Profession:Explorer and Leader of Lewis and Clark Expedition

Nationality:

Biography: Along withMeriwether Lewis, he helped lead theLewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 to 1806 across the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Ocean.

In the process, claiming the Pacific Northwest for the United States.

Born:August 1,1770
Birthplace: Ladysmith, Colony of Virginia, British America
Star Sign:Leo

Died:September 1,1838 (aged 68)

• 1799-07-24 William Clark is willed the enslaved man York, who goes on to accompany him and play an important role in theLewis and Clark Expedition
• 1804-05-14Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition sets out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast, commissioned byThomas Jefferson
• 1805-04-07Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves Fort Mandan (on the Missouri River near what is now Washburn, North Dakota), beginning their journey to the Pacific Ocean
• 1805-05-26Lewis and Clark first sight the Rocky Mountains
• 1805-11-07Lewis and Clark Expedition first sights the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River
• 1805-11-19Lewis and Clark Expedition, led byMeriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, the first European Americans to cross the West
• 1806-01-08 Explorer William Clark views skeleton of a 105 ft whale washed up on Cannon Beach, inhabited by the Tillamook Nation (modern Oregon)
• 1806-09-23Lewis and Clark return to St Louis from Pacific Northwest
• 1904-04-13 US Congress authorizesLewis and Clark Exposition $1 gold coin
• 1905-06-01Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
• 2001-01-17 President Clinton honorsLewis and Clark Expedition, posthumously raises William Clark's rank from Lieutenant to Captain, makes Honorary Sergeant Shoshone female guideSacagawea, and York, enslaved by William Clark, who assisted expedition

• 1808-01-05 Explorer William Clark (37) weds Julia Hancock in Fincastle, Virginia

• The Beached Whale -Discover Lewis and Clark

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