ravenna Park. It was designed by Frank M. Johnson under the direction of city engineer Arthur Dimock ...

opens. * 1914 –

Smith Tower Smith Tower is a skyscraper in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Completed in 1914, the 38- story, tower is the oldest skyscraper in the city and was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at t ...

built. * 1916 ** Seattle Audubon Society established. ** Coliseum Theater opens. * 1918 – Bessaroth Synagogue dedicated. * 1919 – February:

Seattle General Strike The Seattle General Strike of 1919 was a five-day general work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11. Dissatisfied workers in several unions began the strike to gain higher wages, after t ...

. * 1920 – ''Seattle Northwest Enterprise'' newspaper begins publication. * 1922 – The first Miss Seattle is crowned. * 1923 ** Seattle

Goodwill Industries Goodwill Industries International Inc., often shortened in speech and writing to Goodwill (stylized as goodwill), is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-bas ...

established. ** Mountaineers Players (theatre troupe) active. * 1924 ** September 28:

First aerial circumnavigation The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force. The 175-day journey covered over . The team general ...

of the world lands at Sand Point. ** Seattle Camera Club founded. * 1925 **

Sears, Roebuck Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

store in business. ** Eagles Auditorium Building constructed. ** Seattle Planning Commission established. * 1926 – U.S. Naval Air Station established at Sand Point. * 1928 – Civic Auditorium and Paramount Theatre open. * 1929 – Seattle

Urban League The National Urban League, formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan historic civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of economic and social justice for African Am ...

founded. * 1930 ** Pike Place Fish Market and Japanese American Citizen's League established. ** Exchange Building constructed. * 1932 – Grace Hospital established. * 1933 –

Seattle Art Museum The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park on Cap ...

opens. * 1938 – Vedanta Society of Western Washington founded. * 1940 – Population: 368,302. ** April 28: Seattle trolleybus system opens. * 1941 ** April 12: Last

streetcar A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport a ...

line closed. * 1946 –

Seattle Foundation Seattle Foundation is the community foundation serving the greater Seattle area. Established in 1946, it is the oldest community foundation serving the Pacific Northwest, with assets of more than $965 million. As of 2017, it was the 21st largest com ...

established. * 1947 **

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

begins operating. ** Memorial Stadium opens. * 1949 –

Free port Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) designated by the trade and commerce administrations of various countries. The term is used to designate areas in which co ...

opens.

1950s–1990s

* 1950 ** Seattle Chinese Golf Club formed. ** Population: 467,591. * 1957 –

Sister city A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

relationship established with Kobe, Japan. * 1959 – City joins Puget Sound Governmental Conference. * 1960 – Population: 557,087. * 1961 **

Space Needle The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark. Located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, it was built in the Seattle Center ...

erected. **

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

Seattle chapter active. * 1962 ** Alweg Monorail begins operating. ** April 21 –

Seattle World's Fair The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States.Congress of Racial Equality The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the civil rights movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is "to bring about ...

chapter established. ** Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church built. * 1963 **

Seattle Opera Seattle Opera is an opera company based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1963 by Glynn Ross, who served as its first general director until 1983. The company's season runs from August through late May, comprising five or six operas of ...

and

Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Repertory Theatre (familiarly known as "The Rep") is a major regional theatre located in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle Center. It is a member of Theatre Puget SoundMartin Cinerama opens. * 1964 ** August 21:

The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...

perform at the Seattle Center Coliseum. * 1965 ** April 29: The 6.7 Puget Sound earthquake affected western Washington with a maximum

Mercalli intensity The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...

of VIII (''Severe''), causing seven deaths and $12.5–28 million in financial losses in the

Puget Sound region The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. ...

. **

ACT Theatre ACT Theatre (originally A Contemporary Theatre) is a regional, non-profit theatre organization in Seattle, in the US state of Washington. Gregory A. Falls (1922–1997) founded ACT in 1965 and served as its first Artistic director; at the time ACT ...

founded. * 1966 ** August 25: More than two years later,

perform for the last time at the Seattle Center Coliseum. * 1967 ** November:

Radical Women Radical Women (RW) is a socialist feminist grassroots activist organization affiliated with the Freedom Socialist Party. It has branches in Seattle, Washington, and Melbourne, Australia. History Radical Women emerged in Seattle from a "Free Uni ...

founde
Seattle Radical Women, one of first women's liberation groups in the United States, forms in November 1967.
**

Allied Arts of Seattle Allied Arts of Seattle is a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington, USA. The organization advocates for public funding of the arts, better urban planning and architecture, and other civic improvements.Walt CrowleyAllied Arts of Seattle Histo ...

founded. ** Sister city relationship established with

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, Norway. * 1969 ** Little Bread Co. and Brasserie Pittsbourg in business. ** Seafirst Building constructed. * 1970 – Seattle Marathon, and

negative income tax In economics, a negative income tax (NIT) is a system which reverses the direction in which tax is paid for incomes below a certain level; in other words, earners above that level pay money to the state while earners below it receive money, as ...

program begin. * 1971 ** Mayor's Arts Festival begins (later known as Bumbershoot). ** Starbucks in business. * 1972 ** Pacific Northwest Dance Association established. **

Intiman Theatre Festival Intiman Theatre Festival in Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1972 as a resident theatre by Margaret "Megs" Booker, who named it for August Strindberg's Stockholm theater.

begins. * 1973 – Sister city relationship established with

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

, Uzbekistan. * 1974 – Seattle Seahawks franchise established, would begin play in 1976. * 1975 – World's first "

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for personal computers" invented in Seattle. * 1976 –

Daybreak Star Cultural Center The Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center is a Native American cultural center in Seattle, Washington, described by its parent organization United Indians of All Tribes as "an urban base for Native Americans in the Seattle area." Located on 2 ...

opens. * 1977 **

Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team joined the American League as an expansion team ...

baseball team formed. ** Sister city relationship established with

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

, Israel. * 1978 – Central Co-op established. * 1979 **

P-Patch A P-Patch is a parcel of property used for gardening; the term is specific to Seattle, Washington. The "P" originally stood for "Picardo", after the family who owned Picardo Farm in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood, part of which became the ori ...

Advisory Council established. ** Music Magazine '' The Rocket'' begins publishing. ** June 1:

Seattle SuperSonics The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...

basketball team wins NBA Finals. ** Sister city relationship established with

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding '' municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip ...

, Mexico. * 1980 ** '' Subterranean Pop'' fanzine begins publication. ** Sister city relationship established with Nantes, France. ** The last

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), often referred to as the "Milwaukee Road" , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986. The company experience ...

train leaves Seattle before abandonment. * 1981 – Sister city relationships established with

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

, New Zealand; and

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, Kenya. * 1982 – Market Park landscaped. * 1983 – Sister city relationship established with Chongqing, China. * 1984 ** 911 Media Arts Center and Weird Science Salon founded. ** Sister city relationship established with Limbe, Cameroon. * 1985 **

Seattle Municipal Archives The Seattle Municipal Archives are the official archive of the city of Seattle. The organization is housed in Seattle City Hall. The organization was formally established in 1985. The city of Seattle stores its city records here. The Seattle Mun ...

established. ** Following a 3-year construction period, the newly constructed 76 storey

Columbia Center The Columbia Center, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is the tallest building in Seattle and the state of Washington, r ...

in downtown is complete. Therefore, becoming the tallest building in the city which forces CAP (Citizen Alternative Plan) to call in height limits. * 1986 – Sister city relationships established with

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, and is the sixth most populous city on ...

, Ireland; and

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

, Iceland. * 1988 **

Washington State Convention Center The Seattle Convention Center (SCC), formerly the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC), is a convention center in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. It consists of several exhibition halls and meeting rooms in building ...

and Telephone Museum open. **

Nirvana ( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo.' ...

releases its first album on Seattle's SubPop Records. * 1989 **

Jim McDermott James Adelbert McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon I ...

becomes

U.S. representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

for

Washington's 7th congressional district Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle and Burien, and all of Vashon Island, Lake Forest Park, Edmonds, Shoreline, and Normandy Park. Since 2017, the 7th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Repres ...

. ** Sister city relationship established with

Daejeon Daejeon () is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. Located in the central-west region of South Korea alongside forested hills and the Geum River, the city is known both for its technology an ...

, South Korea. * 1990 ** September 15:

Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), also referred to as the Metro Bus Tunnel, is a pair of public transit tunnels in Seattle, Washington, United States. The double-track tunnel and its four stations serve Link light rail trains on th ...

opens. **

Norm Rice Norman Blann Rice (born May 4, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 49th mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving two terms from 1990 to 1997. Rice was Seattle's first elected African-American mayor. Early life Rice graduated from th ...

becomes mayor. ** October: Pearl Jam plays its first concert ever in Seattle's Off Ramp Café. ** Population: 516,259. * 1991 **

Sustainable Seattle Sustainable Seattle is a non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in Puget Sound, Central Puget Sound. It was officially founded as a non-profit in 1991. Sustainable Seattle was the first organization to create regional indicators for su ...

nonprofit established. ** Washington Hemp Expo begins. **

rebuilt. ** Sister city relationships established with

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...

, Philippines; and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. * 1992 – Sister city relationship established with

Pécs Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the countr ...

, Hungary; and Surabaya, Indonesia. * 1993 ** Seattle Knights

joust Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying to strike the opponen ...

ing acting troupe founded. ** Fictional movie ''

Sleepless in Seattle ''Sleepless in Seattle'' is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nora Ephron, from a screenplay she wrote with David S. Ward and Jeff Arch. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film follows a journalist (Ryan) who, despite ...

'' released. ** Sister city relationships established with

Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in th ...

, Poland; and

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...

, Italy. * 1994 **

Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential econo ...

in business. **

Seattle Asian Art Museum The Seattle Asian Art Museum (often abbreviated to SAAM) is a museum of Asian art at Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Part of the Seattle Art Museum, the SAAM exhibits historic and contemp ...

opens. ** City Public Access Network online. * 1996 – Sister city relationship established with

Haiphong Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

, Vietnam. * 1997 **

Seattle Internet Exchange The Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is an Internet exchange point in Seattle, USA. Its switch fabric is centered at the Westin Building and extended to KOMO Plaza, Sabey Intergate, and other locations. The SIX is one of the most successful exam ...

and Seattle Channel established. ** '' Jet City Maven'' newspaper begins publication. * 1998 –

Paul Schell Paul E. S. Schell (born Paul Ervin Schlachtenhaufen; October 8, 1937 – July 27, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 50th mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1998 to 2002. Early life and education The oldest of six chi ...

becomes mayor. * 1999 ** November 30: Anti-globalization protest during World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference. ** Town Hall Seattle opens. ** Sister city relationship established with Sihanoukville, Cambodia. * 2000 **

Experience Music Project The Museum of Pop Culture or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MoPOP has organized ...

opens. ** Music Magazine '' The Rocket'' ends publishing.

21st century

* 2001 ** February 27: Seattle Mardi Gras Riots ** February 28:

Nisqually earthquake The 2001 Nisqually earthquake occurred at on February 28, 2001 and lasted nearly a minute. The intraslab earthquake had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). The epicenter was in the southern Puget So ...

. ** September:

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and p ...

relocates its corporate headquarters to

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

. * 2002 ** July 28: The first sporting event at

Seahawks Stadium Lumen Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city's SoDo neighborhood, it is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL, th ...

, a

Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

soccer match, is held. * 2004 **

Seattle Central Library The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004. Rem Koolhaas an ...

building opens. **

Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project The Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, one of the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights History Projects, is dedicated to social movements and labor history in the Pacific Northwest. It is directed by Professor James N. Gregory of ...

founded. **

Rat City Rollergirls Rat City Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls, LLC, the league has incorporated alternative cultural influences, and has inspired and mentored other leagues. Rat ...

(rollerderby league) founded. * 2006 ** '' Seattle Metropolitan'' begins publication. ** Kavana Cooperative founded. * 2007 ** December 12:

South Lake Union Streetcar The South Lake Union Streetcar, officially the South Lake Union Line, is a streetcar route in Seattle, Washington, United States, forming part of the Seattle Streetcar system. It travels and connects Downtown Seattle to the South Lake Union n ...

line opened. * 2008 **

Tilted Thunder Rail Birds Tilted Thunder Roller Derby (TTRD) is a Seattle, Washington based, all-female, banked track roller derby league. They are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization run by a volunteer force of skaters and league members committed to promoting and raising ...

(rollerderby league) formed. **

move to

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...

* 2009 ** July 18:

Central Link The 1Line, formerly Central Link, is a light rail line in Seattle, Washington, United States, and part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system. It serves 19 stations in the cities of Seattle, SeaTac, and Tukwila, traveling nearly between ...

light rail begins service between Westlake and Tukwila. ** December 19:

is extended to SeaTac Airport. ** InvestigateWest news headquartered in Seattle. ** Upping Technology for Underserved Neighbors and Jigsaw Renaissance founded. ** CondoInternet in business. * 2010 ** Northwest Chocolate Festival begins. **

Michael McGinn Michael McGinn (born December 17, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician. He served as mayor of the city of Seattle, Washington, and is a neighborhood activist and a former State Chair of the Sierra Club. In what was characterized as a "s ...

becomes mayor. ** Population: 608,660;

metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...

3,439,809. * 2011 ** Seattle Shorts Film Fest begins. ** Citizen University headquartered in city. * 2012 ** Ban against

plastic shopping bag Plastic shopping bags, carrier bags, or plastic grocery bags are a type of plastic bag used as shopping bags and made from various kinds of plastic. In use by consumers worldwide since the 1960s, these bags are sometimes called single-use bags, ...

s in effect. **

Chihuly Garden and Glass Chihuly Garden and Glass is an exhibit in the Seattle Center directly next to the Space Needle, showcasing the studio glass of Dale Chihuly. It opened in May 2012 at the former site of the defunct Fun Forest amusement park. The project features ...

and

Living Computer Museum Living Computers: Museum + Labs (LCM+L) is a computer and technology museum located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. LCM+L showcases vintage computers which provide interactive sessions, either through time-sharing operating syste ...

open. * 2013 ** Construction of the

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by the

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Bertha Bertha is a female Germanic name, from Old High German ''berhta'' meaning "bright one". It was usually a short form of Anglo Saxon names ''Beorhtgifu'' meaning "bright gift" or ''Beorhtwynn'' meaning "bright joy". The name occurs as a theonym, s ...

begins. ** Population: 652,405. * 2014 ** January: Ed Murray becomes mayor. ** February: Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl football contest. ** May: City minimum wage hike announced. * 2015 ** May: A large kayak protest against Arctic oil drilling is held on

Elliott Bay Elliott Bay is a part of the Central Basin region of Puget Sound. It is in the U.S. state of Washington, extending southeastward between West Point in the north and Alki Point in the south. Seattle was founded on this body of water in the 1850s ...

in response to a

Shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin structure ** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses ** Thin-shell structure Science Biology * Seashell, a hard o ...

oil platform arriving at the Port of Seattle. ** September: School teacher labor strike. * 2016 ** January 23:

First Hill Streetcar The First Hill Streetcar, officially the First Hill Line, is a streetcar route in Seattle, Washington, United States, forming part of the modern Seattle Streetcar system. It travels between several neighborhoods in central Seattle, including th ...

line opens. ** March 19: University Link Tunnel extends light rail to Capitol Hill and Husky Stadium. * 2020 ** Beginning in March: During the week, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States across

Washington (state) Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washingt ...

, 3 counties in

Seattle area The Seattle metropolitan area is an urban conglomeration in the U.S. state of Washington that comprises Seattle, its surrounding satellites and suburbs. It contains the three most populous counties in the state—King, Snohomish, and Pierce� ...

issued directives for residents to

shelter-in-place Shelter-in-place (SIP; also known as a shelter-in-place warning, SAME code SPW) is the act of seeking safety within the building one already occupies, rather than evacuating the area or seeking a community emergency shelter. The American Red Cro ...

until at least April 7. ** Beginning in May:

George Floyd protests in Seattle The city of Seattle experienced protests over the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and 2021. Beginning on May 29, 2020, demonstrators took to the streets throughout the city for marches and sit-ins, often of a peaceful nature but which also devol ...

begins. * 2023 ** February 21: Seattle became the first city in the United States to ban discrimination based on caste.

References

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

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Published in the 20th century

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* * Cornelius Hanford, Seattle and Enzirons, 1852–1924 (Seattle, 1924) * * * Roger Sale, ''Seattle: Past to Present'' (Seattle, 1976) * * * Richard C. Berner, Seattle in the 20th Century (Seattle: Charles Press, 1991) * * * Bob Lane, Better Than Promised, An Informal History of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Seattle: King County Department of Metropolitan Services, 1995) *

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