January 1847

Monday 04:

Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.

John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.

Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.

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