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==Pre-Colombian Era==
==Pre-Colombian Era==
{{California history sidebar}}
{{California history sidebar}}
* 8,000 BCE - Chumash and Tongva Tribes inhabited the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in the area.
* 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
**[[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
**[[La Brea Woman]] 10,250 year old [[Before Present|BP]] Remains of Indigenous woman Discovered in [[La Brea Tar Pits]],1914
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* 1771
* 1771
** September 8: [[Mission Vieja|Original San Gabriel Mission]] is Built near [[Whittier Narrows]].
** 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]].
* 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 – [[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"}}
* 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"}}
* 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]]
* 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]]
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==19th century==
==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>
* 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>
===Mexican Period===
===Mexican Period===
* 1821 - [[Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes]], Land Granted to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez, by CA Governor.
* 1821 - [[Rancho Rincón de los Bueyes]], Land Granted to Bernardo Higuera and Cornelio Lopez, by CA Governor.
* 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}}
* 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}}
* 1823 - [[Rancho Las Ciénegas]], Land Granted to [[Ávila family of California#Francisco Ávila|Francisco Avila]], by CA Govenor.
* 1823 – [[Rancho Las Ciénegas]], Land Granted to [[Ávila family of California#Francisco Ávila|Francisco Avila]], by CA Govenor.
* 1826
* 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]]
**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>
* 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.
* 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"}}
* 1830 – Los Angeles Pueblo Population: 730.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
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* 1835 – The Mexican Congress declared Los Angeles a city, making it the official capital of Alta California. It was now [[Alta California]]'s leading city.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1835 – The Mexican Congress declared Los Angeles a city, making it the official capital of Alta California. It was now [[Alta California]]'s leading city.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941|page=405|ps=: "Chronology"}}
* 1836 – The Indian village of [[Yaanga]] was relocated near the future corner of Commercial and Alameda Streets.
* 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>
* 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>
* 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]].
* 1845 – The Indian village of [[Yaanga]] was relocated again to present-day [[Boyle Heights, Los Angeles|Boyle Heights]].
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**August 6: US Navy Commodore [[Robert F. Stockton]] lands Military Force in San Pedro and sets up camp near [[Casa de San Pedro]]
**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.
**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]].
**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 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.
**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
* 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 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 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 acction and completes the American [[Conquest of California]].
**January 13: [[Treaty of Cahuenga]], Signed by [[Andrés Pico]] & [[John C. Frémont]] ends American Military acction and completes the American [[Conquest of California]].
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* 1848
* 1848
** February 2: Los Angeles becomes part of [[Mexican Cession|U.S. territory]] per [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]].
** 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.
* 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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* 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=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}}
* 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}}
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** 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=2007-06-17}} ("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=1998-10-08}} ("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=2003-08-03}} ("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=1993-02-21}} ("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.
** [[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=2007-06-17}} ("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=1998-10-08}} ("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=2003-08-03}} ("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=1993-02-21}} ("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"}}
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** 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]].
** 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
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** Construction of [[Oceanwide Plaza]], halted in 2019 in Downtown LA.
** Construction of [[Oceanwide Plaza]], halted in 2019 in Downtown LA.
* 2020
* 2020
** Janurary 26 - American professional basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] dies in a helicopter crash.
** Janurary 26 – American professional basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]] dies in a 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 29,30,31 - [[George Floyd protests|Civil Unrest during George Floyd protests]] occurs in [[Downtown Los Angeles]], [[Central LA]], & [[SantaMonica]]
** May 29,30,31 – [[George Floyd protests|Civil Unrest during George Floyd protests]] occurs in [[Downtown Los Angeles]], [[Central LA]], & [[SantaMonica]]
* 2021 – [[SoFi Stadium]] opens in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], which occupies the former site of the [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]].
* 2021 – [[SoFi Stadium]] opens in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], which occupies the former site of the [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]].
* 2022
* 2022
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* {{citation |url=https://archive.org/stream/losangelescalifo1915losa#page/n3/mode/2up |title=Los Angeles City Directory |year=1915
* {{citation |url=https://archive.org/stream/losangelescalifo1915losa#page/n3/mode/2up |title=Los Angeles City Directory |year=1915
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* {{cite book|title=California Chronology: A Period of Three Hundred and Fifty Years, 1510–1860|publisher=Standard printing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/californiachrono00monn|year=1915|author=Orra Eugene Monnette |location=Los Angeles
* {{cite book|title=California Chronology: A Period of Three Hundred and Fifty Years, 1510–1860|publisher=Standard printing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/californiachrono00monn|year=1915|author=Orra Eugene Monnette |location=Los Angeles

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Pre-Colombian 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

16th century

Spanish Exploration

17th century

18th century

Spanish Colonization

19th century

Mexican Period

American Invasion

American Period

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

20th century

1900s–1940s

See also: Los Angeles in the 1920s

1950s–1970s

See also: History of Los Angeles § 1950.E2.80.932000
Hollywood Walk of Fame established in 1960

Formation of the Bloods

1980s–1990s

21st century

Disney Concert Hall at night

Anticipated future events

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian", New York Times, December 19, 2014
  3. ^ a b Northrop, Marie E., ed. (December 1960). "The Los Angeles Padron of 1844 as Copied from the Los Angeles City Archives". Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly. 42 (4): 360–417. doi:10.2307/41169490. JSTOR 41169490.
  4. ^ Bancroft, H. H. History of California, 1801–1824 (1886) Free ebook
  5. ^ Newmark, Marco R. (1942). "Pioneer Merchants of Los Angeles". Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly. 24 (3): 76–97. doi:10.2307/41168008. JSTOR 41168008.
  6. ^ Gaughan, Tim (June 19, 2009). "Where the valley met the vine: The Mexican period". Napa Valley Register. Napa, California: Lee Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
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