This Day in California History (July 30) Cal Wire Archives By Cal Wire Archives Share: Follow CALWIRE: 1676 — Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.1865 — The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
