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San Jose, officially the City of San José ( Spanish for ' Saint Joseph ' [14] / ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, - ˈseɪ / SAN hoh-ZAY, -SAY; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse] ), [15] is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, [9] it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose ...
On March 27, 1850, San Jose became the first incorporated city in the U.S. state of California; the first mayor was Josiah Belden. It also served as the state's first capital with the first and second sessions of the California Legislature, known as the Legislature of a Thousand Drinks, being held there in 1850 and 1851.
After the American occupation of California in 1846, San Jose briefly became the new state’s first capital, and the first state legislative assembly convened there in December 1849. (The state capital was moved to Vallejo in 1852 and, permanently, to Sacramento in 1854.)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Although neither large in population (4,000) nor imposing in its structures, San José was selected as the capital of the new state of California in 1850. The blow to civic pride when the...
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May 7, 2024 · 1851 - College of Notre Dame established. 1851 - Thomas White becomes mayor -1854. 1852 - San Jose Foundry in business. 1852 - Vallejo becomes capitol of the State of California - February 4, 1853. 1853 - First honeybee imported to the west coast. 1853 - Hook and Ladder Company No.1 organized.
San Jose, City (pop., 2020: 1,013,240), west-central California, U.S. Located southeast of San Francisco, San Jose was the first civic settlement in California. Founded in 1777 as a farming community, it became a Spanish military supply base and was the state’s first capital (1849–52).
the Presidio of San Francisco, Mission San Francisco de Asis, and El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, now San Jose. El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe was officially founded on November 29, 1777, the first town in the Spanish colony Nueva California. It took its name from Saint Joseph, patron saint of pioneers and travelers, and from the ...
