Prior Event 2/27/1849 Next Event The first “Forty-niners” (gold miners) arrive in San Francisco, California. [restored 2/4/2022] Subsequent Events: 3/3/1849 12/4/1849 References: Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 134. SEARCH Current U.s. National Debt: $36,161,621,015,445 Source