Territorial evolution of California

The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of California, the thirty-first state admitted to the United States of America, including the process of removing Indigenous Peoples from their native lands, or restricting them to reservations. == Timeline == === Indigenous & territorial claims prior to 1768 === Indigenous peoples of California, see Before 1768 map Broad early European edicts and treaties that unknowingly included the land that would later become California Inter caetera papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI, 1493 Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 Vasco Núñez de Balboa claims South Sea (Pacific Ocean) and all adjoining lands for Spain, 1513 Treaty of Saragossa, 1529 Early European claims on California soil Rio de Buen Guia (Colorado River) claim made by Hernando de Alarcon on behalf of Spain, September 1540 Rio de Tizon Delta (Imperial Valley) claim made by Melchor Diaz on behalf of Spain, December 1540.

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