alaska
If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this nation you can find it here: All Statistics
The cluster includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Russian-American Company
Department of Alaska
District of Alaska
Alaska Territory
Establishment
January 1762: Russian colonization of Alaska by 1761.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before.
July 1802: In June 1802, a group of Tlingit warriors attacked the Russian fort at mid-day. Led by Skautlelt and Kotleian, the raiding party massacred many, looted the sea otter pelts, and burned the settlement, including a ship under construction.
October 1804: The battle of Sitka was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before.
Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
2.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)
Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.
2.1.1.Aleutian Islands Campaign
Was a military campaign conducted by the United States, Canada, and Japan in the Aleutian Islands, part of the Territory of Alaska, in the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II.
June 1942: Japanese invade western Aleutians, landing some 1,800 men on Attu and Kiska.
May 1943: The U.S. 7th Division defeats the Japanese forces on Attu, which is liberated.
August 1943: The Americans and Canadians executed an unopposed landing on Kiska on 15 August, securing the island and ending the Aleutian Islands campaign.
January 1785: In 1784, Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov, who later set up the Russian-Alaska Company that colonized early Alaska, arrived in Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island with two ships, the Three Saints and the St. Simon. Having established his authority on Kodiak Island, Shelikhov founded the second permanent Russian settlement in Alaska (after Unalaska) on the island's Three Saints Bay.
January 1797: Russian colonization of Alaska by 1796.
January 1800: Old Sitka was founded in 1799 by Alexandr Baranov, the governor of Russian America, in Novo-Arkhangelsk (today: Sitka). The territory was under the control of the Russian-American Company, a trading company established by the Russian government to exploit the resources of Alaska.
January 1813: The Russians, led by Ivan Kuskov, established their outpost of Fort Ross in 1812 near Bodega Bay in Northern California. The territory was under the control of the Russian-American Company, a trading company chartered by Tsar Paul I.
January 1817: Fort Elizabeth was built by the Russian-American Company before 1817.
December 1817: In the autumn of 1817 the settlers of the Russian-American Company left Hawaii. Fort Elizabeth was taken over by the Scottish officer Alexander Adams on behalf of King Kamehameha I.
February 1825: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1825 was signed between Russia and Britain, with the Russian-American Company gaining control of the territory up to 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude in the Pacific Northwest of North America.
January 1826: Russian colonization of Alaska by 1825.
January 1842: Fort Ross was a Russian settlement in California, established by the Russian-American Company. In 1841, the Russians decided to sell the fort to John Sutter due to financial difficulties. The territory then went to the Centralist Republic of Mexico after Mexico gained independence from Spain.
January 1856: Russian colonization of Alaska by 1855.
October 1867: The purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million in 1867 ended Imperial Russia's colonial presence in the Americas. The negotiation was led by US Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the US Edouard de Stoeckl. The territory was then transferred to the Department of Alaska.
May 1884: In 1884, the Department of Alaska was reorganized as the District of Alaska.
October 1903: The Alaska boundary dispute between Canada and the United States was resolved in favour of the United States claim.
August 1912: The District of Alaska became the Alaska Territory.
January 1959: Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959.
Disestablishment
January 1959: Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959.
Selected Sources
Van Zandt, Franklin K. (1976). Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic Centers. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp.165-166
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.112
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.127
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.40
