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ND Timeline

  • Period: May 1, 1500 to

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  • Henry Hudson

     Henry Hudson
    1610 - Henry Hudson claimed the Hudson Bay watershed, which included much of eastern North Dakota for England.
  • France

    France
    1713 - England gets the northern part of North Dakota from France
  • Fur

    Fur
    1800 -
    Alexander Henry Jr. established a fur post at Park River. He moved his establishment to Pembina in 1801, and it became the beggining for the first white settlement in what is now North Dakota.
  • Cild was born

    Cild was born
    1802 - On March 12, the first non-Indian child was born in what is now North Dakota to Pierre Bonza and his wife, Black slaves of Alexander Henry, Jr.
  • North Daktoa was founded

    North Daktoa was founded
    November 2, 1889,
  • Influenza

    Influenza
    An Influenza epidemic swept the state killing 2,700 North Dakotans.
  • A blizzard

    A blizzard
    A blizzard hit North Dakota and Minnesota. The 10 inches of snow broke a 1926 Grand Forks record. The blizzard killed 6 people in the Midwest with 4 dead in North Dakota car crashes.