Early California: pre-1769–1840s: Timeline of Events

	United States & World	California
1521	Hernando Cortez conquers the Aztec empire
1542		Juan Cabrillo sails up California coast
1579		Francis Drake lands somewhere north of San Francisco Bay
1588	Spanish Armada attack England and are defeated
1607	Jamestown settlement established in Virginia
1769		San Diego Mission founded
1776	Declaration of Independence	Presidio of San Francisco established
1781		Los Angeles founded
1789	French Revolution begins
1803	Louisiana Purchase
1810	Mexican War for Independence begins
1812		Fort Ross established
1815	Sierre Leone established by the British
1823		Solano Mission founded
1826		Jedediah Smith arrives overland from U.S.
1839	Louis Daguerre develops the first daguerreotype photo
1846		Bear Flag Revolt
1847		Treaty of Cahuenga
1848	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo