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1800 CALIFORNIA
1900
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1800 |
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YEARS BEFORE CALIFORNIA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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Joaquin Higuera, appointed alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1800-1802).
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January 16, Pedro de Alberni, appointed acting governor
of California (1800-March 11, 1802).
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1801 |
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1802 |
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Mariano Verdugo, appointed second-term alcalde of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1802-1809).
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March
2, Spanish born José Joaquin de Arrillaga, appointed
second-term governor of Las Californias (1802-July 24,
1814). Died on 24 July, 1814 at Mission Soledad in Calfornia.
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| 1803 |
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San
Diego's first mission 'Mission
San Diego de Alcala', in San
Diego County, California, destroyed by an earthquake.
NOVEMBER
30 - LOUISIANA PURCHASE
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1804 |
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1805 |
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Rio
de los Santos Reyes (Kings River) in Kings
County, California, discovered by an exploring
expedition.
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1806 |
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A
Spanish expedition headed by Lt. Ruiz and Zalvidea passed
through the Tehachapi area in Kern
County, California, looking after Native Americans
fugitives.
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José de la Guerra y Noriega, appointed acting
commandant of San Diego
in San Diego County, California
(1806-1807).
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March 1, Luis
Antonio Argüello, appointed commandant of San Francisco
in San Francisco County,
California (1806-March 27, 1830). First governor of
Alta California under Mexican rule. Conducted the "Argüello's
expedition to the Columbia" the most extensive
exploration of the North Country ever made by the Spaniards
in California. Born on June 21, in San Francisco, 1784,
died on March 27 in San Francisco 1830, burried Mission
Dolores Cemetery.
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1807 |
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José
Raimundo Carrillo, appointed commandant of San
Diego in San Diego County,
California (1807-1809).
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1808 |
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1809 |
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Francisco Maria
Ruiz, appointed acting commandant of San
Diego in San Diego County,
California (1809-1820).
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1810 |
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Fontana part of the Rancho San Antonio land grant in
San Bernardino County, California. Coordinates
34°06'N-117°26'W.
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Francisco Avila, appointed alcalde of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1810-1811).
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Ignacio de Corral appointed commandant of San
Diego in San Diego County,
California (1810-1820).
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May 20, Francisco Dumatz, a Franciscan missionary entered
an area in California, today named San
Bernardino County.
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1811 |
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Manuel Gutiérrez,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County,
California (1811-1812).
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1812 |
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La
Purisima Mission destroyed by an earthquake. Mision
La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima, an early
European (Spanish) settlement in the Lompoc Valley in
Santa Barbara County, California.
Founded in 1787 by Franciscan Padre Fermin Francisco
Lasuen, established to convert the local Chumash Native
Americans. The site is a State Historic Park in the
city of Lompoc.
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Mission San Diego de Alcala in San
Diego County, California, for the second time
destroyed by an earthquake.
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Guillermo Soto, appointed commissioner of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1812-1816).
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1813 |
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Restoring of
the La Purisima Mission in the Lompoc Valley, now
a California State Park, after being destroyed by
an earthquake.
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1814 |
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July 25, José
Dario Arguello, appointed acting governor of California
(1814-August 15, 1815).
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1815 |
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The
Grandos expedition visited the Tehachapi region in California
to recapture Native Americans escaped from missions.
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August 15, Pablo Vicente Sola, appointed governor of
California (1815-November 22, 1822).
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1816 |
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Antonio Maria
Lugo, appointed alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1816-1819).
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1817 |
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1818 |
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During a land
and sea battle, the French born revolutionary privateer
(granted Agentinian citizenship) Hipólito Bouchard
attacked and damaged Monterey in
Monterey County, California.
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1819 |
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Anastasio Avila, appointed alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1819-1822).
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1820 |
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Berkeley in California,
granted to the Peralta family, orginally part Rancho
San Antonio.
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October 20, José Antonio Estudillo, appointed
commandant of San Diego
in San Diego County, California
(1820-September 1821).
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1821 |
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September,
Francisco Maria Ruiz, appointed second-term commandant
of San Diego in San
Diego County, California (1821-1827).
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1822 |
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Spanish land - in today's Tehachapi region in California
- became part of the Republic of Mexico.
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Manuel Gutiérrez, appointed second-term alcalde
of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1822-1824).
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Ignacio Martinez, appointed acting commandant of San
Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1822-October 1825).
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San Francisco born Luis
Antonio Arguello, first native appointed governor,
under Mexican Rule, of Alta California (1822-June
25, 1825).
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1823 |
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1824 |
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Guillermo Cota, appointed second-term alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County,
California.
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Encarnacion Urquides, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County,
California.
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October 14, California became Territory of Alta California.
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1825 |
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José Maria Avila, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County,
California.
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June 25 - José Maria de Echeandia, appointed
governor of California (1825-January 31, 1831).
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1826 |
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José Antonio Carrillo, appointed alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County,
California.
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Claudio Lopez, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, California (1826-1827).
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1827 |
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The first American entering the Tehachapi area in California
was trapper Jedediah Strong Smith.
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Guillermo Cota, appointed third-term alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1827-1828).
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José Antonio Estudillo, appointed second-term
commandant of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1827-April 8, 1830).
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1828 |
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José Antonio Carrillo, appointed second-term
alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California
(1828-1829).
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Ignacio Martinez, appointed second-term commandant of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1828-1831).
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1829 |
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Guillermo Soto,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
California (1829-1830)
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1830 |
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Tiburcio Tapia, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1830-1831).
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April 8, Santiago Arguello, appointed commandant of
San Diego in San Diego County, California (1830-1835).
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1831 |
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Vicente Sanchez, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1831-1832).
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, appointed commandant of San
Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1831-1834).
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José Antonion Sanchez, appointed acting commandant
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1831-1833).
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January 31, Manuel Victoria, appointed governor of California
(1831-December 6, 1832).
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December 6, José Maria de Echeandia, appointed
second-term governor of California (1831-January 31,
1832).
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1832 |
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Manuel Dominguez, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1832-1833).
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January 11, Pio de Jesus Pico, appointed governor of
California (1832-January 31, 1832).
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January
11, José Maria de Echeandia appointed third-term
governor (in opposition) of California (1832-January
31, 1832).
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January 31, Augustin Vicente Zamorano, appointed governor
in North California (1832-January 15, 1833).
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January 31, José Maria de Echeandia, appointed
governor in South California ( 1832-January 15, 1833).
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1833 |
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José Antonio Carrillo, appointed third-term alcalde
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1833-1834)
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Damaso Rodriguez, appointed acting commandant of San
Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1833-1834).
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January 15, José Figueroa appointed governor
of California (1833-September 29, 1835).
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1834 |
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José
Perez, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1834-1835).
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Francisco de
Haro, appointed alcalde of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1834-1835).
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1835 |
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Francisco Javier Alvarado, appointed alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1835-1836).
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José Joaquin Estudillo, appointed alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1835-1836).
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January 1, San Diego became San Diego Pueblo in San
Diego County, California.
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January 1, Juan Maria Osuna, appointed alcalde of San
Diego in San Diego County, California (1835-1836).
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August 29, José Castro, appointed acting governor
of California (1835-January 2, 1836).
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1836 |
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Manuel Requena, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1836-1837).
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Santiago Arguello, appointed alcalde of San Diego in
San Diego County, California (1836-1837).
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Francisco Guerrero, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1836-1837).
- La Casa de la Centinela
Adobe (historic landmark), built in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, California.
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January 2, Nicolas Gutiérrez, appointed acting
governor of California (1836-May 1, 1836).
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May 1, Mariano Chico, appointed governor of California
(1836-July 30, 1836).
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May 30, Nicolas Gutiérrez, appointed second-term
acting governor of California (1836-September 5, 1836).
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June 14, California became a department of Las Californias.
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September 5, Juan Bautista Alvarado, appointed governor
of California (1836-December 30, 1842).
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1837 |
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José Sepulveda, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California.
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José Antonio Estudillo, appointed alcalde of
San Diego in San Diego County, California (1837-1839).
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Ignacio Martinez, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1837-1838).
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1838 |
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Luis Arena, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, California (1838-1839).
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Francisco de Haro, appointed second-term alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1838-1839).
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1839 |
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José Sepulveda and Tiburcio Tapia, appointed
joint alcaldes of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
California (1839-1840).
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Juan Maria Marron, appointed alcalde of San Diego in
San Diego County, California (1839-1841).
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Francisco Guerrero, appointed second-term alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1839-1842).
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1840 |
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1841 |
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Azusa,
part of El Susa Rancho given to Luis Arenas, as Mexican
land grant, Los Angeles County, California.
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Ignacio Alvarado and Ignacio Palomares, appointed Justices
of the Peace of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California.
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Rosario E. Aguilar, appointed alcalde of San Diego in
San Diego County, California.
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Jésus Moreno, appointed substitute alcalde of
San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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1842 |
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The Lugo family was granted the Rancho San Bernardino,
or the entire San Bernardino Valley in San Bernardino
County, California.
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Manuel Dominguez and José Sepulveda, appointed
Justices of the Peace of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California.
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José Antonio Congora, appointed alcalde of San
Diego in San Diego County, California.
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José Maria Alvarado, appointed substitute alcalde
of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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José
de Jesus Noe, appointed alcalde of San Francisco in
San Francisco County, California (1842-1843).
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December 30, José Manuel Micheltorena, appointed
governor of California (1842-February 22, 1845).
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1843 |
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Antonio F. Coronel and Manuel Dominguez, appointed Justices
of the Peace of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California.
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José Joaquin Ortega, appointed alcalde of San
Diego in San Diego County, California (1843-May 1843).
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Francisco Sanchez, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1843-1844).
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May, José Antonio Congora, appointed second-term
alcalde of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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José Maria Orozco, appointed substitute alcalde
of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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1844 |
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Lake Tahoe in California, first seen by explorer John
C. Fremont, he named it Lake Bonpland, later it changed
in Mountain Lake and Lake Bigler.
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Manuel Requena, appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1844-1845).
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Tiburcio Tapia, appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1844-1845).
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Juan Maria Marron, appointed second-term alcalde of
San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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Thomas Wrightington, appointed substitute alcalde of
San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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William Sturgis Hinckley, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1844-1845).
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1845 |
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Vicente Sanchez, appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1845-1846).
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Juan Sepulveda, appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1745-1846).
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Francisco Maria Alvarado, appointed alcalde of San Diego
in San Diego County, California.
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José Antonio Estudillo, appointed second-term
temporary alcalde of San Diego in San Diego County,
California.
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José Ramon Arguello, appointed substitute alcalde
of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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Juan Nepomuceno Padilla, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California.
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José de la Cruz Sanchez, appointed alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1845-1846).
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February 22, Pio de Jesus Pico, appointed second-term
governor of California (1845-July 7, 1846). The last
Mexican governor of California. Born on May 5, 1801
at Mission San Gabriel, died on September 11, 1894 in
Los Angeles, CA.
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1846 |
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Catalina Island, land grant awarded to Thomas Robiins
by Governor Pio Pico, in Los Angeles County, California.
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Juan Gallardo, appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1846-1847).
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José L. Sepulveda, appointed second alcalde of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1846-1847).
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José Antonio Estudillo, appointed third-term
alcalde of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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Miguel Pedrorena, appointed alcalde of San Diego in
San Diego County, California.
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José de Jesus Noe, appointed second-term alcalde
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California.
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Battle of San Pasqual fought between California forces
and U.S. troops near Escondido in San Diego County,
California.
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June 14, California proclaimed California Republic.
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June 14, William Brown Ide, appointed president of California
(1846-July 9, 1846).
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July, Washington Allon Bartlett, appointed alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1846-February
1847).
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July 7, California under United States occupation.
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July 7, John Drake Sloat, appointed military governor
of California (1846-July 29, 1846).
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July 29, Robert Field Stockton, appointed military governor
of California (1846-January 19, 1847).
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August, José Joaquin Ortega, appointed second-term
alcalde of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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August, Henry D. Fitch, appointed substitute alcalde
of San Diego in San Diego County, California (1846-June
1847).
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October 31, José Maria Flores, appointed governor
(in opposition) of California (1846-January 11, 1847).
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1847 |
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José Salazar, appointed first alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1847-1848).
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Enrique Avila, appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1847-1848).
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Philip Crosthwaite, appointed substitute alcalde of
San Diego in San Diego County, California.
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Thomas Wrightington, appointed second-term substitute
alcalde of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1847-March 1848).
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January 9, United States takes possession of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California.
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January 11, Andrés Pico, appointed governor (in
opposition) of California (1847-January 13, 1847).
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January 19, John Charles Fremont, appointed military
governor of California (1847-March 1, 1847).
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February 22, Massachusetts
native and journalist Edwin Bryant, appointed alcalde
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1847-June 1847). Born in 1805, died in Louisville,
Kentucky in 1869. Works e.g. 'What I Saw in California'.
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March 1, Stephen Watts Kearny, appointed military governor
of California (1847-May 31, 1847).
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May 31, Richard Barnes Mason, appointed acting military
governor of California (1847-February 28, 1849).
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June, Robert Clift, appointed alcalde of San Diego in
San Diego County, California.
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June, George Hyde, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1847-April 1848).
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1848 |
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Angels
Camp, founded by Henry Angel a Rhode Island shopkeeper,
located in Calaveras County, California.
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Jose Maria Amador and several Native Americans, established
a gold mining camp near Amador in Amador County, California.
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Mokelumne Hill (Moke Hill) founded, located in Calaveras
County, California.
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Stephen C. Foster, appointed mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1848-July 1, 1850).
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Ignacis Palomores, appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California.
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José Sepulveda, appointed second alcalde of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California.
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E.L. Brown, appointed alcalde of San Diego in San Diego
County, California.
- Gold discovered by local
Native Americans along the Stanislaus River near Oakdale
in Stanislaus County, California.
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January, gold discovered at Coloma in El Dorado, California,
by James W. Marshall.
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February 2, California ceded to the U.S. by Mexico by
the Guadeloupe Hidalgo Treaty.
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March 29, Peru native Juan
Bandini, appointed alcalde of San Diego in San Diego
County, California (1848-September 27, 1848). Born in
1800 in Lima, died on November 4, 1859 in Los Angeles,
Los Angeles County, Calfornia.
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April, John Townsend, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1848-September
1848).
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May 16, gold discovered by Claude Chana in Auburn Ravine,
Placer County, California.
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October, Thaddeus M. Leavenworth, appointed alcalde
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1848-August 1849).
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October 3, Juan Maria Marron, appointed alcalde of San
Diego in San Diego County, California ( 1848-1849).
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December, Sacramento founded in Sacramento County, California.
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1849 |
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Antioch,
founded as Smith's Landing in Contra Costa County, California.
Located on the San Joaquin River. Coordinates 38°01'N-121°49'W.
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Auburn Ravine, a gold mining camp, officially named
Auburn in Placer County, California.
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Gold rush in Central Valley(Great Valley), California.
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A.M. Winn, appointed mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
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Dennis Gahagan, appointed alcalde of San Diego in San
Diego County, California (1849-1850).
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February 28,
Pennsylvania native, Mexican War Brevet Brigadier
General Persifor Frazer Smith, appointed military
governor of California (1849-April 12, 1849). Born
on November 16, 1798 in Philadelphia PA. Died on
May 17, 1858, buried Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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April 12, Bennett Riley, appointed military governor
of California (1849-December 20, 1849).
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August, John White Geary, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1849-March 1, 1850).
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August 1, Sacramento local government organized in Sacramento
County, California.
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December 3, request from the Territory of California,
to be admitted to the Union with a constitution prohibiting
slavery (Compromise of 1850).
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December 20, Peter Hardeman Burnett, appointed governor
of California (1849-January 9, 1851).
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California
population 92,597 residents.
- California, Butte County
population, 3,574 residents.
- California, Calaveras
County population, 16,884 residents.
- California, Colusa County
population, 115 residents.
- California, Eldorado
County population, 20,057 residents.
- California, Los Angeles
County population, 3,530 residents.
- California, Marin County
population, 323 residents.
- California, Mariposa
County population, 4,379 residents.
- California, Mendocina
County population, 55 residents.
- California, Monterey
County population, 1,872 residents.
- California, Napa County
population, 405 residents.
- California, Sacramento
County population, 9,087 residents.
- California, San Diego
County population, 708 residents.
- California, San Joaquin
County population, 3,047 residents.
- California, San Luis
Obispo County population, 336 residents.
- California, Santa Barbara
County population, 1,185 residents.
- California, Santa
Cruz County population, 643 residents.
- California, Shasta County
population, 378 residents.
- California, Solano County
population, 580 residents.
- California, Sonoma County
population, 560 residents.
- California, Sutter County
population, 3,444 residents.
- California, Trinity County
population, 1,035 residents.
- California, Tuolumne
County population, 8,351 residents.
- California, Yolo County
population, 1,086 residents.
- California, Yuba County
population, 9,673 residents.
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September
9, California CA, 31st state admitted to the Union
California
Today
: capital
Sacramento, area 163,707 sq.mi.(424.001km²) 3rd
largest state. Counties 58 :
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa,
Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn,
Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen,
Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced,
Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer,
Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo,
San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz,
Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus,
Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura,
Yolo, Yuba. Attractions
& Recreation : Afton Canyon, Aqua
Caliente Cultural Museum, Alabama Hills Recreation
Management Area, Alcatraz Island, Alturas Recreation
Area, American River North Middle South Forks, Angeles
National Forest, Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge,
Arcata Recreation Management Area, Autry Museum of
Western Heritage, Bakersfield Recreation Sites, Barstow
Field Recreation Site, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve,
Bishop Field Ofiice Recreation Sites, Bitter Creek
National Wildlife Refuge, Bizz Johnson Trail, Black
Butte Lake, Blackhawk Museum, Blue Ridge National
Wildlife Refuge, Boca Reservoir, Bradshaw Trail, Brea
Dam, Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area, Cabrillo
National Monument, Cache Creek Recreation Area, Cachuma
Lake, California Coastal National Monument, California
Desert Conservation Area, California Science Center,
Carbon Canyon Dam, Carrizo Plain National Monument,
Carson Pass Information Station, Cerritos Library,
Chabot Space & Science Center, Channel Islands
National Marine Sanctuary, Chappie/Chasta Off-Highway
Vehicle Recreation Area, Chilao Visitor Center, Cleveland
National Forest, Coleman National Fish Hatchery, Contra
Loma Reservoir, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary,
Cosumnes River Preserve, Cow Mountain Recreation Management
Area, Dave Moore Nature Area, Death Valley National
Park, Devils Postpile National Monument, Don Edwards
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Dos Palmas
Preserve, Dumont Dunes, East Park Reservoir, Eastman
Lake, El Mirage Recreation Management Area, Eldorado
National Forest, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine
Research Reserve, Eugene O'Neil National Historic
Site, Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern,
Folsom Dam, Folsom Lake, Folsom Recreation Management
Area, Folsom S. Canal Recreation Trail, Fort Ord,
Fort Point National Historic Site, Fullerton Dam,
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grassy Hollow
Visitor Center, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife
Refuge, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary,
Hansen Dam, Harry L. Englebright Lake, Havasu National
Wildlife Refuge, Hensley Lake, High Rock Canyon, Hopper
Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, Imperial Reservoir
Area-Picahco State Recreation Area, Inyo National
Forest, Japanese American National Museum, Jawbone/Butterbredt
Recreation Management Area, John Muir National Historic
Site, Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Area, Joshua Tree National Park, Juan Bautista de
Anza National Historic Trail, Juniper Flats, Kern
National Wildlife Refuge, Keswick Reservoir, King
Range National Conservation Area, Klamath National
Forest, Lake Berryessa, Lake Cahuilla, Lake Casitas,
Lake Kaweah, Lake Mendocino, Lake Natoma, Lake Solano,
Lake Sonoma, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Lake
Woollomes, Lassen National Forest, Lassen Volcanic
National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, Lewiston
National Recreation Area, Little Panoche Dam, Livingston
Stone National Fish Hatchery, Los Banos Reservoir,
Los Padres National Forest, Manzanar National Historic
Site, Martis Creek Lake, Mendocino National Forest,
Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Merced River Recreation
Management Area, Millard Sheets Gallery, Millerton
Lake, Modoc National Forest, Mojave National Preserve,
Mojave River Dam, Molina Ghost Run Trail, Mono Basin
Scenic Area Visitor Center, Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary, Mt. Baldy Schoolhouse Visitor Center,
Muir Woods National Monument, Museum of Latin American
Art,
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Alcatraz Island in San Francisco
Bay, California, reserved by the U.S. government
for military purposes. Coordinates 37°94'N-122°26'W.
-
Gold discovered in Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California.
-
Douglas
Ottinger and Hans Buhne entered a bay in Humboldt
County CA, and named it Humboldt Bay for explorer,
Baron Alexander von Humboldt.
-
Belmont settled as stagecoach
station in San Mateo County,
California. Coordinates
37°31'N-122°17'W.
-
Eureka laid out in Humboldt County, California.
-
A stagecoach stop established in Gilroy, Santa Clara
County, California.
-
Marin County established in California, seat San Rafael.
-
Mariposa County established in California, seat Mariposa.
-
Mendocino County established in California, seat Ukiah.
-
Monterey County established in California, seat Salinas.
-
Napa County established in California, seat Napa.
-
Sacramento County established in California, seat Sacramento.
-
San Diego established in California, seat San Diego.
-
San Francisco County established in California, seat
San Francisco.
-
San Joaquin County established in California, seat Stockton.
-
San Luis bispo County established in California, seat
San Luis Obispo.
-
Santa Barbara County established in California, seat
Santa Barbara.
-
Santa Clara County established in California, seat San
Jose.
-
Santa Cruz County established
in California, seat Santa Cruz.
-
Shasta County established in California, seat Redding.
-
Solano County established in California, seat Fairfield.
-
Sonoma County established in California, seat Santa
Rosa.
-
Sutter County established in California, seat Yuba City.
-
Trinity County established in California, seat Weaverville.
-
Tuolumne County established in California, seat Sonora.
-
Yolo County established in California, seat Woodland.
-
Yuba County established in California, seat Marysville.
-
Hardin Bigelow, appointed mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
Horace Smith , appointed mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
February 18, Butte
County created in California, county
seat Oroville. Butte
County Today :
Cities : Biggs,
Chico, Gridley, Oroville, Paradise.
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February 18, Calaveras
County created in California.
Named to the Calaveras River, county seat San Andreas.
Cities : Angels
Camp.
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February 18, Colusa County created in California, county
seat Colusa. Cities:
Colusa, Williams.
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February 18, Contra Costa County created in California,
county seat Martinez. Cities
: Antioch,
Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules,
Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Morinda, Pinole,
Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon,
Walnut Creek.
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February 18, Eldorado County in California incorporated,
county seat Placerville. Spanish name 'the gilded one'.
Cities : Placerville,
South Lake Tahoe
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February 18, Los Angeles County established. One of
California's original 27 counties and one of the largest
counties in the USA 4,084 sq/mi.(10.578 km²), and
a 75 mi. (121 km) long coastline, county seat Los Angeles.
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February
27, Sacramento city incorporated in Sacramento County,
California. Settled
in 1839 by Johann Augustus Sutter at the confluence
of the American and Sacramento Rivers. The Mexican
government and Governor Alvarado granted 48,000
acres of land to Sutter. Gold was discovered in
1848 in nearby Coloma, resulting in the largest
human migration in history.
-
Joshua Bean, appointed mayor of San Diego in San Diego
County, California (1850-1851).
-
March, Thomas W. Sutherland appointed acting alcalde
of San Diego in San Diego County, California.
-
March 1, John White Geary appointed mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1850-May 5, 1851).
-
March 21, San Diego city incorporated in San Diego County,
California. Founded in 1769, California's 2nd largest
city located on San Diego Bay, along the Pacific Ocean,
area 372 sq.mi. (963km²). Original inhabitants,
the Kumeyaay Native Americans, today living in 'reservations'
spread over San Diego County.
-
March 27, San Jose incorporated in Santa Clara County,
California.
-
April 4, Los Angeles incorporated in Los Angeles County,
California.
-
April 8, Josiah Belden, elected mayor of San José
in Santa Clara County, California (1850-1851).
-
April 15, San Francisco city charter granted, San Francisco
County, California.
-
July 1, Alpheus P. Hodges, appointed mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1850-May 7, 1851).
-
September 9, San José in Santa Clara County,
appointed capital of California.
-
September 16, settlers arrived in the Antioch area,
Contra Costa County, California.
|
1851 |
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Amador County in California settled, named for Jose
Maria Amador, a wealthy rancher.
-
Auburn, appointed seat of Placer County in California.
-
The Mormon Colony purchased the Rancho San Bernardino
(the entire San Bernardino Valley) from the Lugo family
in San Bernardino County, California.
-
Nevada County established in California, seat Nevada
City.
-
Placer County established in California, seat Auburn.
-
Smith's Landing in Contra Costa County, California,
renamed into Antioch.
-
James R. Hardenberg, elected mayor of Sacramento in
Sacramento County, California.
-
David B. Kurtz, elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego
County, California (1851-1852).
-
Thomas White, elected mayor of San José in Santa
Clara County, California (1851-1854).
-
January 9, John McDougal, appointed acting governor
of California (1851-January 8, 1852).
-
May 5, Charles James Brenham, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1851-January 1,
1852).
-
May 7, Benjamin David Wilson, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1851-May 4, 1852).
|
1852 |
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The first Sierra redwoood giant sequoia the 'Discovery
Tree' noted in North Grove by Augustus T. Dowd in Calaveras
County, California.
-
First school established in the San Ysidro District,
the Gilroy area in Santa Clara County, California.
-
Sierra County established in California, seat Downieville.
-
Siskiyou County established in California, seat Yreka.
-
Tulare County established in California, seat Visalia.
-
C.I. Hutchinson, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
George P. Tebbetts, elected mayor of San Diego in San
Diego County, California.
-
Charles P. Noell, elected president of the Board of
Trustees of San Diego in San Diego County, California
-
Jales W. Robinson, elected president of the Board of
Trustees of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1852-1853).
-
January 1, Stephen Randall Harris, elected mayor of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1852-November
10, 1852).
-
January 8, John Bigler, elected governor of California
(1852-January 9, 1856).
-
May 4, John Gregg Nichols, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1852-May 3, 1853).
-
May 4, Oakland incorporated as town in Alameda County,
California.
-
November 10, Charles James Brenham, elected second-term
mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1852-October 3, 1853).
|
1853 |
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Andrew Broder, elected first Sheriff of Alameda County
in California.
-
College of California founded in Oakland, California.
- Humboldt County organized,
seat Eureka. Area 3,573 sq.mi. (9.254km²).
-
Ocean View(Berkeley) settled in Alameda County, California.
-
The Keystone, a highly productive gold mine organized
in Amador County, California.
-
James R. Hardenberg, elected second-term mayor of Sacramento
in Sacramento County, California
-
Louis Rose, elected president of the Board of Trustees
of San Diego in San Diego County, California (1853-1855).
-
Public school opened in Gilroy, Santa Clara County,
California.
-
Benjamin D. Wilson, elected Los Angeles County Supervisor,
in California.
- First house built in
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates
34°06'N-118°20'W.
-
Francis
Marion Cottle, his uncle and his son, became the first
settlers of Oakdale in Stanislaus County, California.
-
Fort
Humboldt established near Eureka in Humboldt County,
California. A military post to interfere in the escalating
conflicts between local Native Americans and the gold-seeking
white settlers. Captain Ulysses S. Grant, future President
of the United States, was one of the most famous residents
of the fort. Today it is Fort Humboldt State Historic
Park.
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March 25, Alameda County created
in California, seat Oakland.
-
April 26, San Bernardino County created in California,
from parts of Los Angeles, Mariposa and San Diego counties,
seat San Bernardino. Cities
: Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big
Bear Lake, Chino, Chino Hills, Colton, Crestline, Fontana,
Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Highland, Joshua Tree, Lake
Arrowhead, Loma Linda, Lucerne Valley, Montclair, Needles,
Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Rialto, Running
Springs, San Bernardino, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville,
Wrightwood, Yermo, Yucaipa, Yucca Valley.
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May 3, Antonio F. Coronel, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1853-May 4, 1854).
-
May 12, Humboldt County
in California,
incorporated, county
seat Eureka. Named after
Humboldt Bay.
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July
25, David Belasco born in San Francisco, California.
Actor, playwright and theatrical producer. Educated
in a British Columbia Monastry, while associated with
Dion Boucicault in Nevada, arrived as Stage Manager
of the Baldwin Theatre in San Francisco and as Statge
Manager of the Madison Square in New York. Died on May
14, 1931 in New York. Works e.g. 'The Wife, The Auctioneer,
Lulu Belle'.
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October 3, Cornelius Kingsland Garrison, elected mayor
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1853-October 2, 1854).
|
1854 |
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Alameda city incorporated in Alameda County, California.
Coordinates 37°46'N-112°16'W, located on an
island in San Francisco Bay.
-
Gold discovered in the Azusa valley, Los Angeles County,
California.
-
Colusi County in California, seat moved from Monroeville
to Colusa, and the name Colusi became Colusa on legal
documents.
-
First lighthouse on the coast of California erected
on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
-
Fort Tejon military post established in Antelope Valley
near Castac Lake in Los Angeles County, California.
-
Plumas County established in California, seat Quincy.
-
San Bernardino
incorporated as seat of San Bernardino County in California.
-
Stanislaus County established in California, seat Modesto.
-
R.P. Johnson, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
O.H. Allen, elected mayor of San José in Santa
Clara County, California (1854-1855).
- Stockton State Hospital
build in Oakdale, Stanislaus County, one of the first
in the state of Calfornia.
-
March
25, Oakland incorporated as city in Alameda County,
California.
- April 1, Stanislaus County
created in California, seat Modesto. Area 1,494 sq.mi.
(3.872km²)
-
April 17, Horace W. Carpentier, elected mayor of Oakland
in Alameda County, California (1854-March 4, 1855).
-
May 4, Stephen C. Foster, elected second-term mayor
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1854-January
13, 1855).
-
June 14, Amador County created in California. Named
for Jose Maria Amador, soldier and miner. County seat
Jackson.
Cities: Amador,
Ione, Jackson, Plymouth, Sutter Creek.
-
October 2, Stephen Palfrey Webb, elected mayor of San
Francisco, in San Francisco County, California (1854-July
1, 1855).
|
1855 |
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Merced County established in California, seat Merced.
-
James L. English, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
Julian Ames and Thomas Collins elected presidents of
the Board of Trustees of San Diego in San Diego County,
California (1855-1857).
-
Sherman Otis Houghton, elected mayor of San José
in Santa Clara County, California (1855-1856).
-
January 1, Sacramento in Sacramento County, appointed
capital of California.
-
January 25, Stephen C. Foster, elected third-term mayor
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1855-May
9, 1855).
-
March 5, Charles Campbell, elected mayor of Oakland
in Alameda County, California (1855-Mars 2, 1856).
- March 31, John Hays Hammond,
born in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
-
May
9, Thomas Foster, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, California (1855-May 7, 1856).
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July 1, James P. Van Ness, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1855-July 8, 1856).
|
1856 |
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Eureka on Humboldt Bay, incorporated and appointed seat
of Humboldt County in California. Coordinates 40°47'N-124°09'W.
-
San Mateo County established
in California, seat Redwood City.
-
Tehama County established in California, seat Red Bluff.
-
Benjamin B. Redding, elected mayor of Sacramento in
Sacramento County, California.
-
Lawrence Archer, elected mayor of San José in
Santa Clara County, California.
-
John M. Murphy, elected mayor of San José in
Santa Clara County, California.
-
George Givens, elected mayor of San José in Santa
Clara County, California (1856-1857).
-
January 9, John Neely Johnson, elected governor of California
(1856-January 8, 1858).
-
March 3, S.H. Robinson, elected mayor of Oakland in
Alameda County, California (1856-March 1, 1857).
-
April 19, Fresno County created in California, county
seat Fresno. Cities:
Clovis, Coalinga, Firebaugh,
Fowler, Fresno, Huron, Kerman, Kingsburg, Mendota, Orange
Cove, Parlier, Reedley, Sanger, San Joaquin, Selma.
-
May 7, Stephen C. Foster elected fourth-term mayor of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1856-September
22, 1856).
-
July 8, George J. Whelan, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1856-November 15,
1856).
-
September 22, Manuel Requena, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1856-October 4, 1856).
-
October 4, John Gregg Nichols, elected second-term mayor
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1856-May
9, 1859).
-
November 15, Ephraim Willard Burr, elected mayor of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1856-October
3, 1859).
|
1857 |
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Anaheim founded by German immigrants
in Orange County, California. Coordinates 33°51'N-117°57'W.
-
Orange plantation started in Old San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, California.
-
J.P. Dyer, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
Henry W. Whaley, elected president of the Board of Trustees
of San Diego in San Diego County, California (1857-1858).
-
Ranson G. Moody, elected mayor of San José in
Santa Clara County, California (1857-1858).
-
March 2, Del Norte County created in California, county
seat Crescent City. Cities:
Del Norte.
-
March 2, Andrew F. Williams, elected mayor of Oakland
in Alameda County, California (1857-March 6, 1859).
|
1858 |
-
Bakersfield settled in Kern County, California, named
after Colonel Thomas Baker.
-
H.L. Nichols, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California.
-
Thomas Whaley, elected president of the Board of Trustees
of San Diego in San Diego County, California (1858-1859).
-
Peter O. Minor, elected mayor of San José in
Santa Clara County, California (1858-1859).
-
January 8, John B. Weller, elected governor of California
(1858-January 9, 1860).
|
1859 |
-
The Comstock
Lode was discovered in Virginia City, a silver mining
area in California.
-
Fairfield founded
by Robert Waterman, seat of Solano County in California.
Coordinates 38°15'N-122°03'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Monticello Dam
-
Peter
Lassen trapper and Indian fighter, killed by the Paiutes
at Mount Lassen, mountain named to him.
-
W. Shattuck,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
(1859-1862).
-
Jacob C. Bogart,
elected president of the Board of Trustees of San Diego
in San Diego County, California (1859-1860).
-
Thomas Fallon,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
California (1859-1860).
-
March 7, Francis
K. Shattuck, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1859-March 6, 1860).
-
May 9, Damien
Marchessault, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1959-May 9, 1960).
- July 28, Mary Anderson
born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Broadway
actress, roles e.g. ' Pygmalion and Galatea', 'Macbeth'.
After a Roman Catholic education she first entered stage
as Shakespeare's Juliet in 1875 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Performed in 1883 in London and Stratford-on-Avon. Retired
in 1889 and settled withe her husband in the U.K. Died
on May 29, 1940 in Broadway, Worcestershire, U.K.
-
October
3, Henry Frederick Teschemacher, elected mayor of San
Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1859-July
1, 1863).
|
1860 |
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California
population 379,994 residents.
-
California,
Alameda County population, 8,927 residents.
- California, Amador County
population, 10,930 residents.
- California, Butte County
population, 12,106 residents.
- California, Calaveras
County population, 16,299 residents.
- California, Colusa County
population, 2,274 residents.
- California, Contra Costa
County population, 5,328 residents.
- California, Del Norte
County population, 1,993 residents.
- California, Eldorado
County population, 20,562 residents.
- California, Fresno County
population, 4,605 residents.
- California, Humboldt
County population, 2,694 residents.
- California, Klamath County
population, 1,803 residents.
- California, Los Angeles
County population, 11,333 residents.
- California, Marin County
population, 3,334 residents.
- California, Mariposa
County population, 6,243 residents.
- California, Mendocino
County population, 3,967 residents.
- California, Merced County
population, 1,141 residents.
- California, Monterrey
County population, 4,739 residents.
- California, Napa County
population, 5,521 residents.
- California, Nevada County
population, 16,446 residents.
- California, Placer County
population, 13,270 residents.
- California, Plumas County
population, 4,363 residents.
- California, Sacramento
County population, 24,142 residents.
- California, San Bernardino
County population, 5,551 residents.
- California, San Diego
County population, 4,324 residents.
- California, San Francisco
County population, 56,802 residents.
- California, San Joaquin
County population, 9,435 residents.
- California, San Luis
Obispo County population, 4,772 residents.
- California, San Mateo
County population, 3,214 residents.
- California, Santa Barbara
County population, 3,543 residents.
- California, Santa Clara
County population, 11,912 residents.
- California, Santa Cruz
County population, 4,944 residents.
- California, Shasta County
population, 4,360 residents.
- California, Sierra County
population, 11,387 residents.
- California, Siskiyou
County population, 7,629 residents.
- California, Solano County
population, 7,169 residents.
- California, Sonoma County
population, 11,867 residents.
- California, Stanislaus
County population, 2,245 residents.
- California, Sutter County
population, 3,390 residents.
- California, Tehama County
population, 4,044 residents.
- California, Trinity County
population, 5,125 residents.
- California, Tulare County
population, 4,638 residents.
- California, Tualumne
County population, 16,229 residents.
- California, Yolo County
population, 4,716 residents.
- California, Yuba County
population, 13,668 residents.
-
Auburn, incorporated
in Placer County, California.
-
Azusa area,
in Los Angeles County, California, opened for homesteading
by the U.S. government.
-
Chico, founded
in the Sacramento Valley by John Bidwell, horticulturist
and state congressman, located in Butte County, California.
Coordinates 39°44'N-121°50'W.
Attractions & Recreation : The
Sir Joseph Hooker Oak in Bidwell Park
-
Gold discovered
in Bear Valley and Holcomb Valley, in the San Bernardino
Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.
-
Rufus B. Tebbetts,
elected president of the Board of Trustees of San Diego
in San Diego County, California (1860-1862).
-
Richard B.
Buckner, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1860-1861).
-
January 9,
Milton Slocum Latham, elected governor of California
(1860-January 14, 1860).
-
January 14,
John Gately Downey, appointed acting governor of California
(1860-January 10, 1862).
-
March 7, J.P.M.
Davis, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, California
(1860-March 4, 1862).
-
April 18, the
Alabaster Cave in El Dorado County, California, discovered
by employees of the Alabaster Lime Quarry, George Halterman
and John Harris.
-
May 9, Henry
Mellus, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1860-December 26, 1860).
-
December 26,
William Woodworth, appointed acting mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1860-January 7, 1861).
|
| 1861 |
-
Cumberland Mine opened after Noah Norton located the
Black Diamond Vein of coal near Antioch, Contra Costa
County, California.
-
Mono County established in California, seat Bridgeport.
-
Joseph W. Johnson, elected mayor of San José
in Santa Clara County, California (1861-1863).
-
Benjamin D. Wilson, elected second-term Los Angeles
County Supervisor, California.
-
January 7, Damien Marchessault, elected second-term
mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California
(1961-May 6, 1865).
APRIL
- BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR
-
May
20, Lake County in California, incorporated, county
seat Lakeport. Cities
: Clearlake,
Lakeport.
|
| 1862 |
Civil
war period
-
Borax discovered
near Trona in the Searles Dry Lake area, San Bernardino
County, California.
-
David B. Kurtz,
elected president of the Board of Trustees of San Diego
in San Diego County, California (1862-1865).
-
Benjamin D.
Wilson, elected third-term Los Angeles County Supervisor,
California.
-
January 10,
Leland Stanford, eleced governor of California (1862-December
10, 1863).
-
March 5, George
M. Blake, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1862-March 1863).
|
| 1863 |
-
C. H. Swift, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California (1863-1871).
-
John
Alonzo Quinby, elected mayor of San José in Santa
Clara County, California (1863-1868).
-
March, W.H. Bovee, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, California 1863-March 13, 1864).
-
April
29, William Randolph Hearst, born in San Francisco,
San Francisco County, California. Newspaper publisher.
-
June 19, William Aloysius Brady, born in San Francisco,
California. Actor, motion-picture producer and developer
of Coney Island amusement park in New York City.
-
July 1, Henry Perrin Coon, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1863-December 2,
1867).
-
December 10, Frederick Ferdinand Low, elected governor
of California (1863-December 5, 1867).
|
| 1864 |
-
Benjamin
D. Wilson, elected fourth-term Los Angeles County Supervisor,
California.
-
Casa
Adobe de San Rafael, established and stands in a Glendale
city park, Los Angeles County, California.
-
March
14, Edward Gibbons, elected mayor of Alameda County,
California (1864-March 5, 1865).
-
March
16, Alpine County created in California, county seat
Markleeville. Name derived from English word alpine,
meaning 'pertaining to the Alps'.
-
April
1, Lassen County in California, incorporated, county
seat Susanville. Named after Mount Lassen. Cities
: Susanville.
|
| 1865 |
MAY -
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
-
Hot springs discovered in Gilroy, Santa Clara County,
California.
-
The Central Railroad came to Auburn in Placer County,
California.
-
Andrew
Cassidy, elected president of the Board of Trustees
of San Diego in San Diego County, California (1865-1867).
-
March 6, B.F. Ferris, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, California (1865-March 4, 1866).
-
May 6, José Mascarel, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California 1865-May 10, 1866).
|
1866 |
- Santa Cruz incorporated
as town in Santa Cruz County, California.
-
March 5, John
W. Dwinelle, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1866-March 6, 1867).
-
March
22, Inyo County in California incorporated, seat
Independence. Inyo County formed from Mono and
Tulare counties. Inyo is the Native American word
for "dwelling place of the great spirit".
Area 10,140 sq.mi. (26.263km²).
-
April
2, Kern County in California incorporated, county seat
Bakersfield. Name derived from the Kern River.
Cities: Arvin, Bakersfield,
California City, Delano, Maricopa, McFarland, Ridgecrest,
Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Wasco.
-
May
10, Cristobal Aguilar, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California 1866-December 7, 1868).
-
August
18, 'The Weekly Courier', newspaper published in Havilah,
California. Kern County's first newspaper.
-
September
1, James John Corbett, born in San Francisco, San Francisco
County, California. World heavyweight boxing champion.
|
1867 |
-
Compton, founded
as a Methodist colony, in Los Angeles County, California.
Named for settler G.D. Compton. Coordinates 33°54'N-118°13'W.
-
The town of
Gilroy incorporated in Santa Clara County, California.
-
Los Angeles
dentist, David Burbank established a sheep ranch in
the area, what is now Burbank city, in Los Angeles County,
California.
-
Joseph S. Manassee,
elected president of the Board of Trustees of San Diego
in San Diego County, California (1867-1869).
-
March 7, William
Watrus Crane, Jr. elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, California (1867-November 2, 1867).
-
November 3,
Samuel Merritt, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, California (1867-February 18, 1869).
-
December 2,
Frank McCoppin, elected mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1867-December 6, 1869).
-
December 5,
Henry Huntley Haight, elected governor of California
(1867-December 6, 1871).
|
1868 |
-
Alcatraz
Island in San Francisco Bay, California, reserved as
prison for military offenders and Native American leaders.
-
The 'Gilroy
Advocate' first newspaper
published in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California.
-
Burlingame
city in San Mateo County, laid out by William C. Ralston.
Coordinates 37°35'N-122°22'W.
-
Todos
Santos(present Concord) laid out on the Ranch Monte
del Diablo in Contra Costa County, California.
-
University
of California, established in Oakland, California.
-
Mark Leavenworth,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
California (1868-1870).
-
December
9, Joel H. Turner, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, California (1868-December 9, 1870).
|
1869 |
-
Bakersfield
founded by Thomas Baker, in the San Joaquin Valley,
Kern County, California. Coordinates 35°23'N-119°01'W.
-
Todos Santos,
renamed Concord, located in Contra Costa County, California.
Coordinates 37°59'N-122°02'W.
-
Railroad arrived
in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California.
-
James McCoy,
elected president of the Board of Trustees of San Diego
in San Diego County, California (1869-1871).
-
March 1, John
B. Felton, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1869-March 5, 1870).
-
December 6,
Thomas Henry Selby, elected mayor of San Francisco in
San Francisco County, California (1869-December 4, 1871).
|
1870 |
-
California
population 560,247 residents.
- California, Alameda County
population, 24,237 residents.
- California, Alpine County
population, 685 residents.
- California, Amador County
population, 9,582 residents.
- California, Butte County
population, 11,403 residents.
- California, Calaveras
County population, 8,895 residents.
- California, Colusa County
population, 6,165 residents.
- California, Contra Costa
County population, 8,461 residents.
- California, Del Norte
County population, 2,022 residents.
- California, Eldorado
County population, 10,309 residents.
- California, Fresno County
population, 6,336 residents.
- California, Humboldt
County population, 6,140 residents.
- California, Inyo County
population, 1,956 residents.
- California, Kern County
population, 2,925 residents.
- California, Klamath County
population, 1,686 residents.
- California, Lake County
population, 2,969 residents.
- California, Lassen County
population, 1,327 residents.
- California, Los Angeles
County population, 15,309 residents.
- California, Marin County
population, 6,903 residents.
- California, Mariposa
County population, 4,572 residents.
- California, Mendocino
County population, 7,545 residents.
- California, Merced County
population, 2,807 residents.
- California, Mono County
population, 430 residents.
- California, Monterey
County population, 9,876 residents.
- California, Napa County
population, 7,163 residents.
- California, Nevada County
population, 19,134 residents.
- California, Placer County
population, 11,357 residents.
- California, Plumas County
population, 4,489 residents.
- California, Sacramento
County population, 26,830 residents.
- California, San Bernardino
County population, 3,988 residents.
- California, San Diego
County population, 4,951 residents.
- California, San Francisco
County population, 149,473 residents.
- California, San Joaquin
County population, 21,050 residents.
- California, San Luis
Obispo County population, 4,772 residents.
- California, San Mateo
County population, 6,635 residents.
- California, Santa Barbara
County population, 7,784 residents.
- California, Santa Clara
County population, 26,246 residents.
- California, Santa Cruz
County population, 8,743 residents.
- California, Shasta County
population, 4,173 residents.
- California, Sierra County
population, 5,619 residents.
- California, Siskiyou
County population, 6,648 residents.
- California, Solano County
population, 16,871 residents.
- California, Sonoma County
population, 19,819 residents.
- California, Stanislaus
County population, 6,499 residents.
- California, Sutter County
population, 5,030 residents.
- California, Tahama County
population, 3,587 residents.
- California, Trinity County
population, 3,213 residents.
- California, Tulare County
population, 4,533 residents.
- California, Tuolumne
County population, 8,150 residents.
- California, Yolo County
population, 9,899 residents.
- California, Yuba County
population, 10,851 residents.
-
Silver mining
started in Ivanpah, San Bernardino County, California.
-
Adolph Pfister,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
California (1870-1873).
-
March 10, The
'Antioch Ledger' newspaper distributed in Antioch, Contra
Costa County, California.
Started as a weekly paper on March 26, last edition
was printed on October 21, 2005.
-
May 6, Peter
Amadeo 'A.P.' Giannini born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, California. Son of Italian immigrants, founder
of the Transamerica Corporation and the Bank of America
in 1904, a bank for 'blue collar' people, to become
the largest bank in the United States. Died in 1949,
buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo
County, California.
-
December 9,
Cristobal Aguilar, elected second-term mayor of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1870-December
5, 1872).
|
1871 |
- Hanford settled in the
San Joaquin Valley, seat of Kings County, California.
Named for Southern Pacific Railroad official, James M.
Hanford. Coordinates
36°20'N-119°39'W.
- Ocean View Avenue, opened
in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California.
- New York native and merchant,
G.BV. DeLamater elected mayor of Santa Cruz in Sanata
Cruz County, California.
-
March 6, Nathaniel
W. Spaulding, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1871-March 3, 1873).
-
December 4,
New York (Albany) born William Alvord, elected 14th
mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1871-December 1, 1873).
-
December 8,
Newton Booth, elected governor of California (1871-February
27, 1875).
|
1872 |
-
Chico incorporated
in Butte County, California.
-
Fresno founded
in Fresno County, California. Coordinates 36°45'N-119°45'W;
-
Christopher
Green, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County,
California (1872-1877).
-
February
6, Antioch city
incorporated in Contra Costa County, California.
-
November
15, Pigeon Point lighthouse operational in Pescadero,
San Mateo County, California. The 115-foot lighthouse,
is one of the tallest in the United States. Pigeon
Point Light Station a State Historic Park,
is located at 210 Pigeon Point Road, Highway 1, Pescadero.
-
December
5, James R. Toberman, elected mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1872-December 18, 1874).
|
1873 |
-
Bakersfield
incorporated as a city, Kern County, California.
- Inglewood, settled by
Daniel Freeman in Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates
33°58'N-118°21'W.
-
The Southern
Pacific Railroad built through the San Gabriel Valley
in Los Angeles County, California.
-
The University
of California moved from Oakland to Berkeley, California.
-
Ventura County
established in California, seat Ventura.
-
Bernard D.
Murphy, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1873-1877).
-
March 4, Henry
Durant, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1873-January 22, 1875).
-
December 1,
James Otis, appointed mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1873-October 30, 1875).
|
1874 |
-
Alahambra
city, laid out by Benjamin D. Wilson, in the San Gabriel
Valley, Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates
34°06'N-118°08'W.
-
First
known orginal records of prisoners booked in Alameda
County, California.
-
Fresno, appointed
seat of Fresno County in California.
-
Glendora, settled
in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los
Angeles County, California. Coordinates 34°08'N-117°52'W.
-
Modoc County
established in California, seat Alturas.
-
San Benito
County established in California, seat Hollister.
-
March 26, Robert
Lee Frost, born in San Francisco, San Francisco County,
California. Four-time Pulitzer prize winning poet, lecturer,
teacher and playwright. Died on January 29, 1963 in
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Works e.g.
'Mending Wall'.
-
August,
Lompoc Land Company formed and incorporated, to establish
a temperance colony in California.
-
November 4,
George Hewston, appointed acting mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1874-December 6,
1875).
-
December
18, Prudent Beaudry, elected mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1874-December 8, 1876).
|
1875 |
-
Bakersfield,
appointed seat of Kern County, California.
-
First railroad
operations started in Colusa County, California.
-
Elias J. 'Lucky'
Baldwin, bought a large area of land including present
Arcadia in Los Angeles County, California.
-
Historic
Point Montara Fog Signal and Light Station, established
in Montara near Moss Beach, San Mateo County, California.
-
February 27,
Romualdo Pacheco, appointed first California-born governor
of California (1875-December 9, 1875). Born October
31, 1831 in Santa Barbara, California. Died on January
23, 1899 in Oakland, Alameda County, California.
-
February 28,
Mack Weber, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1875-March 12, 1876).
-
May 3, Artesia
School District established and Artesia village community
formed, in Los Angeles County, California.
-
December 6,
Andrew Jackson Bryant, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1875-December 1,
1879).
-
December 9,
William Irwin, elected governor of California (1875-January
8, 1880).
|
1876 |
- Santa Cruz received its
first charter as a city, in Santa Cruz County, California.
- Hayward, incorporated
in Alameda County, California. Coordinates 37°40'N-122°05'W.
-
The Southern
Pacific Railroad completed between San Francisco and
Los Angeles, California.
-
Public high
school established in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California.
-
March 13, Oculist
Enoch H. Pardee, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, California (1876-March 24, 1878). Immigrated
to California during the gold rush period. Born on April
1, 1826 in Greece, Monroe County, New York, died in
1896 in Oakland, California, burried at Mountain View
Cemetery.
-
December 8,
Frederick Alexander MacDougal, elected mayor of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1876-November
16, 1878).
|
1877 |
-
Southern
Pacific Railroad operational in Kings County, California.
-
George B.
McKee, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1877-1878).
-
January
10, Frederick Gardner Cottrell, born in Oakland, Alameda
County, California. Scientist and inventor of the electrostatic
precipitator.
-
May
26, Duncan (Isadora) Angela, born in San Francisco,
San Francisco County, California. Dancer.
|
1878 |
-
Berkeley,
incorporated in Alameda County, California. Coordinates
37°57'N-122°18'W.
-
Jabez Turner,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
(1878-1880).
-
Lawrence Archer,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
California (1878-1880).
-
March 25, Washburne
R. Andrus, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1878-March 7, 1880).
-
November 21,
Bernard Cohn, appointed acting mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1878-December 5,
1878).
-
December 5,
James R. Toberman, elected second-term mayor of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1878-December
9, 1882).
|
1879 |
-
The Sonoma-Index
Tribune newspaper started to serve the Sonoma Valley
in California.
-
December 1,
1879, Isaac Smith Kalloch, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1879-December 5,
1881).
|
1880 |
-
California
population 864,694 residents.
- California, Alameda County
population, 62,976 residents.
- California, Alpine County
population, 685 residents.
- California, Amador County
population, 11,384 residents.
- California, Butte County
population, 18,721 residents.
- California, Calaveras
County population, 9,094 residents.
- California, Colusa County
population, 13,118 residents.
- California, Contra Costa
County population, 12,525 residents.
- California, Del Norte
County population, 2,584 residents.
- California, Eldorado
County population, 10,683 residents.
- California, Fresno County
population, 9,478 residents.
- California, Humboldt
County population, 15,512 residents.
- California, Inyo County
population, 2,928 residents.
- California, Kern County
population, 5,601 residents.
- California, Lake County
population, 6,596 residents.
- California, Lassen County
population, 3,340 residents.
- California, Los Angeles
County population, 33,381 residents.
- California, Marin County
population, 11,324 residents.
- California, Mariposa
County population, 4,339 residents.
- California, Mendocino
County population, 12,800 residents.
- California, Merced County
population, 5,656 residents.
- California, Modoc County
population, 4,399 residents.
- California, Mono County
population, 7,499 residents.
- California, Monterey
County population, 11,302 residents.
- California, Napa County
population, 13,235 residents.
- California, Nevada County
population, 20,823 residents.
- California, Placer County
population, 14,232 residents.
- California, Plumas County
population, 6,180 residents.
- California, Sacramento
County population, 34,390 residents.
- California, San Benito
County population, 5,584 residents.
- California, San Bernardino
County population, 7,786 residents.
- California, San Diego
County population, 8,618 residents.
- California, San Francisco
County population, 233,959 residents.
- California, San Joaquin
County population, 24,349 residents.
- California, San Luis
Obispo County population, 9,142 residents.
- California, San Mateo
County population, 8,669 residents.
- California, Santa Barbara
County population, 9,513 residents.
- California, Santa Clara
County population, 35,039 residents.
- California, Santa Cruz
County population, 12,802 residents.
- California, Shasta County
population, 9,492 residents.
- California, Sierra County
population, 6,623 residents.
- California, Siskiyou
County population, 8,610 residents.
- California, Solano County
population, 18,475 residents.
- California, Sonoma County
population, 25,926 residents.
- California, Stanislaus
County population, 8,721 residents.
- California, Sutter County
population, 5,159 residents.
- California, Tehama County
population, 9,301 residents.
- California, Trinity County
population, 4,999 residents.
- California, Tulare County
population, 11,281 residents.
- California, Tuolumne
County population, 7,848 residents.
- California, Ventura County
population, 5,073 residents.
- California, Yolo County
population, 11,772 residents.
- California, Yuba County
population, 11,284 residents.
- Oakdale population 500
residents, Stanislaus County, California.
-
Waterman (later
Barstow) in the Mojave Desert founded, San Bernardino
County, California.
-
Bernard D.
Murphy, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1880-1882).
-
January 8,
George Clement Perkins, elected governor of California
(1880-January 10, 1883).
-
March 8,
Maine native James E. Blethen, elected mayor of Oakland
in Alameda County, California (1880-March 12, 1882).
Born on June 25, 1828, died on June 23, 1909 buried
in the Masonic section of Mountain View Cemetery in
Oakland.
-
May
11, the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a land titles dispute
between local ranchers and the Southern Pacific Railroad
near Hanford in Kings County, California. Reference
Frank Norris' 1901 novel "The Octopus".
(sources EB/Wikipedia).
|
1881 |
-
John O. Brown,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
(1881-1886).
-
December 5,
Maurice Carey Blake, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1881-January 8,
1883).
|
1882 |
-
Scottish settlers
arrived in present Lancaster area, Los Angeles County,
California.
-
Charles J.
Martin, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1882-1884).
-
March 13,
Antion College and Ann Harbor Law School graduate, New
York native Charles K. Robinson moved via Michigan to
settle in Calfornia. Elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, California (1882-March 11, 1883). Born on January
16, 1835 in Livingston County NY, died on November 22,
1887 in Oakland, burried at Mountain View Cemetery
-
December 9,
Cameron Eerskine Thom, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1882-December 9,
1884).
|
1883 |
-
Frazier's Station,
renamed Carlsbad, located in San Diego County, California.
Coordinates 33°10'N-117°21'W.
-
Gardena, founded
in Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates 33°55'N-118°18'W.
-
January 8, Washington
Bartlett, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1883-January 3, 1887).
-
January 10,
George Stoneman, elected governor of California (1883-January
8, 1887).
-
March 12, J.
West Martin, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1883-March 9, 1884).
-
July 4, Rube
Goldberg, born in San Francisco, San Francisco County,
California. Cartoonist.
|
1884 |
-
Harry Granice,
purchased and operated the Sonoma-Index Tribune,
California newspaper.
-
Campbell Thompson
Settle, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1884-1886).
-
March 10, Ashmun
C. Henry, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1884-March 8, 1885).
-
December 9,
Edward Falles Spence, elected mayor in Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, California (1884-December 14, 1886).
|
1885 |
-
Arrival of
the Santa Fe Railway in Carlsbad, San Diego County,
California.
-
Escondido laid
out in San Diego County, California. Coordinates 33°07'N-117°05'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Battle of San Pasqual Historical Monument
, Cleveland National Forest
-
Fresno incorporated
in Fresno County, California.
-
March 9, Eli
W. Playter, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1885-March 13, 1887).
-
April 19, Fresno
incorporated as city in Fresno County, California.
-
August
12, Maria Helen Hunt Jackson (born Fiske). Died at the
age of 54 in San Francisco, California. Born in Amherst,
Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Writer, novelist, poet
and campaigner for Native American rights. Works e.g.
Ramona, A Century of Dishonor.
-
October 14, Josh Billings, died in Monterey, California.
Humorist and writer 'Everybody's Friend'.
-
October 27,
William Faymonville appointed president of the Board
of Trustees of Fresno in Fresno County, California (1885-April
25, 1887).
|
1886 |
-
Glendale, laid
out in the Verdugo Hills, Los Angeles County, California.
Coordinates 34°10'N-118°17'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
-
Glendora,
laid out by George Whitcomb, in Los Angeles County,
California.
- Oakdale population in
Stanislaus County, California, 1,000 residents, including
three doctors and a dentist.
-
South Riverside(present
Corona), established in Riverside County, California.
-
Palmenthal
(present Palmdale) established as a village in Los Angeles
County, California.
-
Waterman, renamed
Barstow in San Bernardino County, California. Named
for the Santa Fe Railroad president William Barstow
Strong. Coordinates 35°54'N-117°01'W.
-
Charles W.
Breyfogle, elected mayor of San José in Santa
Clara County, California (1886-1887).
-
June 19, Pasadena
incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
December 9,
Santa Monica incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
December 14,
William Henry Workman, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1886-December 10,
1888).
|
1887 |
-
Azusa laid
out in Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates
34°08'N-117°55'W.
-
Buena Park
laid out by James A. Whitaker in Orange County, California.
Coordinates 33°52'N-118°00'W.
-
Burbank, laid
out in Los Angeles County, California, by the Providencia
Land, Water and Development Company. Named for dentist
David Burbank. Coordinates 34°12'N-118°18'W.
Today home of motion picture studios, broadcasting and
Walt Disney Productions.
-
Claremont,
founded in the Pomona Valley by the Pacific Land Improvement
Company in Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates
34°06'N-117°43'W.
-
California
State College(founded as a normal school) in Chico,
Butte County, California.
-
Fullerton,
laid out in Orange County, California. Coordinates 35°52'N-117°55'W.
-
Eugene J. Gregory,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
(1887-1888).
- Inglewood, laid out by
the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company in Los Angeles County,
California.
-
Samuel Watson
Boring, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1887-1890).
- Post office established
in Hanford, Kings County, California. (source
Wikipedia)
- Hollywood, laid out by
Kansas native and prohibitionist Horace Wilcox in Los
Angeles County, California.
-
January 3,
Edward B. Pond, elected mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1887-January 5, 1891).
-
January 8,
Washington Bartlett, elected governor of California
(1887-September 12, 1887).
-
March 11, Henry
Dixon Cowell, born in Menlo Park, California. Composer.
-
March 14, William
R. Davis, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1887-March 11, 1888).
-
April 25, W.
L. Graves, appointed president of the Board of Trustees
of Fresno in Fresno County, California (1887-October
31, 1887).
-
August 14,
Edward Winslow Gifford, born in Oakland, Alameda County,
California. Anthropologist and archaelogist.
-
September 13,
Robert Whitney Waterman, appointed acting governor of
California (1887-January 8, 1891).
-
October 31,
A. M. Clark, appointed president of the Board of Trustees
of Fresno in Fresno County, California (1887-April 5,
1889).
-
December 15,
Monrovia incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
|
1888 |
-
Arcadia laid
out on lands of Rancho Santa Anita in Los Angeles County,
California, located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Coordinates 34°08'N-118°01'W. Attractions
& Recreation; Los Angeles Arboretum, Santa Anita
Race Track
-
Auburn, for
the second time incorporated in Placer County, California.
-
Compton incorporated
in Los Angeles County, California.
-
Escondodo incorporated
in San Diego County, California.
-
'The Gilwyn'
(present Western Hotel), first hotel built in Lancaster,
Los Angeles County, California.
-
Santa Fe Railroad
arrived in Fullerton, Orange County, California.
-
William J.
Hunsaker, elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego County,
California (1888-1889).
-
January 6,
Pomona incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
February 29,
South Pasadena incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
March 1, San
Pedro incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
March 12, Charles
D. Pierce, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1888-March 10, 1889).
- April 13, John Hays Hammond,
Jr. born in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
Inventor, radio remote control development.
-
May 11, Compton
incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
June 17, post
office opened in Palmdale and village official established,
Los Angeles County, California.
-
August 13,
the city of Lompoc in California, incorporated.
Attractions
& Recreation
: 740ft.
x 390ft.(226m.x119m.) 9/11 Tribute Floral Flag.
-
December 10,
John Bryson, Sr. elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, California (1888-February 25, 1889).
|
1889 |
-
First paper
mill in Antioch established, Contra Costa County, California.
-
A Roman Catholic
church, the first church built in Lancaster, Los Angeles
County, California.
-
Lancaster Hotel
built in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California.
-
Orange County
established in California, seat Santa Ana.
-
W.D. Comstock,
W. D. Comstock, elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento
County, California (1889-1892).
-
Douglas Gunn,
elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1889-1891).
-
February 25,
Michigan native Henry Thomas Hazard, elected mayor of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1889-December
5, 1892). University of Michigan graduate, born on July
30, 1844 in Grosse Point, Wayne County, MI. Died on
August 7, 1921 in Los Angeles, California.
-
March 11, John
R. Glascock, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1889-March 8, 1891).
-
April 15, A.
J. Pedlar, appointed president of the Board o Trustees
of Fresno in Fresno County, California.
|
1890 |
-
California
population 1,213,398 residents.
-
Alhambra population
808 residents, city in Los Angeles County, California.
-
Samuel N. Rucker,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
California (1890-1894).
|
1891 |
-
California
Institute of Technology, established as the Throop Polytechnic
Institute in Pasadena, California.
- Hanford, incorporated
in Kings County, California.
-
Northern half
of Colusa County in California became Glenn County.
-
Matthew Sherman,
elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1891-1893).
-
January 5,
George Henry Sanderson, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1891-January 3,
1893).
-
January 8,
Henry Harrison Markham, elected governor of California
(1891-January 11, 1895).
-
March 9, Melvin
C. Chapman, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1891-March 12, 1893).
-
March
11, Glenn County in California incorporated, county
seat Willows. Named after Dr. Hugh J. Glenn.
Cities : Orland,
Willows.
-
June
26, Sidney Coe Howard born in Oakland, Alameda County,
California. University of Calfornia graduate, and studied
at Harvard under George Pierce Baker, U.S. Air Corps
captain and served with the American Ambulance corps.
Accidental death, died on August 23, 1939 in Tyringham,
Berkshire County, Massachusetts. playwright and screenwriter,
works e.g. Pulitzer Prize for 'They Knew What They
Wanted', and Academy Award winning 'Gone With
the Wind'.
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1892 |
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April 29, Redondo
Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
December 5,
William Hartshorn Bonsall, appointed acting mayor of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1892-December
12, 1892).
-
December 12,
Thomas E. Rowan, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, California (1892-December 12, 1894).
|
1893 |
-
The first California
citrus association formed in Claremont city, in Los
Angeles County.
- Northern Tulare County
divided to form Kings County in California. Sq.Mi. 1.391/Km²3.603.
-
Riverside County
in California, created out of parts of San Bernardino
and San Diego counties, county seat Riverside.
-
B.U. Steinman,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
(1893-1895).
-
William H.
Carlson, elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego County,
California (1893-1897).
-
January 3,
Levi Richard Ellert, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1893-January 7,
1895).
-
March
11, Madera County in California incorporated, county
seat Madera. Cities
: Chowchilla, Madera.
-
March 13, George
C. Pardee, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1893-March 10, 1895).
-
March
22, Kings County in California, county seat Hanford,
name derived from the Kings River.
|
1894 |
-
Paul P. Austin,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
California (1894-1896).
-
December 12,
Frank Rader, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1894-December 16, 1896).
|
1895 |
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January 7,
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1895-January 4,
1897).
-
January 11,
James Herbert Budd, elected governor of California (1895-January
4, 1899).
-
March 11, John
L. Davie, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1895-March 8, 1897).
-
October 27,
C. J. Craycrof, appointed president of the Board of
Trustees of Fresno in Fresno County, California (1895-1901).
|
1896 |
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A sugarbeat
factory completed near Los Alamitos, now Cypress in
Orange County, California. Coordinates 33°50'N-118°01'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Los Alamitos Race Track
-
South Riverside,
renamed Corona and incorporated, in Riverside County,
California. Coordinates 33°52'N-117°34'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Prado Dam
-
C.H. Hubbard,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
(1896-1897).
-
Valentine Koch,
elected mayor of San Jose in Santa Clara County, California
(1896-1899).
-
December 16,
Meredith Pinxton Snyder, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, California (1896-December 15,
1898).
|
1897 |
-
Daniel C. Reed,
elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1897-1899).
-
January 4,
James Duval Phelan, elected mayor of San Francisco in
San Francisco County, California (1897-January 8, 1902).
-
March 9, W.R.
Thomas, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1897-March 12, 1899).
-
December 13,
Long Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
|
1898 |
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Bakersfield
incorporated in Kern County, California.
-
Borax and gold
discovered in the Lancaster area, in Los Angeles County,
California.
-
The Placer
County Courthouse constructed in Auburn, California.
-
William Land,
elected mayor of Sacramento in Sacramento, California
(1898-1899).
-
Edwin M. Capps,
elected mayor of San Diego in San Diego County, California
(1899-May 1901).
-
Charles J.
Martin, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, California (1898-1902).
-
February 28,
Whittier incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
-
December 15,
Fred Eaton, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, California (1898-December 12, 1900).
-
December 29,
Azusa incorporated in Los Angeles County, California.
|
1899 |
-
Azusa Pacific
College established in Azusa, Los Angeles County, California.
-
Oil fields
discovered along the Kern River area near Bakersfield
in Kern County, California.
-
January 4,
Henry Tifft Gage, elected governor of California (1899-January
7, 1903).
-
March 13, Roland
W. Snow, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1899-March 10, 1901).
-
September 14,
Hugo Victor Benioff, born in Los Angeles, California.
Geophysicist and professor of seismology.
|
1900 |
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California population 1,485,053 residents.
-
Calexico founded in Imperial County, California. Located
near the Mexican border, named for the combination of
California and Mexico. Coordinates 32°40'N-115°30'W.
-
Huntington
Park, laid out as La Park in Los Angeles County, California.
Renamed in 1904 after Henry R. Huntington. Coordinates
33°59'N-118°13'W.
50
YEARS AFTER CALIFORNIA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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1800-1900
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Timeline 42
Topics
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Alameda
County, organized in 1853, seat Oakland. Area 738 sq.mi. (1.911km²).
Cities/Places : Alameda,
Albany, Ashland, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Dublin,
Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Kensington, Livermore, Mounnt
Eden, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro,
San Lorenzo, Sunol, Union City.
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May
4, Oakland incorporated as town in Alameda County, CA.
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March 25, Alameda
County created in California,
seat Oakland.
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Alameda
city incorporated in Alameda County, CA. Coordinates 37°46'N-112°16'W,
located on an island in San Francisco Bay.
-
March 25, Oakland
incorporated as city in Alameda County, California.
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Mars 5, Charles
Campbell, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1855-Mars 2, 1856).
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March 3, S.H.
Robinson, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1856-March 1, 1857).
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March
2, Andrew F. Williams, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, CA (1857-March 6, 1859).
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May 9, Damien
Marchessault, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1959-May 9, 1960).
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Alameda County,
CA, population 465, residents.
-
March 7, J.P.M.
Davis, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, CA
(1860-March 4, 1862).
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March 5, George
M. Blake, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1862-March 1863).
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March, W.H. Bovee,
elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, CA (1863-March
13, 1864).
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March
14, Edward Gibbons, elected mayor of Alameda County, CA
(1864-March 5, 1865).
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March 6, B.F.
Ferris, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, California
(1865-March 4, 1866).
|
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March 5, John
W. Dwinelle, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1866-March 6, 1867).
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March 7, William
Watrus Crane, Jr. elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda
County, CA (1867-November 2, 1867).
-
November 3, Samuel
Merritt, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, CA
(1867-February 18, 1869).
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March 1, John
B. Felton, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1869-March 5, 1870).
|
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March 6, Nathaniel
W. Spaulding, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1871-March 3, 1873).
|
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March 4, Henry
Durant, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, CA
(1873-January 22, 1875).
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-
First
known orginal records of prisoners booked in Alameda County,
CA.
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February 28,
Mack Weber, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1875-March 12, 1876).
|
|
- Hayward, incorporated in
Alameda County, CA. Coordinates 37°40'N-122°05'W.
-
March 13, Oculist
Enoch H. Pardee, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
California (1876-March 24, 1878). Immigrated to California
during the gold rush period. Born on April 1, 1826 in
Greece, Monroe County, New York, died in 1896 in Oakland,
California, burried at Mountain View Cemetery.
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January
10, Frederick Gardner Cottrell, born in Oakland, Alameda
County, CA. Scientist and inventor of the electrostatic
precipitator.
|
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March 25, Washburne
R. Andrus, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1878-March 7, 1880).
|
|
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March 8, James
E. Blethen, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1880-March 12, 1882).
|
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March
13, Antion College
and Ann Harbor Law School graduate, New York native Charles
K. Robinson moved via Michigan to settle in Calfornia.
Elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, California
(1882-March 11, 1883). Born on January 16, 1835 in Livingston
County NY, died on November 22, 1887 in Oakland, burried
at Mountain View Cemetery
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March 12, J.
West Martin, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1883-March 9, 1884).
|
|
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March 10, Ashmun
C. Henry, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1884-March 8, 1885).
|
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March 9, Eli
W. Playter, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1885-March 13, 1887).
|
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-
March 14, William
R. Davis, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1887-March 11, 1888).
-
August 14, Edward
Winslow Gifford, born in Oakland, Alameda County, CA.
Anthropologist and archaelogist.
|
|
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March 12, Charles
D. Pierce, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1888-March 10, 1889).
|
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March 11, John
R. Glascock, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1889-March 8, 1891).
|
|
-
March 9, Melvin
C. Chapman, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1891-March 12, 1893).
-
June
26, Sidney Coe Howard born in Oakland, Alameda County,
CA. University of Calfornia graduate, and studied at Harvard
under George Pierce Baker, U.S. Air Corps captain and
served with the American Ambulance corps. Accidental death,
died on August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Berkshire County,
Massachusetts. playwright and screenwriter, works e.g.
Pulitzer Prize for 'They Knew What They Wanted',
and Academy Award winning 'Gone With the Wind'.
|
|
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March 13, George
C. Pardee, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1893-March 10, 1895).
|
|
-
March 11, John
L. Davie, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County,
CA (1895-March 8, 1897).
|
|
-
March 9, W.R.
Thomas, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, CA
(1897-March 12, 1899).
|
|
-
March 13, Roland
W. Snow, elected mayor of Oakland in Alameda County, CA
(1899-March 10, 1901).
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1800-1900
HUMBOLDT COUNTY
Timeline 5
Topics
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Humboldt
County organized in 1853, seat Eureka. Area 3,573 sq.mi. (9.254km²).
Cities/Places : Alderpoint,
Arcata, Bayside, Blocksburg, Blue Lake, Bridgeville, Carlotta,
Cutten, Eureka, Ferndale, Fields Landing,
Fortuna city, Garberville, Honeydew, Hoopa, Hydesville, Kneeland,
Korbel, Loleta, Manila, McKinleyville, Miranda, Myers Flat,
Orick, Orleans, Petrolia, Phillipsville, Redcrest, Redway,
Resighini Rancheria, Rio Dell, Ruth, Samoa, Scotia, Trinidad,
Weitchpec, Weott, Westhaven, Whitethorn, Willow Creek.
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-
Douglas
Ottinger and Hans Buhne entered a bay in Humboldt
County CA, and named it Humboldt Bay for explorer,
Baron Alexander von Humboldt.
-
Eureka laid out in Humboldt County, California.
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Fort
Humboldt established near Eureka in Humboldt County, California.
A military post to interfere in the escalating conflicts
between local Native Americans and the gold-seeking white
settlers. Captain Ulysses S. Grant, future President of
the United States, was one of the most famous residents
of the fort. Today it is Fort Humboldt State Historic
Park.
-
May 12, Humboldt County
in California,
incorporated, county
seat Eureka. Named after
Humboldt Bay.
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Eureka on Humboldt
Bay, incorporated and appointed seat of Humboldt County
in California. Coordinates 40°47'N-124°09'W.
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1800-1900 KINGS
COUNTY Timeline
6 Topics
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Kings
County, organized in 1893, seat Hanford. Area 1.390 sq.mi.
(km3600km&). Cities/Places
: Armona, Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford, Kettleman, Lemoore,
Stratford
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Rio de
los Santos Reyes (Kings River) in Kings County, California,
discovered by an exploring expedition.
|
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-
Southern
Pacific Railroad operational in Kings County, California.
|
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-
May 11,
the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a land titles dispute between
local ranchers and the Southern Pacific Railroad near
Hanford in Kings County, California. Reference Frank Norris'
1901 novel "The Octopus". (sources
EB/Wikipedia).
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|
-
Post
office established in Hanford, Kings County, California.
(source Wikipedia)
|
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-
Hanford,
incorporated in Kings County, California.
|
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-
Northern
Tulare County divided to form Kings County in California.
Sq.Mi. 1.391/Km²3.603. Municipalities
: Armona, Avenal, Corcoran, Grangeville, Hanford,
Hardwick, Home Garden, Island District, Kettleman City,Lemoore,
Lemoore Station, Stratford.
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1800-1900 LOS
ANGELES COUNTY Timeline
121 Topics
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|
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Los Angeles County, organized in
1850, seat Los Angeles. Area 4,060 sq.mi. (10.515km²).
Cities/Towns/Villages/Boroughs/Places :
Acton, Agoura, Agoura Hills, Agua Dulce, Alhambra, Altadena,
Arcadia, Arco
Plaza, Arco
Station , Arleta, Artesia, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Hills,
Baldwin Park, Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Beverly Hills,
Barrington, Bassett, Bell Canyon, Belmont Shore, Bicentennial,Bixby
Knolls, Bouque Canyon, Box Canyon, Boyle Heights, Bradbury,
Bradley International, Brentwood, Briggs, Brodway Manchester,
Burbank, Cabrillo, Calabasas, Calabasas Hills, Canoga Park,
Canyon Country, Carson, Castac, Catalina, Century City,
Cerritos, Charter Oak, Chatsworth, Cimarron,, Claremont,
Commerce, Compton, Cornell, Covina, Crenshaw, Crystalaire,
Cudahy, Culver City, Del Sur, Del Valle, Diamond Bar, Dockweiler,
Dominguez, Downey, Duarte, Eagle Rock, East Long Beach,
East Los Angeles, East Rancho Dominguez, Echo Park, Edendale,
El Monte, El Segundo, El Sereno, Elizaneth Lake, Encino,
Fairmont, Far, Farmers Market, Federal, Firestone Park,
Flint, Flintridge, Fort Macarthur, Foy, Friendly Valley,
Gardena city, Glassell, Glassell Park, Glendale, Glendale
Galerai, Glendora, Granada Hills, Green, Green Valley, Greenmead,
Griffith, Hacienda Heights, Hancock, Hansen Hills, Harbor
City, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hazard, Hermosa Beach,
Hidden Hills, Hi Vista, Highland Park, Holly Park, Hollywood,
Huntington Park, Industry, Inglewood, Irwindale, Juniper
Hills, Kagel Canyon, La Canada, La Canada Flintridge, La
Crescenta, La Mirada, La Puente, La Tijera, La Tuna Canyon,
Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, La Verne,
Lake View TerraceLakewood, Lancaster, Lane, Lawndale, Leimert
Park, Lennox, Leona Valley, Lincoln Heights, Littlerock,
Llano,Lomita, Long Beach, Los Angeles,
Los Feliz, Los Nietos, Lugo, Lynwood, Malibu, Manhattan
Beach, Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, Market, Maywood, Metler
Valley, Mint Canyon, Miracle Mile, Mirada, Mission Hills,
Monrovia, Montebello, Monte Nido, Monterey Park, Montrose,
Mount Baldy, Mount Wilson, Naples, Neenach, Newhall, North
Hills, North Hollywood, North Long Beach, Northridge, Norwalk,
Oak Park, Oakwood, Pacific Palisades, Pacoima, Palmdale,
Palms, Palos Verdes Estates, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Panorama
City, Paramount, Pasadena, Pearblossom, Phillips Ranch,
Pico Heights, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes,
Playa Del Rey, Playa Vista, Porter Ranch, Portuguese Bend,
Preuss, Quartz Hill, Rancho Dominguez, Rancho La Tuna Canyon,
Redondo Beach, Reseda, Rimpau, Ritter Ranch, Rolling Hills,
Rolling Hills Estates, Roosevelt Corner, Rosemead, Rosewood,
Rowland Heights, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San
Marino, San Pedro, Sandberg, Sanford, Santa Catalina, Santa
Western, Santa Clarita, Santa FE Springs, Santa Monica,
Saratoga Hills, Saugus, Sepulveda, Shadow Hills, Sherman
Oaks, Sherman Village, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, Silver
Lake, South, South El Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena,
South San Gabriel, Starlight Hills, Stevenson Ranch, Studio
City, Sun Valley, Sun Village, Sunland, Sylmar, Tarzana,
Temple City, Terminal Island, Textile, Textile Boxes, Thousand
Oaks, Three Points, Toluca Lake, Topanga, Torrance, Tujunga,
Universal City, Val Verde, Valencia, Valley Village Village,
Valyermo, Van Nuys, Venice, Verdugo City, Vermont, Vernon,
View Park, Village, Wagner, Walnut, Walnut Park, Watts,
West Adams, West Covina, West Hills, West Hollywood, Westlake
Village, West Los Angeles, West Toluca Lake, Westchester,
Westvern, Whittier,
Wilcox, Wilmington, Wilshire-La Brea, Wilsona Gardens, Windsor
Hills, Winnetka, Woodland Hills
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-
Joaquin Higuera,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1800-1802).
|
|
-
Mariano Verdugo,
appointed second-term alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1802-1809).
|
|
-
Francisco Avila,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1810-1811).
|
|
-
Manuel Gutiérrez,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1811-1812).
|
|
-
Guillermo Soto,
appointed commissioner of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1812-1816).
|
|
-
Antonio Maria
Lugo, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1816-1819).
|
|
-
Anastasio Avila,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1819-1822).
|
|
-
Manuel Gutiérrez,
appointed second-term alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1822-1824).
|
|
-
Guillermo Cota,
appointed second-term alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA..
-
Encarnacion Urquides,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA.
|
|
-
José Maria
Avila, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA.
|
|
-
José Antonio
Carrillo, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA.
-
Claudio Lopez,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1826-1827).
|
|
-
Guillermo Cota,
appointed third-term alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1827-1828).
|
|
-
José Antonio
Carrillo, appointed second-term alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1828-1829).
|
|
-
Guillermo Soto,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1829-1830)
|
|
-
Tiburcio Tapia,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1830-1831).
|
|
-
Vicente Sanchez,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1831-1832).
|
|
-
Manuel Dominguez,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1832-1833).
|
|
-
José Antonio
Carrillo, appointed third-term alcalde of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1833-1834)
|
|
-
José Perez,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1834-1835).
|
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-
Francisco Javier
Alvarado, appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1835-1836).
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|
-
Manuel Requena,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1836-1837).
- La Casa de la Centinela
Adobe (historic landmark), built in Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, California.
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|
-
José Sepulveda,
appointed alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA.
|
|
-
Luis Arena, appointed
alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA (1838-1839).
|
|
-
José Sepulveda
and Tiburcio Tapia, appointed joint alcaldes of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1839-1840).
|
|
-
Azusa,
part of El Susa Rancho given to Luis Arenas, as Mexican
land grant, Los Angeles County, CA
-
Ignacio Alvarado
and Ignacio Palomares, appointed Justices of the Peace
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA.
|
|
-
Manuel Dominguez
and José Sepulveda, appointed Justices of the Peace
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA.
|
|
-
Antonio F. Coronel
and Manuel Dominguez, appointed Justices of the Peace
of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA.
|
|
-
Manuel Requena,
appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1844-1845).
-
Tiburcio Tapia,
appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1844-1845).
|
|
-
Vicente Sanchez,
appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1845-1846).
-
Juan Sepulveda,
appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1745-1846).
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|
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Catalina Island,
land grant awarded to Thomas Robiins by Governor Pio Pico,
in Los Angeles County, CA.
-
Juan Gallardo,
appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1846-1847).
-
José L.
Sepulveda, appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1846-1847).
|
|
-
José Salazar,
appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1847-1848).
-
Enrique Avila,
appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1847-1848).
-
January 9, United
States takes possession of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA.
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|
-
Stephen C. Foster,
appointed mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1848-July 1, 1850).
-
Ignacis Palomores,
appointed first alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA.
-
José Sepulveda,
appointed second alcalde of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA.
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|
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February
18, Los Angeles County established. One of California's
original 27 counties and one of the largest counties in
the USA 4,084 sq/mi.(10.578 km²), and a 75 mi. (121
km) long coastline, county seat Los Angeles.
|
|
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May 7, Benjamin
David Wilson, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1851-May 4, 1852).
|
|
-
May
4, John Gregg Nichols, elected mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1852-May 3, 1853).
|
1853 |
-
Benjamin
D. Wilson, elected Los Angeles County Supervisor, in CA.
- First house built in Hollywood,
Los Angeles County, CA. Coordinates 34°06'N-118°20'W.
-
May 3, Antonio
F. Coronel, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1853-May 4, 1854).
|
1854 |
-
Fort
Tejon military post established in Antelope Valley near
Castac Lake in Los Angeles County, CA.
-
May 4, Stephen
C. Foster, elected second-term mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1854-January 13, 1855).
|
1855 |
-
January 25, Stephen
C. Foster, elected third-term mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1855-May 9, 1855).
-
May 9, Thomas
Foster, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1855-May 7, 1856).
|
1856 |
-
May
7, Stephen C. Foster elected fourth-term mayor of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA (1856-September 22,
1856).
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September
22, Manuel Requena, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, CA (1856-October 4, 1856).
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October
4, John Gregg Nichols, elected second-term mayor of Los
Angeles in Los Angeles County, CA (1856-May 9, 1859).
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May 9, Damien
Marchessault, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1959-May 9, 1960).
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May 9, Henry
Mellus, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County,
CA (1860-December 26, 1860).
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December 26,
William Woodworth, appointed acting mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1860-January 7, 1861).
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Benjamin
D. Wilson, elected second-term Los Angeles County Supervisor,
CA.
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January 7, Damien
Marchessault, elected second-term mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1961-May 6, 1865).
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Benjamin D. Wilson,
elected third-term Los Angeles County Supervisor, CA.
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Benjamin
D. Wilson, elected fourth-term Los Angeles County Supervisor,
CA.
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Casa
Adobe de San Rafael, established and stands in a Glendale
city park, Los Angeles County, CA.
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May 6, José
Mascarel, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA 1865-May 10, 1866).
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May
10, Cristobal Aguilar, elected mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1866-December 7, 1868).
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Compton, founded
as a Methodist colony, in Los Angeles County, California.
Named for settler G.D. Compton. Coordinates
33°54'N-118°13'W.
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December
9, Joel H. Turner, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, CA (1868-December 9, 1870).
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December 9, Cristobal
Aguilar, elected second-term mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, CA (1870-December 5, 1872).
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December
5, James R. Toberman, elected mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1872-December 18, 1874).
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The Southern Pacific
Railroad built through the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles
County, CA.
- Inglewood, settled by Daniel
Freeman in Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates 33°58'N-118°21'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: e.g. Hollywood Park Racetrack, La Casa de
la Centinela Adobe.
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Alahambra
city, laid out by Benjamin D. Wilson, in the San Gabriel
Valley, Los Angeles County, CA. Coordinates 34°06'N-118°08'W.
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Glendora, settled
in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los
Angeles County, CA. Coordinates 34°08'N-117°52'W.
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December
18, Prudent Beaudry, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, CA (1874-December 8, 1876).
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Elias J. 'Lucky'
Baldwin, bought a large area of land including present
Arcadia in Los Angeles County, CA.
Attractions & Recreation : AMF Bowling
Square Lanes, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia Par-3 Golf
Course, Arcadia Park, Arcadia Public Library, California
Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles County Arboretum &
Botanic Gardens, Santa Anita Golf Course, Santa Anita
Park, The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum,
Wilderness Park.
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May 3, Artesia
School District established and Artesia village community
formed, in Los Angeles County, CA.
Attractions & Recreation
: Artesia City Plaza, Artesia Historical
Museum & Old Fire Station 30, Artesia Park, A.J. Padelford
Park, Baber Park, EastWest Ice Palace, International Cultural
District, Pioneer Boulevard Median & Water Fountains.
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December 8, Frederick
Alexander MacDougal, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los
Angeles County, CA (1876-November 16, 1878).
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November 21,
Bernard Cohn, appointed acting mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1878-December 5, 1878).
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December 5, James
R. Toberman, elected second-term mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1878-December 9, 1882).
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Scottish settlers
arrived in present Lancaster area, Los Angeles County,
CA. Attractions & Recreation
: Antelope Valley CA Poppy Reserve, Clear
Channel Stadium, El Dorado Park, Forrest E. Hull Park,
Jane Reynolds Park, Lancaster City Park, Lancaster Museum
& Art Gallery, Lancaster National Soccer Center, Lancaster
Performing Arts Center, Mariposa Park, Prime Desert Woodland
Preserve, Pierre Baine Park, Rawley Duntley Park, Skytower
Park, Tierra Bonita Park.
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December 9, Cameron
Eerskine Thom, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1882-December 9, 1884).
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Gardena, founded
in Los Angeles County, CA. Coordinates 33°55'N-118°18'W.
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December 9, Edward
Falles Spence, elected mayor in Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1884-December 14, 1886).
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Glendale, laid
out in the Verdugo Hills, Los Angeles County, CA. Coordinates
34°10'N-118°17'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Glendora,
laid out by George Whitcomb, in Los Angeles County, CA.
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June 19, Pasadena
incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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December 9, Santa
Monica incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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December 14,
William Henry Workman, elected mayor of Los Angeles in
Los Angeles County, CA (1886-December 10, 1888).
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Azusa laid out
in Los Angeles County, CA. Coordinates 34°08'N-117°55'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Angeles National Forest, San Gabriel Valley.
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Burbank, laid
out in Los Angeles County, CA, by the Providencia Land,
Water and Development Company. Named for dentist David
Burbank. Coordinates 34°12'N-118°18'W. Today home
of motion picture studios, broadcasting and Walt Disney
Productions.
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Claremont, founded
in the Pomona Valley by the Pacific Land Improvement Company
in Los Angeles County, CA. Coordinates 34°06'N-117°43'W.
- Hollywood, laid out by
Kansas native and prohibitionist Horace Wilcox in Los Angeles
County, CA.
- Inglewood, laid out by
the Centinela-Inglewood Land Company in Los Angeles County,
California.
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December 15,
Monrovia incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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Arcadia laid
out on lands of Rancho Santa Anita in Los Angeles County,
CA, located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Coordinates 34°08'N-118°01'W. Attractions
& Recreation; Los Angeles Arboretum, Santa Anita Race
Track
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Compton incorporated
in Los Angeles County, CA.
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'The Gilwyn'
(present Western Hotel), first hotel built in Lancaster,
Los Angeles County, CA.
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January 6, Pomona
incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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February 29,
South Pasadena incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
-
March 1, San
Pedro incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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May 11, Compton
incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
-
June 17, post
office opened in Palmdale and village official established,
Los Angeles County, CA.
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December 10,
John Bryson, Sr. elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1888-February 25, 1889).
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Lancaster Hotel
built in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA.
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A Roman Catholic
church, the first church built in Lancaster, Los Angeles
County, CA.
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February 25,
Michigan native Henry Thomas Hazard, elected mayor of
Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California (1889-December
5, 1892). University of Michigan graduate, born on July
30, 1844 in Grosse Point, Wayne County, MI. Died on August
7, 1921 in Los Angeles, California.
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Alhambra population
808 residents, city in Los Angeles County, CA.
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April 29, Redondo
Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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December 5, William
Hartshorn Bonsall, appointed acting mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1892-December 12, 1892).
-
December 12,
Thomas E. Rowan, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1892-December 12, 1894).
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The first California
citrus association formed in Claremont city, in Los Angeles
County.
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December 12,
Frank Rader, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1894-December 16, 1896).
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December 16,
Meredith Pinxton Snyder, elected mayor of Los Angeles
in Los Angeles County, CA (1896-December 15, 1898).
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December 13,
Long Beach incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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Borax and gold
discovered in the Lancaster area, in Los Angeles County,
CA.
-
February 28,
Whittier incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
-
December 15,
Fred Eaton, elected mayor of Los Angeles in Los Angeles
County, CA (1898-December 12, 1900).
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December 29,
Azusa incorporated in Los Angeles County, CA.
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Azusa Pacific
College established in Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA.
-
September 14,
Hugo Victor Benioff, born in Los Angeles, CA. Geophysicist
and professor of seismology.
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Huntington
Park, laid out as La Park in Los Angeles County, CA. Renamed
in 1904 after Henry R. Huntington. Coordinates 33°59'N-118°13'W.
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1800-1900 MONTEREY
COUNTY Timeline
2 Topics
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Monterey County organized in 1850,
seat Salinas. Area 3,322 sq.mi. (8.604km²). Cities/Places
: Alisal, Aromas, Big Sur, Bradley, Carmel,
Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel Highlands, Carmel Valley, Carmel
Valley Village, Castroville, Chualar, Del Monte Park, Del
Rey Oaks, Fort Hunter Liggett, Gonzales, Gorda, Greenfield,
Jolon, King City, Lockwood, Lucia, Marina, Monterey, Moss
Landing, Pacific Beach, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Point
Sur, Presidio of Monterey, Prunedale, Robles del Rio, Salinas,
San Ardo, Sand City, San Lucas, Seaside, Soledad, Spreckels,Tassajara
Hot Springs.
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During a land
and sea battle, the French born revolutionary privateer
(granted Agentinian citizenship) Hipólito Bouchard
attacked and damaged Monterey in Monterey County,
California.
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Monterey County established in California, seat Salinas.
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1800-1900 ORANGE
COUNTY Timeline
4 Topics
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Anaheim
founded by German immigrants in Orange County, CA. Coordinates
33°51'N-117°57'W.
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Buena Park
laid out by James A. Whitaker in Orange County, CA.
Coordinates 33°52'N-118°00'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Knott's Berry Farm
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Fullerton, laid
out in Orange County, CA. Coordinates 35°52'N-117°55'W.
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Santa Fe Railroad
arrived in Fullerton, Orange County, California.
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1800-1900 SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY Timeline
1 Topic
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The Lugo family was granted the Rancho San Bernardino,
or the entire San Bernardino Valley in San Bernardino
County, California.
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1800-1900 SAN
DIEGO COUNTY Timeline
5 Topics
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San
Diego's first mission 'Mission San Diego de Alcala',
in San Diego County, California, destroyed by an earthquake.
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Mission San
Diego de Alcala in San Diego County, California, for
the second time destroyed by an earthquake.
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March 21, San Diego city incorporated in San Diego County,
CA. Founded in 1769, California's 2nd largest city located
on San Diego Bay, along the Pacific Ocean, area 372
sq.mi. (963km²). Original inhabitants, the Kumeyaay
Native Americans, today living in 'reservations' spread
over San Diego County.
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Frazier's Station,
renamed Carlsbad, located in San Diego County, California.
Coordinates 33°10'N-117°21'W.
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Arrival of
the Santa Fe Railway in Carlsbad, San Diego County,
California.
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1800-1900 SAN
FRANCISCO COUNTY Timeline
57 Topics
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March
1, Luis Antonio Argüello, appointed commandant
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1806-March 27, 1830). First governor of Alta California
under Mexican rule. Conducted the "Argüello's
expedition to the Columbia" the most extensive
exploration of the North Country ever made by the
Spaniards in California. Born on June 21, in San Francisco,
1784, died on March 27 in San Francisco 1830, burried
Mission Dolores Cemetery.
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Ignacio Martinez, appointed acting commandant of San
Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1822-October
1825).
- San Francisco born Luis
Antonio Arguello, first native appointed governor, under
Mexican Rule, of Alta California (1822-June 25, 1825).
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Ignacio Martinez, appointed second-term commandant of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1828-1831).
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Mariano
Guadalupe Vallejo, appointed commandant of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1831-1834).
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José Antonion Sanchez, appointed acting commandant
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1831-1833).
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Damaso Rodriguez,
appointed acting commandant of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1833-1834).
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Francisco de
Haro, appointed alcalde of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1834-1835).
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José Joaquin Estudillo, appointed alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1835-1836).
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Francisco Guerrero, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1836-1837).
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Ignacio Martinez, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1837-1838).
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Francisco de Haro, appointed second-term alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1838-1839).
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Francisco Guerrero,
appointed second-term alcalde of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1839-1842).
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José
de Jesus Noe, appointed alcalde of San Francisco in
San Francisco County, California (1842-1843).
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Francisco Sanchez, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1843-1844).
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William Sturgis Hinckley, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1844-1845).
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José de la Cruz Sanchez, appointed alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1845-1846).
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José de Jesus Noe, appointed second-term alcalde
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California.
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July, Washington Allon Bartlett, appointed alcalde of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1846-February
1847).
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February
22, Edwin Bryant, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1847-June 1847).
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June, George Hyde, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1847-April 1848).
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April, John Townsend, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1848-September
1848).
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October, Thaddeus M. Leavenworth, appointed alcalde
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1848-August 1849).
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August, John White Geary, appointed alcalde of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1849-March 1, 1850).
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San Francisco County established in California, seat
San Francisco.
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March 1, John White Geary appointed mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1850-May 5, 1851).
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April 15, San Francisco city charter granted, San
Francisco County, California.
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May 5, Charles James Brenham, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1851-January 1,
1852).
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January 1, Stephen Randall Harris, elected mayor of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1852-November
10, 1852).
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- First house built in Hollywood,
Los Angeles County, California. Coordinates 34°41'N-89°26'W.
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July 25, David Belasco born in San Francisco, San Francisco
County, California. Actor, playwright and theatrical
producer.
-
October 3, Cornelius Kingsland Garrison, elected mayor
of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1853-October 2, 1854).
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October 2, Stephen Palfrey Webb, elected mayor of San
Francisco, in San Francisco County, California (1854-July
1, 1855).
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March
31, John Hays Hammond, born in San Francisco, San Francisco
County, California.
- July 1, James P. Van Ness,
elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County,
California (1855-July 8, 1856).
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July 8, George J. Whelan, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1856-November 15,
1856).
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November 15, Ephraim Willard Burr, elected mayor of
San Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1856-October
3, 1859).
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October
3, Henry Frederick Teschemacher, elected mayor of San
Francisco in San Francisco County, California (1859-July
1, 1863).
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April
29, William Randolph Hearst, born in San Francisco, San
Francisco County, CA. Newspaper publisher.
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June 19, William Aloysius Brady, born in San Francisco,
California. Actor, motion-picture producer and developer
of Coney Island amusement park in New York City.
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July 1, Henry Perrin Coon, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1863-December 2,
1867).
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September
1, James John Corbett, born in San Francisco, San Francisco
County, California. World heavyweight boxing champion.
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December 2,
Frank McCoppin, elected mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1867-December 6, 1869).
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December 6, Thomas
Henry Selby, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1869-December 4, 1871).
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December 4,
New York (Albany) born William Alvord, elected 14th
mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco County, California
(1871-December 1, 1873).
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December 1,
James Otis, appointed mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1873-October 30, 1875).
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March 26 - Robert
Lee Frost, born in San Francisco, San Francisco County,
California. Four-time Pulitzer prize winning poet, lecturer,
teacher and playwright. Died on January 29, 1963 in Boston,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Works e.g. 'Mending
Wall'.
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November 4,
George Hewston, appointed acting mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1874-December 6,
1875).
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December 6,
Andrew Jackson Bryant, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1875-December 1,
1879).
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May
26, Duncan (Isadora) Angela, born in San Francisco,
San Francisco County, California. Dancer.
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December 1,
1879, Isaac Smith Kalloch, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1879-December 5,
1881).
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December 5,
Maurice Carey Blake, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1881-January 8,
1883).
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January 8, Washington
Bartlett, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1883-January 3, 1887).
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July 4, Rube
Goldberg, born in San Francisco, San Francisco County,
California. Cartoonist.
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January 3,
Edward B. Pond, elected mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1887-January 5, 1891).
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April
13, John Hays Hammond, Jr. born in San Francisco, San
Francisco County, California. Inventor, radio remote control
development.
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January 5,
George Henry Sanderson, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1891-January 3,
1893).
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January 3, Levi
Richard Ellert, elected mayor of San Francisco in San
Francisco County, California (1893-January 7, 1895).
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January 7, Adolph
Heinrich Joseph Sutro, elected mayor of San Francisco
in San Francisco County, California (1895-January 4, 1897).
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January 4, James
Duval Phelan, elected mayor of San Francisco in San Francisco
County, California (1897-January 8, 1902).
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1800-1900 SAN
MATEO COUNTY Timeline
6 Topics
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San Mateo County organized in 1856,
seat Redwood City. Area 449 sq.mi. (1,163km²). Cities/Towns/Places
: Airport, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame,
Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, El Granada, Emerald Hills,
Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, La Honda, Ladera,
Loma Mar, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Montara, Moss Beach, Pacifica,
Palo Alto, Pescadero, Portola Valley,Princeto by the Sea,
Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San
Francisco, San Gregorio, San Mateo, Sharp Park, South San
Francisco, West Menlo Park, Woodside.
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Belmont settled as stagecoach
station in San Mateo County, CA. Coordinates
37°31'N-122°17'W.
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San Mateo County
established in California, seat Redwood City.
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California,
San Mateo County population, 3,214 residents.
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California,
San Mateo County population, 6,635 residents.
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November
15, Pigeon Point lighthouse operational in Pescadero,
San Mateo County, CA. The 115-foot lighthouse, is one
of the tallest in the United States. Pigeon
Point Light Station a State Historic Park,
is located at 210 Pigeon Point Road, Highway 1, Pescadero.
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Historic
Point Montara Fog Signal and Light Station, established
in Montara near Moss Beach, San Mateo County, CA.
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1800-1900 SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY Timeline
1 Topic
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Santa Barbara
County established in California, seat Santa Barbara.
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1800-1900 SANTA
CLARA COUNTY Timeline
39 Topics
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A stagecoach
stop established in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA
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Santa Clara County
established in CA, seat San Jose. Municipalities
: Alviso, Blossom Valley, Campbell, Castro
Center, Coyote, Cupertino, Gilroy, Holy City, Los Altos,
Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Moffett Field, Monte
Sereno, Monte Vista, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Mount
Hamilton, New Almaden, Onizuka AFB, Palo Alto, Permanente,
Redwood Estates, San Jose, Santa Clara, San Martin, Saratoga,
Stanford, Sunnyvale.
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March
27, San Jose incorporated in Santa Clara County, CA.
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April
8, Josiah Belden, elected mayor of San José in
Santa Clara County, CA (1850-1851).
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September 9,
San José in Santa Clara County, appointed capital
of CA.
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Thomas White,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1851-1854).
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First
school established in the San Ysidro District, the Gilroy
area in Santa Clara County, CA.
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Public
school opened in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA.
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O.H. Allen, elected
mayor of San José in Santa Clara County, CA (1854-1855).
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Sherman Otis Houghton,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA (1855-1856).
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Lawrence Archer,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA.
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John M. Murphy,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA.
-
George Givens,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1856-1857).
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Ranson G. Moody,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1857-1858).
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Peter O. Minor,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1858-1859).
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Thomas Fallon,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1859-1860).
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Richard B. Buckner,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1860-1861).
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Joseph W. Johnson,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1861-1863).
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John Alonzo Quinby,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1863-1868).
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Hot springs discovered
in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA.
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The town of Gilroy
incorporated in Santa Clara County, CA.
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The 'Gilroy
Advocate' first newspaper
published in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA.
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Mark Leavenworth,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1868-1870).
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Railroad arrived
in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA.
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Adolph Pfister,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1870-1873).
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May 6,
Peter Amadeo
'A.P.' Giannini born in San Jose, Santa Clara County,
California. Son of Italian immigrants, founder of the
Transamerica Corporation and the Bank of America in 1904,
a bank for 'blue collar' people, to become the largest
bank in the United States. Died in 1949,
buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo
County, California.
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Bernard D. Murphy,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1873-1877).
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Public high school
established in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA.
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George B.
McKee, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, CA(1877-1878).
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Lawrence Archer,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA (1878-1880).
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Bernard D. Murphy,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1880-1882).
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Charles J. Martin,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1882-1884).
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Campbell Thompson
Settle, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, CA (1884-1886).
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Charles W. Breyfogle,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA (1886-1887).
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Samuel Watson
Boring, elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara
County, CA (1887-1890).
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Samuel N. Rucker,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1890-1894).
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Paul P. Austin,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1894-1896).
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Valentine Koch,
elected mayor of San Jose in Santa Clara County, CA(1896-1899).
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Charles J. Martin,
elected mayor of San José in Santa Clara County,
CA(1898-1902).
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1800-1900
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Timeline 8
Topics
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Santa
Cruz organized in 1850, seat Santa Cruz. Area 446 sq.mi. (1,155km²).
Cities/Towns/Places : Aptos,
Ben Lomond, Big Basin, Bonny Doon, Boulder Creek, Brookdale,
Capitola, Corralitos, Davenport, Felton, Freedom, La Selva
Beach, Las Lomas, Lompico, Los Gatos, Mount Hermon, Pajaro,
Paradise Park, Rio del Mar, Royal Oaks, Santa Cruz,
Scotts Valley, Seacliff, Seascape, Soquel, Watsonville.
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- Santa Cruz County established
in California, seat Santa Cruz.
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California,
Santa Cruz County population, 643 residents.
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California,
Santa Cruz County population, 4,944 residents.
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Santa
Cruz incorporated as town in Santa Cruz County, California.
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California,
Santa Cruz County population, 8,743 residents.
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Ocean
View Avenue, opened in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County,
California.
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New York
native and merchant, G.BV. DeLamater elected mayor of
Santa Cruz in Sanata Cruz County, California.
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Santa
Cruz received its first charter as a city, in Santa
Cruz County, California.
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1800-1900
STANISLAUS COUNTY
Timeline 5
Topics
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Stanislaus
County, organized in 1854, seat Modesto. Area 1,495 sq.mi.
(3.872km²). |
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Gold
discovered by local Native Americans along the Stanislaus
River near Oakdale in Stanislaus County, California.
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Francis
Marion Cottle, his uncle and his son, became the first
settlers of Oakdale in Stanislaus County, California.
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Stockton
State Hospital build in Oakdale, Stanislaus County, one
of the first in the state of Calfornia.
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Oakdale
population 500 residents, Stanislaus County, California.
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Oakdale
population in Stanislaus County, CA, 1,000 residents,
including three doctors and a dentist.
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CALIFORNIA
STATISTICS - COUNTY (LAND) AREA
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1.911km²
- CA Alameda |
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CELEBRITIES
& FAMOUS PEOPLE
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1914 |
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1942 |
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| 1944 |
- September 4,
Jennifer
Salt, born in Los Angeles, California. Film
actress, screenwriter
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1956 |
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November 20, Bo
Derek(Mary Cathleen Collins), born in Long
Beach, California. Golden Globe nominated actress, model
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1958 |
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1962 |
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1964 |
- January 7, Nicholas
Cage (Nicholas Kim Coppola), born in Long
Beach, California. Academy Award winning film actor.
- June 21, Doug Savant,
born in Burbank, California. Movie and TV actor.
- July 24, Barry
Lamar Bonds, born in Riverside, California.
Professional baseball player -Barry Bonds - 660 Home Run #3 (overlay) Photo - Buy
at AllPosters.com
- December 8, Teri
Lynn Hatcher, born in Palo Alto,
California. Author, movie and TV actress.
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1969 |
- February 11, Jennifer
Anniston, born in Sherman Oaks, California.
Movie actress, television performer.
- October 3, Gwen
Renée Stefani, born in Fullerton,
California. Singer, songwriter, actress, fashion designer
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1971 |
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1972 |
- April 5, Krista
J. Allen, born in Ventura, California.
Film actress
- August 15, Benjamin
Géza Affleck, born in Berkeley, California.
Actor, film director - Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck Photo - Buy
at AllPosters.com
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August 30, Cameron
Michelle Diaz, born in San Diego,
California. Film actress and fashion model - Cameron Diaz Photo - Buy
at AllPosters.com
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1973 |
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1975 |
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1976 |
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1977 |
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1979 |
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1980 |
- January 17, Zooey
Claire Deschanel, born in Los Angeles,
California, Film actress.
- February 12, Christina
Ricci, born in Santa Monica, California.
Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominated actress - Christina Ricci Photo - Buy
at AllPosters.com
- June 17, Venus
Ebone Starr Williams, born in Lynwood,
California. Professional tennis player.
- August 12, Dominique
Ariane Swain, born in Santa Monica,
California. Film actress
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1981 |
- April 24, Taylor
Phillip Dent, born in Newport Beach,
California. Professional tennis player.
- April 28, Jessica
Marie Alba, born in Pomona, California.
Model, movie and tv actress - Dark Angel Photo - Buy
at AllPosters.com
- September 21,
Nicole Camille Richie,
born in Berkeley, California. Actress, author, entrepreneur,
model, singer - Nicole Richie Photo - Buy
at AllPosters.com
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1987 |
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