History of San Andreas

=Pre 1800=
 * 1542 The first European to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was the portuguese Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, sailing for the Spanish Empire.
 * 1565 Spanish traders began making unintended visits with the Manila Galleons on their return trips from the Philippines.
 * 1579 The English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed an undefined portion of the California coast.
 * 1602 Sebastián Vizcaíno explored and mapped the coast of California for New Spain.
 * 1769 Spanish colonization of the California area begins with the creation of the first mission at San Diego.
 * 1775 American Revolution begins.
 * 1776 July 4 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, more commonly called the United States Declaration of Independance, is ratified by the Second Continental Congress.
 * 1778 The first recorded settlement in San Andreas is established, a Spanish mission.
 * 1782 Hostilities in the American Revolution end.
 * 1783 The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American Revolution, granting the former colonies independance.

=1800-1899=
 * 1800, a Ventrue member of the Invictus, claims the title of Prince of San Andreas.
 * 1810 September 16 Mexican War of Independance begins.
 * 1820 Trappers and settlers from the United States and Canada began to arrive, setting the stage for latter claims to seccession.
 * 1821 Treaty of Cordoba grants Mexico independance.
 * 1832 The last of the California missions was secularized by Mexico, which had inherited them after achieving independence from Spain.
 * 1836 Texas secceeds from Mexico. Mexico refuses to acknowledge Texas' independance, setting the stage for annexation by the US.
 * 1845 US annexes Texas, ultimately causing the Mexican-American war.
 * 1846 Mexican-American war starts.
 * 1846 A claim is breifly made to a Republic of California. This ends when Commodore John D. Sloat of the United States Navy sailed into San Francisco Bay and began the military occupation of California by the United States.
 * 1848 Mexican-American war ends. End of hostilities is formalized by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ceeds most of what will become the southwestern United states, including California.
 * 1848 January 24 Gold is found at Sutters Mill in California, starting the Gold Rush.
 * 1850 September 9 California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state.
 * 1850 Most of the easily accessable gold is removed from California leaving concerted, industrial mining efforts to remove the remaining wealth.
 * 1851 Juliet Summers arrives in the city
 * 1855 Kanis, the leader of the Ordo Dracul, enters torpor under mysterious circumstances.
 * 1861 United States Civil War starts.
 * 1865 United States Civil War ends.
 * 1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed
 * 1885 Michael Law, Ventrue Invictus and long time fringe member of society, replaces the previous Priscus Harpy in the midst of a crisis regarding Prestation.
 * 1899 Wesley Corso arrives in San Andreas and takes over leadership of the Ordo Dracul

=1900-1999=
 * 1905 Kanis rises from torpor and regains leadership of the Ordo Dracul
 * 1908 September 27 Henry Ford's first production line Model T is built.
 * 1915 United States enters World War I.
 * 1918 End of World War I.
 * 1920 Refused permits inside Oldtown, the first factories are built in what will become known as Industrial Town.
 * 1923 Wealthy industrialists, seeking space away from the crowding of Oldtown and the toxic environment around the new Industrial area begin development of what will become Hightown.
 * 1941 December 7 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor opening the way for US entry into World War II.
 * 1945 Allies obtain victory first in Europe then in the Pacific ending World War II.
 * 1950 Vitani Felan arrives in San Andreas.
 * 1950 Korean War begins.
 * 1953 Korean War ends.
 * 1959 Vietnam War begins.
 * 1961 August 13 Construction begins on the Berlin Wall.
 * 1962 Nightwolf arrives in San Andreas.
 * 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis occurrs.
 * 1963 November 22 John F Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas, Texas.
 * 1965 Ragnar Thrice-born, a Circle Daeva, peacefully and successfully claims the title Jarl. The Jarl is generally considered a fair, if not kind, arbiter.
 * 1973 Paris Peace Accords are signed resulting in many of the troops in Vietnam being removed.
 * 1973 Nightwolf replaces Richard Troxxel as Gangrel Priscus. Troxxel has not been seen since.
 * 1975 The last US troops leave Vietnam.
 * 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes approximately 73 seconds after liftoff.
 * 1989 Berlin Wall is torn down.
 * 1990 Operation Desert Storm occurrs.

=2000 on=
 * 2001 September 11 the World Trade Center is destroyed when two passenger jets are crashed into it. Planes also impact the Pentagon and crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside.
 * 2003 Feburary 1 Space Shuttle Columbia is disintegrates during re-entry.
 * 2003 The Iraq War begins and Saddam Hussein was overthrown.