Mexico was freed from the Spanish custody in 1821, which allowed it to go out of this earth by the North, in the direction of California. The Mexicans built several missions throughout their journey leading them to San Francisco..
Captain John Montgomery planted the American flag on Plaza, renamed Portsmouth Square. Today, in the financial district, a street was immortalized with the name of this national hero.
San Francisco was called at first Nova Albion by Francis Drake. Then when John Montgomery arrived on the lands of California, the city was renamed Yerba Buena. It was called San Francisco since January 30, 1847.
Sam Brannan was the first millionaire.
In 1850, California obtains its status of American state. San Francisco became an overpopulated city with the crime and corruption..
The streets of San Francisco go back to the time when the city was still named Yerba Buena. In 1839 Jean-Jacques Vioget a Swiss colonist, designed the plans of the city.
Chinatown was created in 1860
San Francisco was developed between 1870 and 1880. Golden Gate Park originated in 1870, cable cars in 1873.
The first big 8.25 earthquake of San Francisco happened on April 18 1906. San Franciscans took refuge in the Golden Gate Park after the tragedy.
.On October 17, 1989 was the strongest earthquake since 1906.
A long section of the Oakland Bay Bridge and a part of the Embarcadero Freeway collapsed.
Most of the latest movements started in San Francisco. The Beat Generation started in North Beach's district. Beatniks drank coffee and read poems.
The hippies settled in the Haight Ashbury district in the early 60's.
At the end of the war of Vietnam, San Francisco was known for its different demonstrations against this war. The homosexuals also demonstrated in the streets to assert their rights. A district, "Castro", is also known as being the district of the homosexuals.
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