# Canonical recap data for First Gold Rush at Sutters Mill (1848)
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title: First Gold Rush at Sutters Mill
subtitle: The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California triggered a massive migration that reshaped the American West, preceded the formal California Gold Rush of 1849, and marked the beginning of industrial-scale prospecting in North America.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1848-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1848
decade: 1840
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Carlsberg A/S is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. The company's flagship brand is Carlsberg, named after Jacobsen's son Carl Jacobse
summaryLong: |-
  Carlsberg A/S is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. The company's flagship brand is Carlsberg, named after Jacobsen's son Carl Jacobsen. The company employs around 33,000 people, primarily in Europe and Asia. 
  Carlsberg is currently the seventh largest brewery in the world based on revenue.
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heroImageCredit: "\"California State Route 153 sign\" by Ken Lund is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/."
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timeline: []
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- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsberg_Group"
  title: First Gold I.P.A.
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
- festival
metaDescription: "Carlsberg A/S is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death "
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