Mass murder of the indigenous population of California due to violence, relocation and starvation as a result of the U.S. occupation of California. It began in 1846 and lasted until 1871 (about 25 years). The setting was California. It was part of genocide of Indigenous peoples of the Americas and the Native American genocide in the United States. Those involved included the United States Army and California Military Department. About 100,000 people died. Some 25,500 were injured.
Before and after
- 10 October 1845Founding of United States Naval Academy
- 20 November 1845Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
- from 11 December 1845 to 9 March 1846First Anglo-Sikh War
- 29 December 1845Founding of Atlanta
- from 1846 to 1871California Genocide
- 5 January 1846Birth of Rudolf Christoph Eucken
- from 24 April 1846 to 2 February 1848Mexican-American War
- 5 May 1846Birth of Henryk Sienkiewicz
- from 15 June 1846 to 13 January 1847Conquest of California
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The era
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