Monterey, California (usa)

Monterey, California

Monterey, California ranks 2,715th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Bern, North Carolina, Rasht, and Fujian. Memorable people born in Monterey, California include Leon Panetta, Scott Eastwood, and Tory Belleci. Memorable people who died in Monterey, California include Phil Hill, Richard Hamming, and Gary Kildall. Monterey, California has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many racing drivers, and mathematicians. Monterey, California is located in United States.

Monterey is a city in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, Monterey was the second permanent settlement established by Spanish explorers in what is now California. It functioned as the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804–1821) and Mexico (1822–1846). During this period, Monterey hosted California's first theater, public building, public library, publicly funded school, printing press, and newspaper. It was originally the only port of entry for all taxable goods in California. In 1846, during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848, the United States Flag was raised over the Customs House. After Mexico ceded California to the U.S. at the end of the war, Monterey hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849. Read more on Wikipedia