- La Jolla and Pauma cultures (6050 - 1000 BC)
- 500 Indian tribes (Pre-European arrival)
- Juan Rodírguez Cabrillo and Spain arrive at California coast (1542)
- Francis Drake and England claim portion of California coast (1579)
- Portolá expedition (1602)
- Pueblo Revolt (1680)
- Pima Revolt (1751)
- José de Gálvez expedition (1769)
- Juan Bautista de Anza expeditions (1774 - 1776)
- Domínguez-Escalante expedition (1776 - 1777)
- Spain divides California into Alta California and Baja California (1804)
- Mexico gains independence (1821)
- Mexican secularization act of 1833
- Oregon boundary dispute (1846)
- Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848)
- California genocide (1846 - 1873)
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
- California Gold Rush (1848 - 1855)
- California becomes the 31st state in the United States (1850)
- First transcontinental Railroad from California to Nebraska completed (1869)
- San Francisco earthquake (1906)
- Shasta Dam completed (1945)
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