José de Gálvez
- Events
- 2
- Episodes
- 5
- Years
- 1769–1777
Every event in Historedia whose sources name José de Gálvez, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Founding of Mission San Diego de Alcalá
1769Role: Visitador General who organized the expedition
- Arrival of the Portolá/Serra party at San Diego
After a 900-mile trek from Loreto with dwindling food supplies, the expedition reached San Diego on July 1, 1769, reuniting land and sea parties.
- Founding of Mission San Diego de Alcalá
On July 16, 1769, Serra founded the mission in honor of Didacus of Alcalá in a simple shelter on Presidio Hill serving as a temporary church.
- Arrival of the Portolá/Serra party at San Diego
Founding of San Jose
1776–1777Role: Spanish Minister of the Indies who created the Provincias Internas
- Californias Placed Under the Provincias Internas
In 1776, José de Gálvez incorporated the Californias into the Provincias Internas, an administrative division granting greater autonomy to Spain's borderlands.
- Enslavement of the Tamien People
From 1777 onward, most of the Tamien people were forcibly enslaved at Mission Santa Clara de Asís or Mission San José as baptized Catholic neophytes.
- Founding of the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe
On November 29, 1777, José Joaquín Moraga founded the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian settlement in California.
- Californias Placed Under the Provincias Internas
Sources
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
- San Jose, California Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27