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May 15, 2018 · Despite the presence of Fort Ross, it would have been tough for Imperial Russia to pacify and administer California. Britain on the other hand demonstrably had the resources to run overseas colonies, and already had major business interests nearby in what is now British Columbia. Around 1830, as its business connections in mainland Mexico ...
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1510- California is first used in a romance novel published in Spain 1510 and written by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo, the translator of the Amadis de Gaul, and called Las Sergas de Esplandián, or "Adventures of Esplandian". 1533- Two ships make their way northward from Tehuantepec and land at the very tip of Baja California at La Paz Harbor. Loca...
1602- Sebastibn VizcaNno, another Spaniard, explored the coast and Monterey Bay 1665- Jose de Galvez arrives in Mexico as Visitor General of New Spain. Periodically insane - thinks he is God, Montezuma, or the King of Sweden - he lauches an ambitious program of colonizing Alta California, implemented by his emissary, Padre Junipero Serra. 1669- 1. ...
1769- 1. The entrance to San Francisco Bay, La Boca del Puerto (The mouth of the Port) is discovered on November 1 by Sergeant Jose Ortega. 2. San Diego De Alcala, the first of 21 missions established by Franciscan padres under the leadership of Father Junipero Serra, was founded. The missions extend along a 650-mile trail, the El Camino Real, from...
Late 1800's- The trans-continental railroad system was established with funding from the "Big Four," a group of men whose economic influence helped shape California's industrial industry--Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford. The system included tracks throughout California's Sierra Nevada region as well as conne...
1900- Oil discovered along the Kern River. 1901- 1. McKinley assassinated 2. Roosevelt succeeds McKinley 3. Picasso's Blue Period 4. J.P. Morgan organizes US Steel Corporation 1902- Trans-Pacific telephone cable connects Canada and Australia. 1903- The Commonwealth Club of California was founded in 1903 by San Francisco Chronicle editorial writer E...
2004 - Private California company launches SpaceShipOne, the first private manned mission to space 2002 - March 24 Halle Berry becomes first African American woman to win Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in 2001′s Monster's Ball; Denzel Washington wins the Best Actor award for his work in Training Day, marking the first time African Amer...
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Jul 7, 2000 · Nigel Saul tells how, in spite of famines and visitations of the plague, conditions were better than ever before for those living in 1400. At the end of the fourteenth century the British Isles were a land transformed. At the beginning of the century the population everywhere had been high and rising. Towns and villages had been crowded.
Feb 20, 2024 · A California History Timeline: Early California. Native American tribes populated the area now known as California for an estimated 13,000 - 15,000 years before the 1500s. Over 100 tribes and bands populated the area, including the Karok, Maidu, Cahuilleno, Mojave, Yokuts, Pomo, Paiute, and Modoc tribes. California's rugged mountain ranges and ...
Feb 8, 2019 · 1769 – The Great Famine of Bengal killed over 10 million people. In the same year Captain James Cook arrived in Tahiti before making his way to New Zealand. 1770 – Captain James Cook claimed New South Wales for Britain. The Boston Tea Party, 1773. 1773 – The Boston Tea Party, a reaction to Britain’s ability to levy taxes.
Era of King Henry the Fourth (1399-1413) 1400: Death of Geoffrey Chaucer on the 25th October. 1401: Owen Glendower charged with treason by Lord Grey. A new Act comes into force which allows the burning of heretics. 1403: Owen Glendower was defeated near Carmarthen. Battle of Shrewsbury on the 21st July.
Feb 25, 2024 · In the past 500 years, there was no leap day in 1700, 1800 and 1900, but 2000 had one. In the next 500 years, if the practice is followed, there will be no leap day in 2100, 2200, 2300 and 2500 ...
