Timeline of Los Angeles

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

Pre-Columbian era[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Spanish exploration[edit]

17th century[edit]

18th century[edit]

Spanish colonization[edit]

19th century[edit]

Mexican period[edit]

American invasion[edit]

American period[edit]

Map submitted to Post Office Department showing rail lines and river (c. 1885)
La Grande Station c. 1911

20th century[edit]

1900s–1940s[edit]

1950s–1970s[edit]

Hollywood Walk of Fame established in 1960

Formation of the Bloods

1980s–1990s[edit]

21st century[edit]

Disney Concert Hall at night

Anticipated future events[edit]

See also[edit]

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