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{{Short description|Timeline of the history of Los Angeles, California, United States}}
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The following is a general historical [[:Category:Timelines of cities in the United States|timeline]] of the city of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] in the United States of America.
The following is a general historical [[:Category:Timelines of cities in the United States|timeline]] of the city of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] in the United States of America.
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==Pre-Columbian era==
==Prior to 20th century==
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* 8,000 BCE – Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area.
**[[Angeles Mesa skeletons]] Remains of Indigenous people Discovered in [[Ballona Creek|Ballona Plain]],1924
**[[La Brea Woman]] 10,250 year old [[Before Present|BP]] Remains of Indigenous woman Discovered in [[La Brea Tar Pits]],1914
* 2,000 BCE to 700 CE, the Uto-Aztecan (formerly known as Shoshonean) peoples entered the LA basin, absorbing or displacing the previous Hokan-speaking peoples


==15th century==
* 1781 – [[Pueblo de Los Ángeles|El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula]] founded in colonial [[New Spain]] by 44 settlers, 20 of whom were of [[African American]] or [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] descent.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
=== English exploration ===
* 1542
** October 8: [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]] sails from [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]] to [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] and names it Bay of Smoke.
** October 9: [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|Cabrillo]] Anchors in [[Santa Monica Bay]] then Departs North.
** November 23: [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|Cabrillo]] on his return trip Anchors and Lands in [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]] to overwinter and make repairs. The Party of Explorers departed a short time later.

==17th century==
* 1602
** November 20: [[Sebastián Vizcaíno]] Anchors and lands in [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]] for a short time during his voyage northward.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==18th century==
=== Spanish colonization ===
* 1769
** Late July: [[José Francisco Ortega]] scout leader for the [[Portolá expedition]] is the first non-indigenous person to explore the LA Basin via a land trail.
* 1771
** September 8: [[Mission Vieja|Original San Gabriel Mission]] is Built near [[Whittier Narrows]].
* 1776 – [[Mission Vieja|Original San Gabriel Mission]] is destroyed in a flash flood forcing the Priest to move the location 5 miles north. Building the new [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]].
* 1781
** September 4: [[Pueblo de Los Ángeles|El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula]] founded in colonial [[New Spain]] by 44 settlers, 20 of whom were of [[African American]] or [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] descent.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California |url=https://archive.org/details/californiaguidet00federich/californiaguidet00federich/page/688/ |title=California : a guide to the Golden state |date=1939 |publisher=Hastings House |others=Prelinger Library |location=New York |chapter=Chronology}}</ref>
* 1790's – [[Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera|Vicente Sanchez Adobe]] is built in the Eastern Foothills of [[Baldwin Hills (mountain range)|Baldwin Hills]]
* 1795 – Construction commences on the [[Casa de Rancho San Antonio]] completed in 1810.

==19th century==
* 1818 – [[Avila Adobe]] built.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=December 19, 2014 |title=Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/travel/los-angeles-as-a-pedestrian.html }}</ref>
* 1818 – [[Avila Adobe]] built.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=December 19, 2014 |title=Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/travel/los-angeles-as-a-pedestrian.html }}</ref>
* 1820 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 650 <ref name="growth">{{cite journal |title=The Los Angeles Padron of 1844 as Copied from the Los Angeles City Archives |editor1-last=Northrop |editor1-first=Marie E. |date=December 1960 |journal=Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly |volume=42 |number=4 |pages=360–417|doi=10.2307/41169490|jstor=41169490}}</ref>
* 1830 – Population: 730.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}

* 1835 – Los Angeles becomes capital of Mexican [[Alta California|California]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
===Mexican period===
* 1846 – September: [[Siege of Los Angeles]] by U.S. forces.
* 1821
* 1847 – January 10: Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}{{sfn|Monnette|1915}}
** [[Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes]], Land Granted to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez, by CA Governor.
* 1848 – February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of [[Mexican Cession|U.S. territory]] per [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]].
** September 28: In Mexico City, the [[First Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]] [[Declaration of Independence (Mexico)|declares independence]]; news would reach California months later.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Bolton |first=Herbert E. |date=1919 |title=The Iturbide Revolution in the Californias |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2505905 |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=188–242 |doi=10.2307/2505905 |issn=0018-2168}}</ref>
* 1822
** [[Joseph John Chapman]] an Anglo-American then one of the earliest English-speaking settlers and builders of Mexican [[Alta California]]. Chapman Helps to build the roof of [[La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles]] .<ref name="Bancroft">Bancroft, H. H. ''History of California, 1801–1824'' (1886) [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=lgETAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-lgETAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1 Free ebook]</ref>{{rp|393}}
** April 9: A junta in [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] headed by governor [[Pablo Vicente de Solá|De Solá]] swear an oath allegiance of the Alta California Province to the Mexican Empire; in the following days, public oaths were taken in the pueblos and missions of Alta California.<ref name=":2" />
** May: José Palomares goes to Monterey as the elector selected to represent the pueblo de Los Ángeles in the election of a deputy from the province to the [[First Mexican Congress|Congress]].<ref name=":2" />
* 1823
** [[Rancho Las Ciénegas]], Land Granted to [[Ávila family of California#Francisco Ávila|Francisco Avila]], by CA Governor.
* 1826
**November 27: [[Jedediah Smith]] an Anglo-American Explorer arrives at [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]] from the [[Great Salt Lake]] area, making him the first American to reach Alta California via [[Mojave Road|a land route]]
* 1827 – [[Jonathan Temple]] and John Rice opened the first [[general store]] in the pueblo, soon followed by J. D. Leandry.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pioneer Merchants of Los Angeles |last1=Newmark |first1=Marco R. |date=1942 |journal=Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly |volume=24 |number=3 |pages=76–97 |doi=10.2307/41168008|jstor=41168008}}</ref>
* 1828 - [[Rancho La Brea]], Land Granted to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez, by LA Mayor.
* 1830 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 730.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1831
**[[Jean-Louis Vignes]] bought {{convert|104|acre|km2}} of land located between the original Pueblo and the banks of the [[Los Angeles River]]. He planted a vineyard and prepared to make wine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/wine/where-the-valley-met-the-vine-the-mexican-period/article_2ae8cae7-9655-5f01-9391-9278fed3b9b3.html |title=Where the valley met the vine: The Mexican period |last=Gaughan |first=Tim |date=June 19, 2009 |newspaper=[[Napa Valley Register]] |publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]], Inc. |location=Napa, California |access-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref>
** [[Rancho Rosa Castilla]], Land Granted to Juan Ballesteros, by CA Governor.
* 1833 – Los Angeles Trade and commerce further increased with the [[Mexican secularization act of 1833|secularization of the California missions]] by the [[Congress of the Union|Mexican Congress]]. Extensive mission lands suddenly became available to government officials, ranchers, and land speculators. The governor made more than 800 land grants during this period to wealthy Californios.
* 1834
**[[Pío Pico|Governor Pico]] married Maria Ignacio Alvarado in the Plaza church. It was attended by the entire population of the pueblo, 800 people, plus hundreds from elsewhere in Alta California.
** [[Rancho San Pascual]], Land Granted to Juan Marine, by CA Governor.
* 1835
** May 23: On the advice of the territory's deputy, José Carrillo, Los Angeles, is given the title of ''Ciudad'' and was declared the capital of the Alta California Territory by the Mexican Congress.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}} The ''de facto'' capital remained in Monterey until decades later and the decision furthered political tensions in the territory.
* 1836 – The Indian village of [[Yaanga]] was relocated near the future corner of Commercial and Alameda Streets.
* 1839 – [[Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda#Francisco Sepúlveda|Francisco Sepúlveda]] is granted land [[Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica]] which later developed as the west side of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/SMIA/id/2611/rec/5 |title=Map of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, Santa Monica: Calendar of Events in the Making of a City, 1875–1950 |date=1875 |website=Santa Monica Public Library |access-date=2013-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012050400/http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/SMIA/id/2611/rec/5 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1841 – Los Angeles City Population: 1,680 <ref name="growth">{{cite journal |title=The Los Angeles Padron of 1844 as Copied from the Los Angeles City Archives |editor1-last=Northrop |editor1-first=Marie E. |date=December 1960 |journal=Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly |volume=42 |number=4 |pages=360–417|doi=10.2307/41169490|jstor=41169490}}</ref>
* 1845 – The Indian village of [[Yaanga]] was relocated again to present-day [[Boyle Heights, Los Angeles|Boyle Heights]].

====American invasion====
* 1846
**August 6: US Navy Commodore [[Robert F. Stockton]] lands Military Force in San Pedro and sets up camp near [[Casa de San Pedro]]
**August 13: [[Robert F. Stockton|Stockton]] and [[John C. Frémont|Frémont]] rendezvous South of Los Angeles to commence the Capture of the City.
**September 23–30: [[Siege of Los Angeles]], a Civil rebellion against American occupation led By [[Jose Maria Flores]] recaptures Los Angeles from U.S. forces, U.S. Officer [[Archibald H. Gillespie|Gillespie]] is forced to retreat to [[Casa de San Pedro|San Pedro Camp]].
**October 6: U.S. troops under [[William Mervine]] land in San Pedro to attempt to recapture Los Angeles.
**October 8–9: [[Battle of Dominguez Rancho]], US Marines engage in a battle with the Mexican Californios, the Mexicans defeated the United States Military forces. causing them to retreat once again.
* 1847
**January 8–9: [[Battle of Río San Gabriel]], Mexican's block path into Los Angeles at [[Pico Rivera]]. American Troops are Victorious and the Mexicans Retreat.
**January 10: [[Battle of La Mesa]], Los Angeles taken by U.S. forces.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}{{sfn|Monnette|1915}}
**January 13: [[Treaty of Cahuenga]], Signed by [[Andrés Pico]] & [[John C. Frémont]] ends American military action and completes the American [[Conquest of California]].

===American period===
* 1848
** February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of [[Mexican Cession|U.S. territory]] per [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]].
* 1849 – Lieutenant [[Edward Ord]] surveyed Los Angeles to confirm and extend the streets of the city. His survey put the city into the real-estate business, creating its first real-estate boom and filling its treasury.<ref name="maps">{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=William Wilcox |date=1966 |title=Maps of Los Angeles; From Ord's Survey of 1849 to the Boom of the Eighties |location=Los Angeles |publisher=[[Dawson's Book Shop]]}}</ref> Street names were changed from Spanish to English.
* 1850
* 1850
** April 4: Los Angeles incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** April 4: Los Angeles incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
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** Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Los Angeles County]] established.
** [[Los Angeles County]] established.
* 1851 – ''[[Los Angeles Star]]'', city's first newspaper, begins publication.{{sfn|McNamara|2010}} [[Hugo Reid]], who was married to indigenous woman [[Victoria Reid]] published his series '' [[The Indians of Los Angeles County]]'' in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent
* 1851 – ''[[Los Angeles Star]]'', city's first newspaper, begins publication.{{sfn|McNamara|2010}} [[Hugo Reid]], who was married to an indigenous woman [[Victoria Reid]] published his series '' [[The Indians of Los Angeles County]]'' in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent
* 1854 – [[Round House (Los Angeles)|Round House]] constructed.
* 1854 – [[Round House (Los Angeles)|Round House]] constructed.
* 1855 – First City public school building built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1855 – First City public school building built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
*1859 – [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] votes to secede from [[California]] to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 1,407–441 in favor of secession.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ellison|first=William Henry|url=http://archive.org/details/jstor-30234593|title=The Movement for State Division in California, 1849-1860|date=1913-10-01|publisher=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly|others=JSTOR}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2021}} Congress throws out secession proposal the following year amid the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
* 1859 – [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] votes to secede from [[California]] to form the Territory of Colorado, voting 1,407–441 in favor of secession.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ellison|first=William Henry|url=http://archive.org/details/jstor-30234593|title=The Movement for State Division in California, 1849–1860|date=October 1, 1913|publisher=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly|others=JSTOR}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2021}} Congress throws out secession proposal the following year amid the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

=== 1860s ===
* 1860 – Los Angeles Soap Company in business, founded by [[Forthmann Carriage House|John A. Forthmann]]. {{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}}
* 1860 – Los Angeles Soap Company in business, founded by [[Forthmann Carriage House|John A. Forthmann]]. {{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}}
* 1865 – [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)]] opens.{{sfn|Starr|2007}}
* 1865 – [[Loyola High School (Los Angeles)]] opens.{{sfn|Starr|2007}}
* 1866 – Town Square established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles>{{cite web |publisher= LA Tourism & Convention Board |url=http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |title=Historical Timeline of Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1866 – Town Square established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles>{{cite web |publisher= LA Tourism & Convention Board |url=http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/historical-timeline-los-angeles |title=Historical Timeline of Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1868 – Street lighting installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1868 – Street lighting installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1869
* 1869 – [[Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad]] begins operating.<ref name=port>{{cite web |url=http://www.portoflosangeles.org/history/timeline.asp |title=Timeline of Historic Events |publisher=City of Los Angeles |author=Port of Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
** October 26: [[Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad]] begins operating.<ref name=port>{{cite web |url=http://www.portoflosangeles.org/history/timeline.asp |title=Timeline of Historic Events |publisher=City of Los Angeles |author=Port of Los Angeles |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
**[[William Rosecrans]] Buys ''[[Rosecrans Tract]]'' a very large portion of land in [[South Los Angeles]] an investment in which he subdivides and sells developing lots eventually beginning settlement in the area.

=== 1870s ===
* 1871
* 1871
** October 24: [[Chinese Massacre of 1871 (Los Angeles)|Anti-Chinese unrest]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** October 24: [[Chinese Massacre of 1871 (Los Angeles)|Anti-Chinese unrest]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
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* 1872 – [[First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles|First African Methodist Episcopal Church]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1872 – [[First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles|First African Methodist Episcopal Church]] established.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1873 – ''Los Angeles Daily Herald'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC />
* 1873 – ''Los Angeles Daily Herald'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC />
* 1874
** May: [[Tiburcio Vásquez]] California's first Notorious Celebrity was caught and apprehended after a shootout in Today's [[West Hollywood]]
* 1875 – [[Los Angeles and Independence Railroad]] begins operating to Santa Monica.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1875 – [[Los Angeles and Independence Railroad]] begins operating to Santa Monica.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1876
* 1876
** September 6 – [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] (San Francisco-Los Angeles line) begins operating Los Angeles' first link to transcontinental railroad.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** September 6 – [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] (San Francisco-Los Angeles line) begins operating Los Angeles' first link to transcontinental railroad.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Cathedral of Saint Vibiana]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Cathedral of Saint Vibiana]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Pico Canyon Oilfield]] drilled in LA Outskirts, making it the first commercially successful oil well in the [[Western United States]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Mentryville Path to Be Repaired|publisher=Daily News (Los Angeles)|date=June 17, 2007}} ("Mentryville was established in 1876 after workers drilled what became the first commercially successful oil well in the West.")</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Judy Raphael|title=Boomtown Bash: Tiny town of Mentryville, site of 1876 oil rush, will hold festival fund-raiser|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 8, 1998}} ("The well, known as Pico No. 4, was the first commercially successful oil well in the western U.S.")</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Nicholas Grudin|title=Ghosts of an Era: Mentryville Is a Monument to Both the Start and Decline of the Area's Oil Drilling Industry|publisher=Daily News (Los Angeles)|date=August 3, 2003}} ("Scofield formed California Star Oil Works, and with skilled oil man Alex Mentry, tapped the first commercial oil well in California – Pico No. 4.")</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jonathan Gaw|title=Oil in a Day's Work The Boom May Be Over, but a Few Wells Pump On|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 21, 1993}} ("Oil men had been groping around the canyons of the area since 1876, when the first commercially successful oil well west of Pennsylvania was built several miles south of Lechler's ranch in Pico Canyon.")</ref> and is considered the birthplace of California's oil industry.
* 1877
* 1877
** First oranges shipped to eastern markets.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** First oranges shipped to eastern markets.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}

=== 1880s ===
* 1880
* 1880
** [[University of Southern California]] opens.
** [[University of Southern California]] opens.
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* 1887
* 1887
** Peak of real estate boom; many towns laid out.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** Peak of [[1880s Southern California real estate boom]]; many towns laid out.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]] incorporated.
** [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]] incorporated.
** April 20 – [[Occidental College]] founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** April 20 – [[Occidental College]] founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
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** City Parks Department{{sfn|Parks|1988}} and Los Angeles Oil Exchange founded.
** City Parks Department{{sfn|Parks|1988}} and Los Angeles Oil Exchange founded.
** [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/how-orange-county-seceded-from-los-angeles.html |title= How Orange County Seceded from Los Angeles |date=August 16, 2013 |publisher= [[KCET]] }}</ref>
** [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/how-orange-county-seceded-from-los-angeles.html |title= How Orange County Seceded from Los Angeles |date=August 16, 2013 |publisher= [[KCET]] }}</ref>

=== 1890s ===
* 1890 – Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county.
* 1890 – Population: 50,400 city; 101,454 county.
* 1891 – Courthouse built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1891 – Courthouse built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
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** [[Bradbury Building]] constructed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Bradbury Building]] constructed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** July 4 – [[Mount Lowe Railway]] opens north of [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].
** July 4 – [[Mount Lowe Railway]] opens north of [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].

[[File:Santa Fe Railway's "La Grande" station, Los Angeles, ca. 1911 crop.jpg|thumb|La Grande Station <abbr>c.</abbr> 1911]]

** July 29 – [[La Grande Station]]La Grande Station railway opens.
* 1894 – [[Fiesta de Los Angeles]] begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1894 – [[Fiesta de Los Angeles]] begins.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1895
* 1895
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==20th century==
==20th century==


===1900s–1940s===
===1900s===
{{see also|Los Angeles in the 1920s}}
{{see also|Los Angeles in the 1920s}}
* 1901
* 1901
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** Design of the [[seal of the City of Los Angeles]] adopted.
** Design of the [[seal of the City of Los Angeles]] adopted.
** [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** Southern California Buddhist Church, the first in Los Angeles, is established on Jackson Street with its first resident minister [[Koyu Uchida]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.nishihongwanji-la.org/about-us/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (Nishi) |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 1906
* 1906
** [[Alexandria Hotel]] in business.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}}
** [[Alexandria Hotel]] in business.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|ps=: "Los Angeles"}}
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** City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.<ref name=chssc>{{cite web |url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Timeline.aspx |title=Chinese in America: Timeline |publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
** City Market Wholesale Produce Terminal built.<ref name=chssc>{{cite web |url=http://www.chssc.org/History/Timeline.aspx |title=Chinese in America: Timeline |publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
** [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]] and [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]] become part of the City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]] and [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]] become part of the City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}

=== 1910s ===
* 1910
* 1910
** October 1: [[Los Angeles Times bombing]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** October 1: [[Los Angeles Times bombing]].{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] and [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] become part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}}
** [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] and [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] become part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}}
** [[Trolleybus]] service operates [[Laurel Canyon]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Masters |first1=Nathan |title=CityDig: The Trackless Trolleys of Laurel Canyon |journal=LAmag -Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles |date=2 April 2013 |url=https://lamag.com/news/citydig-the-trackless-trolleys-of-laurel-canyon#:~:text=Service%20began%20on%20September%202,wore%20down%20the%20hybrid%20vehicles. |language=en}}</ref>
** Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county.
** Population: 319,200 city; 504,131 county.
[[File:Cyclopedia of applied electricity - a general reference work on direct-current generators and motors, storage batteries, electrochemistry, welding, electric wiring, meters, electric lighting, electric (14780081682).jpg|thumb|1910-1915]]
* 1911
* 1911
** [[Nestor Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=pbs1996>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=New Perspectives on the West |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title= Events (timeline) |year=1996 }}</ref>
** [[Nestor Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=pbs1996>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/ |work=New Perspectives on the West |publisher= [[Public Broadcasting System]] |location=USA |title= Events (timeline) |year=1996 }}</ref>
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** [[Westgate, Los Angeles|Westgate]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}}
** [[Westgate, Los Angeles|Westgate]] becomes part of City of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Auditor|1917}}
** [[Lincoln Motion Picture Company]] in business.<ref name="Berry2015">{{cite book|author1=S. Torriano Berry |author2-link= Venise T. Berry |author2= Venise T. Berry |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |year=2015 |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4702-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PR19 |author1-link= S. Torriano Berry }}</ref>
** [[Lincoln Motion Picture Company]] in business.<ref name="Berry2015">{{cite book|author1=S. Torriano Berry |author2-link= Venise T. Berry |author2= Venise T. Berry |title=Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema |year=2015 |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-4702-4 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PR19 |author1-link= S. Torriano Berry }}</ref>
* 1917
* 1917 – [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] incorporated in Los Angeles County.<ref name="discoverlosangeles" />
** The Southern California Buddhist Church is renamed to Hongwanji Buddhist Church of Los Angeles and is moved to [[Yamato Hall]].<ref name=":0" />
* 1918
* 1918
** [[Warner Bros. Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Studios]] begin operating.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]{{sfn|Smith|2007}} and [[Otis College of Art and Design]] founded.
** [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]]{{sfn|Smith|2007}} and [[Otis College of Art and Design]] founded.
* 1919
* 1919
** September – [[University of California, Los Angeles|Southern branch of University of California]] is founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** September – [[University of California, Los Angeles|Southern branch of University of California]] is founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}

=== 1920s ===
* 1920
* 1920
** Population: 576,673 city;<ref name=census1998 /> 936,455 county.
** Population: 576,673 city;<ref name=census1998 /> 936,455 county.
** [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] in business in nearby Santa Monica.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] in business in nearby Santa Monica.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1921
* 1921
** May 2: the [[Los Angeles Steamship Company]] starts their five times per week overnight passenger and freight service to San Francisco
** Hollywood Legion Stadium opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Hollywood Legion Stadium]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]] and [[Hollyhock House]] (residence) built.
** [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]] and [[Hollyhock House]] (residence) built.
** [[Watts Towers]] sculpture construction begins.
** [[Watts Towers]] sculpture construction begins.
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* 1925
* 1925
** [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] opens.
** [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] opens.
** Junior League [http://www.jlla.org/ www.jlla.org] and [[Yogananda]] Self-Realization Fellowship<ref name="Miller1995">{{cite book|editor= [[Timothy Miller]] |title=America's Alternative Religions|url= https://archive.org/details/americasalternat00mill |url-access= registration |year= 1995|publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1311-2}}</ref> established.
** Junior League [http://www.jlla.org/ www.jlla.org] and [[Paramahansa Yogananda|Yogananda]] Self-Realization Fellowship<ref name="Miller1995">{{cite book|editor= [[Timothy Miller]] |title=America's Alternative Religions|url= https://archive.org/details/americasalternat00mill |url-access= registration |year= 1995|publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1311-2}}</ref> established.
** A new building for the Hongwanji Buddhist Church, designed by [[Edgar Cline]], is built.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=JANM Campus {{!}} Japanese American National Museum |url=https://www.janm.org/about/campus |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.janm.org}}</ref>
* 1926
* 1926
** [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|Orpheum Theatre]], [[El Capitan Theatre]],<ref name=treasures-hollywood /> and 28th Street [[YMCA]]<ref name="Mjagkij1994">{{cite book|author= Nina Mjagkij |title=Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852–1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyZTCw1WrCYC&pg=PA139 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-2801-3 |year=1994 }}</ref> open.
** [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|Orpheum Theatre]], [[El Capitan Theatre]],<ref name=treasures-hollywood /> and 28th Street [[YMCA]]<ref name="Mjagkij1994">{{cite book|author= Nina Mjagkij |title=Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852–1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyZTCw1WrCYC&pg=PA139 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-2801-3 |year=1994 }}</ref> open.
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* 1927
* 1927
** [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] opens.
** [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] opens.
** 5 May, [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] opens for business.
** May 5, [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]] opens for business.
** [[Barnsdall Art Park]] established.
** [[Barnsdall Art Park]] established.
* 1928
* 1928
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** [[Los Angeles Board of Trade Building]] and [[Bullocks Wilshire]] department store built.
** [[Los Angeles Board of Trade Building]] and [[Bullocks Wilshire]] department store built.
** [[Nuart Theatre]] opens.
** [[Nuart Theatre]] opens.

=== 1930s ===
* 1930
* 1930
** [[Olvera Street]] restored.<ref name=lapl-visual />
** [[Olvera Street]] restored.<ref name=lapl-visual />
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** The [[Chateau Marmont]] is converted from an apartment building to a hotel.
** The [[Chateau Marmont]] is converted from an apartment building to a hotel.
** [[Figueroa Street Tunnels]] open.
** [[Figueroa Street Tunnels]] open.
** The [[Nishi Hongan-ji|Hongwanji Temple]] in Kyoto confers ''betsuin'' status to their temple in Los Angeles, which is renamed as the ''Hompa Honwanji Los Angeles Betsuin''.<ref name=":0" />
* 1932 – [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held.
* 1932 – [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held.
* 1933
* 1933
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** [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
** Chandler's fictional detective novel ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' published.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** Chandler's fictional detective novel ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' published.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />

=== 1940s ===
* 1940
* 1940
** [[Arroyo Seco Parkway]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Arroyo Seco Parkway]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
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** [[Turnabout Theatre]] of puppets established.<ref name=lapl-visual>{{cite web |url= http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/visual-collections |title=Visual Collections |author=Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=December 30, 2014 |publisher=City of Los Angeles }}</ref>
** [[Turnabout Theatre]] of puppets established.<ref name=lapl-visual>{{cite web |url= http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/visual-collections |title=Visual Collections |author=Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=December 30, 2014 |publisher=City of Los Angeles }}</ref>
* 1942
* 1942
** February: Incarceration of [[Internment of Japanese Americans|Japanese]], [[Internment of German Americans|Germans]] and [[Internment of Italian Americans|Italians]] to internment camps begins.
** US-Mexico [[Bracero program]] begins.
** US-Mexico [[Bracero program]] begins.
** [[Parking meters]] installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Parking meters]] installed.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
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* 1949 – [[Los Angeles Valley College]] opens in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley.
* 1949 – [[Los Angeles Valley College]] opens in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley.


===1950s–1970s===
===1950s===
{{see also|History of Los Angeles#1950.E2.80.932000}}
{{see also|History of Los Angeles#1950.E2.80.932000}}
* 1950
* 1950
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* 1956 – [[Capitol Records Building|Capitol Records Tower]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1956 – [[Capitol Records Building|Capitol Records Tower]] built.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1957 – [[Ferus Gallery]] of art opens.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}}
* 1957 – [[Ferus Gallery]] of art opens.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}}
* 1958 – [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |title=Dodgers Timeline |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1958 – [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team active.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323061023/http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2010 |title=Dodgers Timeline |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1959
* 1959
** [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]] opens.
** [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]] opens.
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** [[Sister city]] relationships established with [[Eilat]], Israel; and [[Nagoya]], Japan.<ref name="SisterCities">{{cite web | url=http://sistercities.lacity.org/ | title=Sister Cities of Los Angeles | publisher=City of Los Angeles | access-date= December 30, 2015 }}</ref>
** [[Sister city]] relationships established with [[Eilat]], Israel; and [[Nagoya]], Japan.<ref name="SisterCities">{{cite web | url=http://sistercities.lacity.org/ | title=Sister Cities of Los Angeles | publisher=City of Los Angeles | access-date= December 30, 2015 }}</ref>


=== 1960s ===
[[File:Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|right|Hollywood Walk of Fame established in [[1960]]]]
[[File:Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|right|Hollywood Walk of Fame established in 1960]]
* 1960
* 1960
** July: [[1960 Democratic National Convention]] held.
** July: [[1960 Democratic National Convention]] held.
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* 1961
* 1961
** [[Theme Building]] constructed at [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles Airport]].
** [[Theme Building]] constructed at [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles Airport]].
** [[Pacific Electric Railway]] ceases operations (last line in service was [[Long Beach (Pacific Electric)|Long Beach Line]]
** [[Pacific Electric Railway]] ceases Red Car interurban operations (last line in service was [[Long Beach (Pacific Electric)|Long Beach Line]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Cecilia |title=From the Archives: Did Auto, Oil Conspiracy Put the Brakes on Trolleys? |url=https://www.latimes.com/me-2003-los-angeles-streetcar-history-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=23 March 2003}}</ref>
* 1962
* 1962
** ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' newspaper in publication.
** ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'' newspaper in publication.
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Brazil.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], Brazil.<ref name="SisterCities" />
* 1963
* 1963
**Last Yellow Car metropolitan streetcar service runs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=Tony |title=March 31, 1963: L.A. Streetcars Take Their Last Ride |journal=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/03/dayintech-0331-2/ |issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Who killed L.A.’s streetcars? We all did |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-02/explaining-la-with-patt-morrison-who-killed-la-streetcars |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
** [[Vincent Thomas Bridge]] opens.
** [[Vincent Thomas Bridge]] opens.
** [[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]] development begins.
** [[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]] development begins.
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** [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]] harbor opens in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]] harbor opens in Los Angeles County.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
* 1966
* 1966
** Los Angeles Zoo opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Los Angeles Zoo]] opens.<ref name=discoverlosangeles />
** [[Gemini G.E.L.]] art studio founded.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}}
** [[Gemini G.E.L.]] art studio founded.{{sfn|Art in Context|2011}}
* 1967
* 1967
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* 1968
* 1968
** June 5: [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]] at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]].
** June 5: [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]] at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]].
** July 3: [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]] first harmonize during an impromptu meeting at the home of [[Joni Mitchell]] in [[Laurel Canyon]]. The group will come to epitomize the Laurel Canyon sound identified with L.A. into the 1970s.
** Sister city relationship established with [[Lusaka]], Zambia.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[Lusaka]], Zambia.<ref name="SisterCities" />
* 1969 - The [[Tate–LaBianca murders]] are committed by the [[Manson Family]] [[cult]]/[[Intentional community|commune]]/[[gang]] who are arrested by year's end.
* 1969 – The [[Tate–LaBianca murders]] are committed by the [[Manson Family]] [[cult]]/[[Intentional community|commune]]/[[gang]] who are arrested by year's end.
** Sister city relationship established with [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Formation of the Crips and Pirus
** Formation of the Crips and Pirus
** November: The new Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple is completed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

=== 1970s ===
* 1970 – Chinatown Service Center established.<ref name=chssc />
* 1970 – Chinatown Service Center established.<ref name=chssc />
**Former ''[[Leave it to Beaver]]'' [[actor]] [[Ken Osmond]] joins the [[Los Angeles Police Department]]
**Former ''[[Leave it to Beaver]]'' [[actor]] [[Ken Osmond]] joins the [[Los Angeles Police Department]]
**The trial of the Manson Family cult starts on July 15.
**The trial of the Manson Family cult starts on July 15.
* 1971
* 1971
** January 25: Charles Manson and his cult's members are convicted of the Tate-LaBianca Murders.
** January 25: Charles Manson and his cult's members are convicted of the Tate-LaBianca Murders.
** January 28: A [[300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building|federal building]] on [[Los Angeles Street]] is [[1971 L.A. federal building bombing|bombed]], killing a teenage employee.
** February 9: [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]].
** February 9: [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]].
** March 29: The Manson Family is sentenced to death.
** March 29: The Manson Family is sentenced to death.
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* 1974 – [[Bank of America Center (Los Angeles)|Security Pacific Plaza]] built.
* 1974 – [[Bank of America Center (Los Angeles)|Security Pacific Plaza]] built.
* 1975 – [[Chinese Historical Society of Southern California]] founded.
* 1975 – [[Chinese Historical Society of Southern California]] founded.
* 1976 – Los Angeles City Historical Society founded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-05|title=History of the Los Angeles City Historical Society|url=http://www.lacityhistory.org/history.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021239/http://www.lacityhistory.org/history.shtml|archive-date=2017-02-02|access-date=2021-05-18|website=lacityhistory.org}}</ref>
* 1976 – Los Angeles City Historical Society founded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 5, 2017|title=History of the Los Angeles City Historical Society|url=http://www.lacityhistory.org/history.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021239/http://www.lacityhistory.org/history.shtml|archive-date=2017-02-02|access-date=2021-05-18|website=lacityhistory.org}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[X (American band)|X]] (musical group) formed.
* 1977 – [[X (American band)|X]] (musical group) formed.
* 1978
* 1978
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**The City Council passes Los Angeles' first homosexual rights bill on June 1 which Mayor Bradley sings on the next day, June 2.
**The City Council passes Los Angeles' first homosexual rights bill on June 1 which Mayor Bradley sings on the next day, June 2.


===1980s–1990s===
===1980s===
* 1980 – Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county.
* 1980 – Population: 2,966,850 city; 7,477,421 county.
* 1981 – Sister city relationship established with [[Guangzhou]], China.<ref name="SisterCities" />
* 1981 – Sister city relationship established with [[Guangzhou]], China.<ref name="SisterCities" />
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** Sister city relationship established with [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** [[Proposition U]] passed
** [[Proposition U]] passed
* 1987 – [[1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake|Whittier Narrows earthquake]]
* 1988 – [[Museum of Jurassic Technology]] founded.
* 1988 – [[Museum of Jurassic Technology]] founded.
* 1989
* 1989
** [[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]] built.
** [[U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)|U.S. Bank Tower]] built.
** Sister city relationship established with [[Giza]], Egypt.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[Giza]], Egypt.<ref name="SisterCities" />

=== 1990s ===
* 1990
* 1990
** [[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]] founded.
** [[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]] founded.
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* 1994 – January 17: [[1994 Northridge earthquake]].
* 1994 – January 17: [[1994 Northridge earthquake]].
* 1995
* 1995
** City website launched.<ref>{{citation |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-09/news/mn-2242_1_los-angeles-city-council/3 |title=Welcome to the Wiring of the City |date=May 1995 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-16/local/me-14760_1_city-staff |work=Los Angeles Times |date= December 1995 |title=Feuer Calls for Guidelines on Officials' Internet Sites }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19961031160856/http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ |url= http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ |archive-date= October 1996 |title=Official Site of L.A. City Government |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref>
** City website launched.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-09-mn-2242-story.html |title=Welcome to the Wiring of the City |date=May 1995 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-16-me-14760-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date= December 1995 |title=Feuer Calls for Guidelines on Officials' Internet Sites }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19961031160856/http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ |url= http://www.ci.la.ca.us/ |archive-date= October 31, 1996 |title=Official Site of L.A. City Government |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref>
** [[Los Angeles Independent Film Festival]] and LA as Subject project<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.laassubject.org/index.php/about |title=LA as Subject |via=[[University of Southern California Libraries]] |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> begin.
** [[Los Angeles Independent Film Festival]] and LA as Subject project<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.laassubject.org/index.php/about |title=LA as Subject |via=[[University of Southern California Libraries]] |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}</ref> begin.
** ''[[Drudge Report]]'' begins publication.
** ''[[Drudge Report]]'' begins publication.
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==21st century==
==21st century==

[[File:Lightmatter disneyhall5.jpg|thumb|Disney Concert Hall at night]]
[[File:Lightmatter disneyhall5.jpg|thumb|Disney Concert Hall at night]]
=== 2000s ===

* 2001
* 2001
** [[James Hahn]] becomes mayor
** [[James Hahn]] becomes mayor
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* 2004 – [[National Day Laborer Organizing Network]] headquartered in Los Angeles (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
* 2004 – [[National Day Laborer Organizing Network]] headquartered in Los Angeles (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
* 2005
* 2005
** Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority [[Homelessness in the United States|homeless]] census begins.<ref>{{citation |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0604-homeless-count-20150604-story.html |title=L.A. County has its most accurate count yet of its homeless population |date= June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
** [[Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority]] [[Homelessness in the United States|homeless]] census begins.<ref>{{citation |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0604-homeless-count-20150604-story.html |title=L.A. County has its most accurate count yet of its homeless population |date= June 4, 2015 }}</ref>
** [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] becomes mayor.{{sfn|Starr|2007}}
** [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] becomes mayor.{{sfn|Starr|2007}}
** Sister city relationship established with [[San Salvador]], El Salvador.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[San Salvador]], El Salvador.<ref name="SisterCities" />
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** [[LA Weekly Detour Music Festival]] begins.
** [[LA Weekly Detour Music Festival]] begins.
** Sister city relationships established with [[Beirut]], Lebanon; and [[Ischia, Campania|Ischia]], Italy.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationships established with [[Beirut]], Lebanon; and [[Ischia, Campania|Ischia]], Italy.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** [[Purple Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Purple Line]] opens.
** [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Purple Line]] opens.
* 2007
* 2007
** May 1: [[2007 MacArthur Park rallies]].
** May 1: [[2007 MacArthur Park rallies]].
** Los Angeles Theatre Center opens.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014|title=Los Angeles Theatre Center {{!}} History and Background|url=http://thelatc.org/about/history-and-background/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206221001/http://thelatc.org/about/history-and-background/|archive-date=2015-02-06|access-date=2021-05-18|website=thelatc.org}}</ref>
** Los Angeles Theatre Center opens.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014|title=Los Angeles Theatre Center {{!}} History and Background|url=http://thelatc.org/about/history-and-background/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206221001/http://thelatc.org/about/history-and-background/|archive-date=2015-02-06|access-date=2021-05-18|website=thelatc.org}}</ref>
** Sister city relationship established with [[Yerevan]], Armenia.<ref name="SisterCities" />
** Sister city relationship established with [[Yerevan]], Armenia.<ref name="SisterCities" />
* 2008
* 2008 – [[Anime Expo]] first arrives at the Los Angeles Convention Center
** [[Anime Expo]] first arrives at the Los Angeles Convention Center
** First [[DineLA Restaurant Week]] was held<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fine dining becomes affordable |url=https://dailybruin.com/2008/02/03/fine-dining-becomes-affordable/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Daily Bruin}}</ref>
* 2009 – ''Los Angeles Times''' [[Mapping L.A.]] project begins.
* 2009 – ''Los Angeles Times''' [[Mapping L.A.]] project begins.
** [[J Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Sliver Line]] opens.
** [[J Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Sliver Line]] opens.

=== 2010s ===
* 2010
* 2010
** Population: 3,792,621 city;<ref name=quickfacts2010>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html |title=Los Angeles (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=December 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902144845/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html |archive-date=September 2, 2012 }}</ref> 9,818,605 county; [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|metro]] 12,828,837.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/026/508.php |year=2012 |title= Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010) |publisher=US Census Bureau }}</ref>
** Population: 3,792,621 city;<ref name=quickfacts2010>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html |title=Los Angeles (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=December 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902144845/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0644000.html |archive-date=September 2, 2012 }}</ref> 9,818,605 county; [[Los Angeles metropolitan area|metro]] 12,828,837.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/026/508.php |year=2012 |title= Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010) |publisher=US Census Bureau }}</ref>
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** QuakeBot [[Computer-assisted reporting|in use]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/how_an_algorithm_helped_the_lat_scoop_mondays_quake.php |work=Columbia Journalism Review |title=How an algorithm helped the LAT scoop Monday's quake |date=March 18, 2014 }}</ref>
** QuakeBot [[Computer-assisted reporting|in use]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/how_an_algorithm_helped_the_lat_scoop_mondays_quake.php |work=Columbia Journalism Review |title=How an algorithm helped the LAT scoop Monday's quake |date=March 18, 2014 }}</ref>
* 2012
* 2012
**[[Expo Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Expo Line]] opens.
**[[E Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro Expo Line]] opens.
** ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]'' begins publication.
** ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]'' begins publication.
** [[Wilshire Grand Tower]], the new tallest building in the city begins groundbreaking in downtown LA.
** [[Wilshire Grand Tower]], the new tallest building in the city begins groundbreaking in downtown LA.
** September 19–21: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]] makes final landing at LAX.
** September 19–21: [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour]] makes final landing at LAX.
** [[FIGat7th]] Reopens the newly constructed center happened in fall 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brighamyen.com/2012/10/05/city-target-opens-next-week-sprinkles-and-the-melt-sign-on-at-figat7th-in-downtown-la | title=City Target Opens Next Week, Sprinkles and the Melt Sign on at FIGat7th in Downtown LA &#124; DTLA RISING | date=5 October 2012 }}</ref>
** [[FIGat7th]] Reopens the newly constructed center happened in fall 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://brighamyen.com/2012/10/05/city-target-opens-next-week-sprinkles-and-the-melt-sign-on-at-figat7th-in-downtown-la | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008000708/http://brighamyen.com/2012/10/05/city-target-opens-next-week-sprinkles-and-the-melt-sign-on-at-figat7th-in-downtown-la/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=October 8, 2012 | title=City Target Opens Next Week, Sprinkles and the Melt Sign on at FIGat7th in Downtown LA &#124; DTLA RISING | date=October 5, 2012 }}</ref>
* 2013
* 2013
** [[Eric Garcetti]] becomes mayor.
** [[Eric Garcetti]] becomes mayor.
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** [[Los Angeles Chargers]] NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles.
** [[Los Angeles Chargers]] NFL football team moves back to Los Angeles.
** Los Angeles population reaches 4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/01/los-angeles-population-jumps-by-40000-now-tops-4-million/|title=Los Angeles' Population Jumps By 40,000, Now Tops 4 Million|date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
** Los Angeles population reaches 4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/05/01/los-angeles-population-jumps-by-40000-now-tops-4-million/|title=Los Angeles' Population Jumps By 40,000, Now Tops 4 Million|date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
** Los Angeles is [[Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics|selected]] as the host city for the [[2028 Summer Olympics]].
* 2018 – [[Woolsey Fire]] burns across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
* 2018 – [[Woolsey Fire]] burns across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
* 2019
* 2019
** [[Typhus]] outbreak spreads in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-02-01|title=Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/typhus-epidemic-worsens-in-los-angeles/1238/ |access-date=2021-05-17|website=nbclosangeles.com}}</ref>
** [[Typhus]] outbreak spreads in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 1, 2019|title=Typhus Epidemic Worsens in Los Angeles|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/typhus-epidemic-worsens-in-los-angeles/1238/ |access-date=2021-05-17|website=nbclosangeles.com}}</ref>
** [[Bracero Monument]] by Dan Medina installed with 19-foot-tall featuring a bronze sculpture of a Mexican migrant and his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Medina, The Bracero Monument, Los Angeles |url=http://publicartinla.com/UnionStation/bracero_monument.html |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Public Art in LA |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922130113/http://publicartinla.com/UnionStation/bracero_monument.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2019 |title=Monument honoring 'braceros,' Mexican migrant workers, unveiled in downtown L.A. |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-29/migrants-bend-plaza-bracero-monument |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922130143/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-29/migrants-bend-plaza-bracero-monument |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States|Teachers in LA]] went on strike at the beginning of the year with about 30,000 following a string of success across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hess |first=Abigail Johnson |title=Teachers in Los Angeles want more than a raise—here's why over 30,000 just went on strike |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/14/teachers-in-los-angeles-want-more-than-just-a-raise--heres-why-over-30000-are-on-strike-today-.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>
** [[2018–2019 education workers' strikes in the United States|Teachers in LA]] went on strike at the beginning of the year with about 30,000 following a string of success across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hess |first=Abigail Johnson |title=Teachers in Los Angeles want more than a raise—here's why over 30,000 just went on strike |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/14/teachers-in-los-angeles-want-more-than-just-a-raise--heres-why-over-30000-are-on-strike-today-.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>
** The construction of $44 million affordable housing of low income in [[Willowbrook, California]], is now completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/44-million-senior-affordable-development-completed-willowbrook|title=$44-Million Senior Affordable Development Completed in Willowbrook|date=February 7, 2019|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref>
** The construction of $44 million affordable housing of low income in [[Willowbrook, California]], is now completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/44-million-senior-affordable-development-completed-willowbrook|title=$44-Million Senior Affordable Development Completed in Willowbrook|date=February 7, 2019|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref>
** Construction of [[Oceanwide Plaza]], halted in 2019 in Downtown LA.
** Construction of [[Oceanwide Plaza]], halted in 2019 in Downtown LA.

=== 2020s ===
* 2020
* 2020
** American professional basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] dies in a helicopter crash.
** January 26 – American professional basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] dies in a [[2020 Calabasas helicopter crash|helicopter crash]].
** Los Angeles was hardest-hit by [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], which put few thousands of residents out of work, and shifted others to work at home.
** Los Angeles was hardest-hit by [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], which put few thousands of residents out of work, and shifted others to work at home.
** [[Oceanwide Plaza]] remains uncompleted as Chinese foreign real estate investment capital pulled out due to the [[China–United States trade war]].
** [[Oceanwide Plaza]] remains uncompleted as Chinese foreign real estate investment capital pulled out due to the [[China–United States trade war]].
** 48 apartments could replace single family home in downtown L.A.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/48-apartments-could-replace-single-family-home-south-la|title=48 Apartments Could Replace Single-Family Home in South L.A.|date=October 15, 2020|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref>
** 48 apartments could replace single family home in downtown L.A.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/48-apartments-could-replace-single-family-home-south-la|title=48 Apartments Could Replace Single-Family Home in South L.A.|date=October 15, 2020|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref>
** Hotel-Residential project at Wilshire takes another step forward, which will be completed in 2023. There are 14 residences in affordable units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/hotel-residential-project-wilshire-la-brea-takes-another-step-forward|title=Hotel-Residential Project at Wilshire & La Brea Takes Another Step Forward|date=October 15, 2020|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref>
** Hotel-Residential project at Wilshire takes another step forward, which will be completed in 2023. There are 14 residences in affordable units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanize.city/la/post/hotel-residential-project-wilshire-la-brea-takes-another-step-forward|title=Hotel-Residential Project at Wilshire & La Brea Takes Another Step Forward|date=October 15, 2020|website=Urbanize LA}}</ref>
** May 29–31 – [[George Floyd protests|Civil Unrest during George Floyd protests]] occurs in [[Downtown Los Angeles]], [[Central LA]], & [[Santa Monica]]
* 2021 – [[SoFi Stadium]] opens in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], which occupies the former site of the [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]].
** September 8 – [[SoFi Stadium]] opens in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], which occupies the former site of the [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]].
** October 11 – The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] win the [[2020 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]], their first championship since 2010.
** October 27 – The [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] win the [[2020 World Series|World Series]], their first championship since 1988.
* 2021
** November 16: The naming rights of the Staples Center is acquired by [[Crypto.com]], renaming it to the [[Crypto.com Arena]].
* 2022
* 2022
**[[Los Angeles Rams]] win [[NFL]] [[Super Bowl LVI]] at [[SoFi Stadium]].
** February 13: [[Los Angeles Rams]] win [[Super Bowl LVI]] at [[SoFi Stadium]].
**[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] announced that it will be opening its first clothing store in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicks |first=Jasmine |date=2022-05-25 |title=Amazon’s first clothing store opens its doors in Los Angeles |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/25/23141479/amazon-style-clothing-retail-los-angeles-fashion |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>
** May 22: [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] opens its first clothing store in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicks |first=Jasmine |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Amazon's first clothing store opens its doors in Los Angeles |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/25/23141479/amazon-style-clothing-retail-los-angeles-fashion |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref>
** October 9 - [[2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal]], an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal.
** October 12: City council president [[Nury Martinez]] resigns amid a [[2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal|racism scandal]].
** December 12: [[Karen Bass]] is sworn in as mayor, becoming the city's first woman to serve as mayor.
* 2023
** May–November: The [[2023 Hollywood labor disputes]] occur primarily in Los Angeles and New York City.
* 2024
** April–May: [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses|Pro-Palestinian campus protests]] occur in a number of LA-based universities, including [[2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation|UCLA]] and [[2024 University of Southern California pro-Palestinian campus occupation|USC]].
** August 15: [[Intuit Dome]] opens in Inglewood.
** September: The [[Bridge Fire]] burns in Angeles National Forest.

=== Future events ===
* 2026
** [[2026 FIFA World Cup]]
* 2028
* 2028
** [[2028 Summer Olympics]] held.
** [[2028 Summer Olympics]]
** [[2028 Summer Paralympics]] held.
** [[2028 Summer Paralympics]]


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The following is a general historical timeline of the city of Los Angeles, California in the United States of America.

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Pre-Columbian era

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  • 8,000 BCE – Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area.
  • 2,000 BCE to 700 CE, the Uto-Aztecan (formerly known as Shoshonean) peoples entered the LA basin, absorbing or displacing the previous Hokan-speaking peoples

15th century

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English exploration

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17th century

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18th century

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Spanish colonization

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19th century

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Mexican period

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  • 1821
  • 1822
    • Joseph John Chapman an Anglo-American then one of the earliest English-speaking settlers and builders of Mexican Alta California. Chapman Helps to build the roof of La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles .[6]: 393 
    • April 9: A junta in Monterey headed by governor De Solá swear an oath allegiance of the Alta California Province to the Mexican Empire; in the following days, public oaths were taken in the pueblos and missions of Alta California.[5]
    • May: José Palomares goes to Monterey as the elector selected to represent the pueblo de Los Ángeles in the election of a deputy from the province to the Congress.[5]
  • 1823
  • 1826
  • 1827 – Jonathan Temple and John Rice opened the first general store in the pueblo, soon followed by J. D. Leandry.[7]
  • 1828 - Rancho La Brea, Land Granted to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez, by LA Mayor.
  • 1830 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 730.[1]
  • 1831
  • 1833 – Los Angeles Trade and commerce further increased with the secularization of the California missions by the Mexican Congress. Extensive mission lands suddenly became available to government officials, ranchers, and land speculators. The governor made more than 800 land grants during this period to wealthy Californios.
  • 1834
    • Governor Pico married Maria Ignacio Alvarado in the Plaza church. It was attended by the entire population of the pueblo, 800 people, plus hundreds from elsewhere in Alta California.
    • Rancho San Pascual, Land Granted to Juan Marine, by CA Governor.
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    • May 23: On the advice of the territory's deputy, José Carrillo, Los Angeles, is given the title of Ciudad and was declared the capital of the Alta California Territory by the Mexican Congress.[1] The de facto capital remained in Monterey until decades later and the decision furthered political tensions in the territory.
  • 1836 – The Indian village of Yaanga was relocated near the future corner of Commercial and Alameda Streets.
  • 1839 – Francisco Sepúlveda is granted land Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica which later developed as the west side of Los Angeles.[9]
  • 1841 – Los Angeles City Population: 1,680 [4]
  • 1845 – The Indian village of Yaanga was relocated again to present-day Boyle Heights.

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Map submitted to Post Office Department showing rail lines and river (c. 1885)

1890s

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La Grande Station c. 1911

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1900s

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1910s

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Hollywood Walk of Fame established in 1960

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Formation of the Bloods

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Disney Concert Hall at night

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