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History of California
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Time Lines
Spanish California
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1469 Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile
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1492 Reconquest of Spain completed
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1492 Christopher Columbus discovered the "New World"
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1497 Amerigo Vespucci explores Atlantic Coast ("America" taken from his name)
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1497-1498 John and Sebastain Cabot explore Atlantic Coast
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1512 Colony of New Spain founded in Cuba
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1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa crosses Central America and sights the Pacific Ocean
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1519-1521 Hernan Cortes conquered Aztecs
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1528-1536 Cabeza de Vaca treks through Southwest
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1533 Ortun Ximenes landed in Baja California
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1535 Hernan Cortes established La Paz in Baja California
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1539 Francisco Ulloa explored the Sea of Cortez to the Mouth of the Colorado River
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ca. 1540 Horse introduced in North America by Spanish
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1540 Francisco de Alarcon explored the Colorado River to Alta California
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1540-1542 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explores Southwest
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1565 Miguel de Salcedo claimed
Philippine Islands for Spain
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1585-1604 Spain and England at War
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1587 Thomas Cavendish captured
the Santa Ana off Baja California
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1607 Jamestown Colony established on Chesapeak Bay
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1620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts
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1682 William Pitt established Pennsylvania
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1697 Fr. Juan Maria Salvatierra founded first
Mission in Baja California at Loreto
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1697 - 1767 Jesuits founded 23 missions in
Baja Californa with 15 becoming permanent
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1701 - 1702 Fr. Eisebio Francisco Kino
explored the Colorado River to Alta California
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1765 English imposed Stamp Act in American Colonies
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1767 English imposed Townsend Act in American Colonies
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* Dates marked with an asterisk are estimated
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