The lives and times in Duckburg - Short list of events

Short list of events:
Before 1800 June 17th 1579 Sir Francis Drake takes possession of the land of Nova Albion, in the name of Queen Elisabeth I of England. 1596 Sir Francis Drake dies nearby Puerto Rico, probably on his way to Drake Borough. 1776 While the British loose their colonies in the east, they still keep Drake Borough on the Pacific coast. The 19th Century 1818 Cornelius Coot takes over Fort Drake Borough and shortly after rename it Fort Duckburg. Ca.1818 Cornelius Coot founds "The Woodchuck Militia" to protect the area from hostile Indians and other threats. 1819 The Spanish loose most of their American colonies, including Calisota and it's surroundings and thus don't make any threat to the newly founded Duckburg anymore. Calisota becomes a part of Mexico. 18?? Cornelius Coot pipes mountain water to Duckburg. Ca. 1830 The birth of Clinton Coot, the founder of "The Junior Woodchucks". 1848 Large areas on the North-American western coast, including Calisota and it's surroundings are turned over from Mexico to the USA. 1850 The new western territories, including Calisota, join the union and becomes full worthy states of the USA. 1861-1865 The American Civil War. Calisota remain neutral. Ca. 1880 Cornelius Coot dies aged ca. 90. 1897 Duckburg was reached by the worst northeaster in it's history so far. July 1st, 1898 The Woodchuck militia rides together with colonel Theodore Roosevelt, at the charge-up San Juan Ridge. Ca. 1898 Casey Coot goes to Klondike to dig for gold. December 1899 Casey Coot sell the deed to Fort Duckburg and Kill Mule Hill (a total of 10 acres of land) to a Scottish gold prospector named $crooge McDuck. The 20th Century Ca. 1900 The Woodchuck militia is disbanded. 1901 The Junior Woodchucks is founded by Clinton Coot. 1902 · $crooge McDuck and his two sisters arrive in Duckburg. · Fort Duckburg is attacked during the charge-up Kill Motor Hill. · $crooge McDuck's Money Bin is finished. 1904 $crooge McDuck builds a railroad out of the town. 1905 $crooge McDuck builds the main sewer of Duckburg. 1906 $crooge McDuck decides to condemn the railroad built in 1904. 1908 $crooge McDuck leaves the town for 22 years. Ca. 1910 Clinton Coot dies aged ca. 80. Ca. 1920 Donald and Della Duck are born.		1930 $crooge McDuck returns to the city and find himself the richest man in the world, but also ends up loosing his family for many years to come. Ca. 1940 Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck are born. 1942 The McDuck empire is closed down. December 25th 1947 Donald Duck and his nephews meet their uncle $crooge McDuck who during some incidents this day, becomes revitalised and then returns to public life. Christmas 1949 Donald Duck and $crooge McDuck ends up in a steam shovel fighting in the streets of Duckburg. Christmas 1951 After dramatic incidents $crooge McDuck ends up paying for the greatest Christmas party ever made for the children of Duckburg's poorest part Shacktown. 1952 · $crooge McDuck and the maharaja of Howduyustan build a lot of statues, mostly of Cornelius Coot, around in Duckburg just to prove who's the richest. · By arranging a false celebration of McDucks 50 year anniversary in Duckburg, an alliance of The Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell and Flintheart Glomgold tries to rob McDuck for all his money (the interest of The Beagle Boys) including the first dime (the interest of Magica De Spell) so that he would no longer be the richest man in the world (the interest of Flintheart Glomgold). 1953 In a contest with their uncle Donald and Gladstone Gander, HD&L shows to be the better qualified for taking over McDucks fortune after his death. 1956 · Duckburg experiences the worst earthquakes in it's history. The quakes are caused by the Terries and the Fermies trying to get back their trophy that was stolen by $crooge McDuck and his nephews. · A competition between Donald Duck and his cousin Gladstone Gander to show whom to be the best fitted to take over the McDuck empire, ends when feather from Donald Duck's factory was blowing all over the city. · Donald Duck's short career as a smokewriter on the sky, ends with whole Duckburg covered by thick smoke. 1957 Donald Duck accidentally pours dye into the local river, causing all of Duckburg's drinking water to turn red. 1958 A bet between Scrooge McDuck and Jolly Ollie Eiderduck makes Duckburg ending up with it's main Christmas tree standing on some equipment from an amusing park. 1959 In a dramatic Money World Championship held in Duckburg, $crooge McDuck finally win a close-race against his South-African rival Flintheart Glomgold. 1961 When testing out Gyro Gearloose's new Jet-broom dressed as a which, Donald Duck manages to scare some police horses and the animals at the zoo so that Duckburg ends up in chaos for a short while. 1962 During the worst northeaster hurricane in the history of Duckburg Donald Duck and his nephews manages to put lights in the top of the lighthouse at Cape Quack and thus saveing the ship "The Dauntless" that was bringing the city's main Christmas tree from the Polar Gulf. 1964 As a result of unlucky circumstances Donald Duck ends up blowing up a dike so that Duckburg was flooded by water. 1965 Some trouble occurred in Duckburg when a machine that gave people skills via beams was stolen by the Brutopian Consul. The situation ended when McDuck, believing he was a great shooter, put a bullet through the machine. After taking over some giant man-driven robots the Beagle Boys steal McDuck's money. Later McDuck manages to take over one of the robots and get his money back. Sometime in the 1960s Elvira "Grandma" Duck dies. 1967 $crooge McDuck dies aged 100.

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