Arlington Springs Man
California History Timeline
This website was created and is maintained by:
Philip J. June
Tucson, AZ
This website was first created
and published on 12.05.07;
Last update was 12.05.07
13,000 B.C. -
10,000 B.C.
Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes first voyage
1527 A.D.
Further voyages by Cortes
1535, 1539
Cortes establishes outpost on west coast of Baja California
1535
Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo explores San Diego Bay
1542
Sir Francis Drake sails along west coast of Americas
1579
Voyage by Pedro de Unamuno
1587
Voyage by Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno
1595
Vizcaino explores Monterey Bay
1602 - 1603
British captain James Cook maps the west coast
1778
Mexican-Spanish War ends with Treaty of Cordoba, Tucson is now part of Mexico
1821
Mexican-American War begins
1846
Mexican-American War ends with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848
Gadsden Purchase
1853
Southern New Mexico Territory (incl Southern Arizona) secedes
1861 - 1863
Civil War battle of Picacho Pass fought north of Tucson
1862
San Francisco Earthquake
1906
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge completed
1936
Capitol Building in Sacramento
Cortes voyage along coast of Baja
1533
Francisco de Ulloa explores mouth of Colorado River
1539
The "California Column" retakes Tucson, Arizona from Confederate forces
1862
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869
San Francisco becomes 10th largest U.S. city
1870
Hollywood christened
1886
Oil discovered in California
1892
California producing 1/4 of the world's oil supply
1923
Golden Gate Bridge completed
1937
Paleolithic hunter-gatherers arrive
15,000 B.C. -
10,000 B.C..
Balboa Park Botanical Gardens
The Hollywood Stars Walk of Fame
Ferry on Sacramento River
California
The
Golden State
History of
First Spanish mission established in California
1697
Mexican-Spanish War begins
1810
Russians build Fort Ross in northern California
1812
U. S. offers to buy Alta California
1835, 1845
Texas declares independence
1835
"Bear Flag" Revolt, Republic of California is born
1846
U. S. Navy seizes Monterey, Los Angeles, and San Francisco
1846
General Kearny arrives in San Diego
1846
Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill
1848
Mexican Cessian of northern Mexico
1848
Constitutional Convention
1849
California admitted to the Union as 31st state
1850
Population of San Francisco reaches 25,000
1850
California begins growing Valencia oranges
1876
Hoover Dam completed
1935
Los Angeles Olympics
1932
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