The history of California can be divided into the Native American period (about 10,000 years ago until 1542), the European exploration period (1542–1769)...

The history of slavery in California began with the enslavement of Indigenous Californians under Spanish colonial rule. The arrival of the Spanish colonists...

Human history in California began when indigenous Americans first arrived some 13,000 years ago. Coastal exploration by the Spanish began in the 16th...

The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $4.080 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2024. It is the largest...

Jose, California, is the third largest city in the state, and the largest of all cities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, with a...

features of Union Square.[further explanation needed] Bibliography of California history History of California before 1900 History of California History of Los...

The history of California bread as a prominent factor in the field of bread baking dates from the days of the California Gold Rush around 1849, encompassing...

the history of California, and just the second in U.S. history (the first was North Dakota's 1921 recall of Lynn Frazier). California is one of 19 states...

California wine has a long and continuing history, and in the late twentieth century became recognized as producing some of the world's finest wine. While...

what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli...

The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his...

California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is 100 miles (160 km) north of the city of...

Indigenous peoples of California, commonly known as Indigenous Californians or Native Californians, are a diverse group of nations and peoples that are...

California cuisine is a food movement that originated in Northern California. The cuisine focuses on dishes that are driven by local and sustainable ingredients...

This is a bibliography of California history. It contains English language (including translations) books and mainstream academic journal articles published...

Weed is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a total population of 2,862, down from 2,967 in 2010. There...

The maritime history of California can be divided into several periods: the Native American period; European exploration period from 1542 to 1769; the...

The history of Oakland, a city in the county of Alameda, California, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement by Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams...

The Spanish missions in California (Spanish: Misiones españolas en California) formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between...

California, the most populous state in the United States and third largest in area after Alaska and Texas, has been the subject of more than 220 proposals...

The history of oil production in California began in the late 19th century. In 1903, California became the leading oil-producing state in the US, and...

1893. Prior to the colonization of Mexico and Alta California by Spain, the land that would become Riverside, California, was frequented by various Native...

Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, but most historians believe...

The California genocide was a series of genocidal massacres of the indigenous peoples of California by United States soldiers and settlers during the...

of California is highly complex, with numerous mountain ranges, substantial faulting and tectonic activity, rich natural resources and a history of both...

Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning...

The history of agriculture in California began with California's indigenous peoples and was radically altered by colonization and statehood. Throughout...

California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold...

history of LGBT residents in California, which includes centuries prior to the 20th, has become increasingly visible recently with the successes of the...

The Californias (Spanish: Las Californias), occasionally known as the Three Californias or the Two Californias, are a region of North America spanning...