Oregon Country

Oregon Country was a colony in Pacific Coast and California (North America) that lasted from 1818 to 1846 CE, about 28 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Pacific Northwest under joint British and American occupation, run in practice by the Hudson's Bay Company. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 split it along the 49th parallel.

See Oregon Country on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1818 to 1846 CE

Duration

28 years

Type

Colony

Region

Pacific Coast and California, North America

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Fort Vancouver

Became

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• Colony of British Columbia 1858 to 1871 CE

Events in North America during its time

• 1838 Trail of Tears

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company) 1670 to 1870 CE
• Comanche empire (Comancheria) c. 1706 to 1875 CE
• British North America 1763 to 1867 CE
• Russian America 1799 to 1867 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Spanish Florida 1565 to 1821 CE
• Santa Fe de Nuevo México 1598 to 1821 CE
• Spanish Texas 1690 to 1821 CE
• Cherokee Nation 1794 to 1907 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Viceroyalty of Peru 1542 to 1824 CE, South America
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe

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