{"slug": "san-francisco-bay", "label": "San Francisco Bay", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232264", "qid": "Q232264", "description": "bay of the Pacific Ocean on the California coast of the United States", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1595, 1968], "span_label": ["1595 CE", "1968 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "alta-california", "label": "Alta California", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-harbor", "label": "New York Harbor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cape-horn", "label": "Cape Horn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monterey-california", "label": "Monterey, California", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – A group of 80 people from the sunken ship San Agustin, are able to leave California on the launch which they had brought along, which they name the San Buenaventura. The group sails past San Francisco Bay and arrives at Chacala in Mexico on January 17.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#October–December", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1769, "year_label": "1769 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – A party of the expedition of Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola becomes the first Europeans to reach San Francisco Bay. Sergeant Jose Francisco de Ortega and his group accidentally discover the area while searching for Drakes Bay in Alta California.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354215144#October–December", "title": "1769", "revid": 1354215144, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1772, "year_label": "1772 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Pedro Fages, the Spanish Governor of Alta California, and Juan Crespí, a Catholic priest, set off from the capital at Monterey with a party of 12 soldiers and begin the first European exploration of the lands around San Francisco Bay.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362979438#January–March", "title": "1772", "revid": 1362979438, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1849, "year_label": "1849 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins, with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay. The California leaves New York Harbor on October 6, 1848, rounds Cape Horn at the tip of South America, and arrives at San Francisco after the 4-month, 21-day journey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362576929#January–March", "title": "1849", "revid": 1362576929, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's SS City of Rio de Janeiro sinks entering San Francisco Bay, killing 128.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#February", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – Japan Air Lines Flight 2, flying from Tokyo to San Francisco International Airport ditches in San Francisco Bay due to pilot error; all 107 on board survive without injury.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#November–December", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › November–December"}}]}