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The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days, destroying about 28,000 buildings. As a result of the quake and fires, over 3,000 people died [6] and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 18–24, History of California to 1890; complete text online. Written in the 1880s, this is the most detailed history. Robert W. Cherny, Richard Griswold del Castillo, and Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo. Competing Visions: A History of California (2005), textbook
Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).
List of California wildfires; List of fires in San Bernardino National Forest; 2002 California wildfires; 2003 California wildfires; 2004 California wildfires; 2005 California wildfires; List of windmills in California; Timeline of women's suffrage in California; California World War II Army airfields; Chico Army Airfield auxiliary fields
At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day Timeline: How the LA fires erupted into the worst natural ...
Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician, journalist three-term Mayor of Los Angeles [15] Juan Bautista Alvarado: 1809–1882 Monterey, Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now California, U.S.) politician served as Governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842 [16] José María Alviso: 1798–1853
List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles; National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California; Timeline of California [94] Timelines of other cities in the Southern California area of California: Anaheim, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Ana