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Contents 1 Pre-1900 2 1900s 3 1910s 4 1920s 5 1930s 6 1940s 7 1950s 8 1960s 9 1970s 10 1980s 11 1990s 12 2000s

Pre-1900

• 1851 Nov. 13: Settlers, led by Arthur Denny, arrive at Alki Point.

• 1853 March 26: Henry Yesler opens his sawmill, the first on the Puget Sound.

• 1855 Jan. 22: Point Elliott Treaty, which cedes much of the Native American land in Western Washington to the U.S. government, is signed.

• 1856 Jan. 26: The Battle of Seattle is fought. Seattle residents fire muskets at attacking Indians, upset over attempts to relocate them. The sloop Decatur fires its cannon, routing the Indians. Two settlers are killed.

• 1860 Military Road from Fort Vancouver to Seattle is completed, the first road connecting Seattle to other Western Washington cities.

• 1870 July 11: Henry Atkins is elected Seattle's first mayor. Seattle's population is 1,107.

• 1870: The very first non-native Changelings begin to emerge from the Hedge, about a generation after the first settlers reached the area. They quickly discover their native counter-parts, although there is little trust between the groups.

• 1872 Oct. 24: Seattle's first brick building erected.

• 1875 March 3: Steamship service to San Francisco begins.

• 1876 Driftwood House established.

• 1882 December: The first trans-Pacific steamship departs from Seattle, the first step in the city's ambition to become the gateway to the Pacific Rim.

• 1888 Dec. 24: The City of Seattle is the first regularly scheduled ferry on Puget Sound.

• 1889 June 6: The Great Seattle Fire leaves more than 25 blocks of downtown Seattle in smoldering ruins.

• 1891: The Freehold of the Seven Hills is established by the growing population of non-native Changelings.

1900s

• 1900 Feb. 9: Fort Lawton is established on Magnolia Bluff. Seattle's population is 80,671.
• 1907 Aug. 17: Pike Place Market opens.
• 1907 September: On the night of the Autumn Equinox the Pikes Place Goblin Market appears for the first time, as though it had always been there. Though it takes some time before the local Fae begin to trust to the safety of the market, it quickly grows in stature and influence and becomes the most consistant and well-known reoccurring Goblin Market in the area.

1910s

• 1911 Sept. 5: Port of Seattle established. Seattle's population is 237,194.

• 1917 May 9: Boeing Airplane established.

• 1918-1919 A flu epidemic kills 1,600 in Seattle.

• 1919: As the white population increases, the native population dwindles. A small Motley of native Changelings, claiming to be the last of their kind, join the Freehold, and live quietly until their deaths.

1920s

• 1927 Jan. 28: Boeing secures the Chicago-San Francisco air-mail contract and forms United Air Lines.

1930s

• 1932 Feb. 27: The Aurora Bridge is dedicated, the first major highway bridge built in Seattle.

• 1933 June 23: Seattle Art Museum opens in Volunteer Park.

1940s

• 1940 June 5: The Lake Washington Floating Bridge opens, connecting Seattle with Mercer Island and the Eastside. Seattle's population is 368,302.
• 1942 April 21: Japanese Americans are ordered to evacuate Seattle. More than 12,000 U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry from King County were held in inland "relocation centers" during World War II.
• 1944 Aug. 14: African-American soldiers riot at Fort Lawton and lynch an Italian prisoner of war. Twenty-three men are convicted and 13 acquitted in the riot, attributed to racial tension based on unfair treatment of black soldiers.
• 1949 Jan. 22: UW fires three professors for suspected Communist ties after an investigation by a committee formed by the Legislature in 1947 and chaired by Rep. Albert Canwell, a freshman Republican from Spokane.
• 1949 April 13: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake kills seven in Seattle. The quake only lasted 20 seconds, but repairs went on for years.
• 1949 July 9: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport opens. Seattle's population is 467,591.

1950s

• 1953: Dame Belladonna, known colloquially as 'Mama Bella,' takes on the proprietorship of Driftwood House from her predecessor.
• 1954 July 15: A Boeing 707, the first successful passenger jet, takes its first flight.

1960s

• 1962 April 21: The World's Fair opens, leaving as part of its legacy the Space Needle, Monorail and many of Seattle Center's buildings. Seattle's population is 557,087.

• 1966 Dec. 31: Boeing is awarded the contract to build the super-sonic transport, the SST.

• 1967 Jan. 31: Interstate 5 is completed from Tacoma to Everett.

• 1969 Feb. 9: The Boeing 747 takes its first test flight.

1970s

• 1970 March 8: About 100 Indian activists attempt to occupy the abandoned Fort Lawton. They "claimed" Fort Lawton under a provision in an 1865 treaty promising reversion of surplus military lands to the original owners. As a result of the protests, the Daybreak Star Center is formed in what becomes Discovery Park. Seattle's population is 530,831.
• 1971 April: Starbucks opens its first cafe.
• 1971 Nov. 2: Voters save Pike Place Market, thwarting an eight-year effort to replace it with offices, hotels and parking garages.
• 1971 Nov. 24: A man, known only by the pseudonym Dan or D.B. Cooper, hijacks a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland to Seattle. After collecting a $200,000 ransom and four parachutes in Seattle, he orders the pilots to fly to Mexico. As the plane flies over Southwest Washington, he jumps out. About $5,800 of the money is found years later, but neither Cooper nor the rest of the money has been found.
• 1975 April 4: Micro-Soft (the hyphen was removed in 1976), the software giant, is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1978, it moves from Albuquerque to Bellevue, bringing jobs and wealth to the Seattle area.

1980s

• 1982 July 15: The body of Wendy Lee Coffield, the Green River killer's first victim, is found. Forty-nine homicides have been attributed to this unknown serial killer. Seattle's population is 493,846.
• 1983 A Draconic Fairest emerges from the hedge, bewildered in the modern age. He claims to have been a lumberjack under the employ of Yesler’s Sawmill, but remembers almost nothing of his life prior to his captivity. After several weeks at Driftwood House he determines to join the Summer Court, and takes the name Adamant.

1990s

• 1990 Nov. 25: The Interstate 90 floating bridge sinks in a storm. Seattle's population is 516,259.
• 1991 Adamant begins his first reign as King of Summer. Over the next several years he will become a fixture of the Summer Court, and will reign over each Summer season until the events of Adamant’s Folly bring his dynasty to a close.
• 1992
• 1993 Jan. 20: Six people die, 750,000 homes and businesses lose power and 167 homes are destroyed in the Puget Sound's Inaugural Day storm.
• 1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997
• 1998: A True Fae is rumored to be on an extended hunt in the local Hedge. Several brief skirmishes with hounds support this information, and Changelings begin to tell stories of their near escape from the hunter. Adamant, outraged at this persecution, begins to agitate for an attack a Gentry-controlled Hallow known as “the Lodge”.
• 1999 June: Adamant once again takes the Crown of the Summer Court, and lays his plans in earnest. He begins to gather more and more support for his planned attack.
• 1999 September: Summer passes to Autumn, but King Adamant does not yield the throne, citing the need to maintain consistent leadership for the upcoming attack. The Autumn Court capitulates, though not without misgivings.
• 1999 Nov. 29: After several months of planning, dangerous scouting missions, and intelligence-gathering, King Adamant is prepared to lead the march on the Lodge. The vast majority of the Changeling population marches with him, including some of the oldest and wisest of the local Fae. Early reports suggest great success, as Adamant’s forces sweep through local Hedge Beasts and other guardians of the Hallow. But then reports falter all together.
• 1999 Nov. 29-Dec. 3: The World Trade Organization meeting deteriorates into rioting, police confrontations, the closing of downtown and a curfew. Nearly 600 people are arrested, but most of the charges are eventually dropped.
• 1999 Dec. 3: The stricken survivors (including Athanor, Cavity, Cody, Marrow and Damia Elantra) manage to escape the Hedge, each carrying a harrowing tale of near-capture, and the haunting memories of friends, allies, and rivals alike being dragged screaming into Arcadian bondage. Of King Adamant there is no sign at all. Last seen at the center of the front line, amidst the thickest of the fighting, he is lost. The march becomes known as Adamant's Folly, and becomes an object lesson for those who believe the Gentry can be directly confronted and defeated.
• 1999 Dec. 5: An unknown Changeling comes though the Hedge, some are worried he is a Gentry spy, others wisper that he is another survivor. It turns out he is Tombstone and escaped durring the ruckus...
• 1999 Dec: Mama Bella, of the Winter Court, takes the Crown; the long period of mourning begins.

2000s

• 2000 Jan. 31: Alaska Flight 261 crashes into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88, many from Seattle.
• 2000 June 23: Experience Music Project, Paul Allen's homage to rock 'n' roll music, opens. Seattle's population is 563,374.
• 2001 Feb. 28: A magnitude-6.8 earthquake rattles the Puget Sound area, causing more than $1 billion in damage.
• 2001 Sept. 4: Boeing moves its corporate headquarters to Chicago.
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004 November: Mama Bella announces her successor to the proprietorship of Driftwood will be Althea Sexton. After 50 years of service, and a significant time as Winter Queen, Mama Bella says she's more than ready for her retirement.
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007 January: Mama Bella dies in her sleep at Driftwood. Her death is simply due to age, and the entire populace of Lost in Seattle mourn her death with a funeral and wake. For many, this is the passing of a legend.
• 2008

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