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(1533) Two ships landed at Baja in La Paz Harbor, local residents killed 20 and ships retreated
(1535) Hernando Cortes led expedition to La Paz, established small colony
(1540) Sea expedition led by Hernando de Alarcon up Gulf of California to mouth of Colorado River, became first Europeans on California soil
(1542) Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo became the first European to explore California, landed at San Diego, discovered Catalina Islands, sites of San Pedro and Santa Monica and Santa Barbara Channel Islands
(1579) Sir Francis Drake landed north of San Francisco Bay, claimed the territory for England
(1669) Gaspar de Portolb, governor of the Californias, led an expedition up the Pacific coast, established California's first mission on San Diego Bay
(1769) Sargeant Jose Ortega discovered entrance to San Francisco Bay
(1776) Presidio of San Francisco and Mission Dolores founded
(1812) Russian fur traders established Fort Ross
(1812) Mexico won independence from Spain, became California's new ruler
(1826) Native Americans attacked Mission San Francisco Solano
(1848) Gold discovered at Sutter's sawmill in Coloma
(1849) California Gold Rush began; California became U. S. property with Treaty of Guadalupe
(1849) Fire devastated San Francisco
(1850) California became 31st state
(1869) First westbound train arrived in San Francisco
(1882) Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, barring all Chinese immigration
(1900) Oil discovered along Kern River
(1906) San Francisco earthquake killed more than 3,000, left 225,000 homeless
(1910) Angel Island opened, entry point to U. S. for immigrants
(1911) Women won right to vote
(1928) California Hockey League created
(1928) Great Highway and Ocean Beach Esplanade in San Francisco completed
(1933) Long Beach earthquake caused widespread damage throughout southern California; Alcatraz made a prison
(1934) Bloody Thursday riots took place in San Francisco
(1936) San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened
(1936) Golden Gate Bridge completed
(1936) Parker Dam completed
(1942) Japanese Americans relocated to U.S. concentration camps; Japanese submarine shelled an oil field near Goleta.
(1942) Japanese Americans relocated to U.S. concentration camps; Japanese submarine shelled an oil field near Goleta.
(1945) United Nations Charter signed in San Francisco
(1952) Bakersfield hit by earthquake, caused over $50 million in property damage
(1969) Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island
(1969) Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk shot and killed
(1989) 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Bay Area
(1992) California became first state to elect two women to U.S. Senate - Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein
(2000) Electricity crisis caused blackouts and large rate increases
(2003) Governor Davis recalled; Arnold Schwarzenegger elected
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