Alaska Important Dates
- 1774-1792 Spanish expeditions explore southeast coast.
- 1778 British Capt. James Cook surveys Alaskan coast.
- 1784 Russian fur traders established the first white settlement at Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island.
- 1799 Russian-American Company chartered by Russia for trade. Sitka was permanently founded by the Russians. It becomes the company's capital in 1804 and serves as Alaska's capital until 1906, when the capital was moved to Juneau.
- 1824-1825 In treaties with the United States and Great Britain, Russia agreed to recognize latitude 54 40' as Alaska's southern boundary and the 141st meridian as the eastern boundary. Further boundary adjustments between Alaska and British Columbia were made in 1903.
- 1867 The United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000.
- 1884 Congress passed the first Organic Act, creating the District of Alaska and providing a governor and federal courts.
- 1896 The Klondike gold strike started a rush to the Canadian Yukon Territory. Gold was discovered at Nome in 1899 and at Fairbanks in 1902.
- 1900 Alaska's civil government reformed by U.S. Congress; Capital moved to Juneau; government offices transferred in 1906.
- 1912 Congress passed the second Organic Act, establishing Alaska as a U.S. Territory and providing for a territorial legislature.
- 1916 First statehood bill introduced in Congress.
- 1942 Japan attacks Dutch Harbor; occupies Attu and Kiska
- 1943 U.S. recaptures Aleutians from Japan
- 1959 Alaska becomes 49th state, January 3rd.
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