Timeline Tuesday 3 August 1784

Events on Tuesday 3 August 1784 1

• 1784 Grigory Shelikhov Founds First Permanent Russian Settlement in Alaska Three Saints Bay colony established on Kodiak Island Russian merchant Grigory Shelikhov founded a fur-trading settlement at Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island, the first permanent Russian colony in North America. The outpost became the foundation for Russian America, which would later expand along the Pacific coast. Shelikhov's venture laid groundwork for the Russian-American Company founded in 1799.