Historedia
Person

José Joaquín Moraga

Events
2
Episodes
7
Years
1776–1777

Every event in Historedia whose sources name José Joaquín Moraga, 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

  1. Founding of San Francisco

    1776

    Role: Lieutenant who led the party that built the presidio

    1. March 28, 1776 · Site selected for the Spanish fort on San Francisco BayDe Anza expedition reaches the bay and sites the fort

      Juan Bautista de Anza led colonists from Tubac to San Francisco Bay in 1776, with Pedro Font scouting the mission site and de Anza siting the presidio on March 28.

    2. June 27, 1776 (founders list; not an arrival or construction date) · Spanish settlement on San Francisco BayMoraga's party builds the presidio and mission founders recorded

      Lt. José Joaquín Moraga led the party that built the presidio later in 1776; a founders list separately records Francisco Palóu and Pedro Benito Cambón under June 27, 1776.

    3. September 17, 1776 · Spanish garrison on the northern tip of the San Francisco PeninsulaPresidio of San Francisco established

      New Spain established the Presidio of San Francisco on September 17, 1776, as a garrison defending Spain's claim to the bay, built by Moraga's party.

    4. October 9, 1776 · Mission in present-day San FranciscoMission San Francisco de Asís founded and dedicated

      Frs Francisco Palóu and Pedro Benito Cambón founded the mission and dedicated a chapel on October 9, 1776, naming it in honor of Francis of Assisi.

  2. Founding of San Jose

    1776–1777

    Role: Founder of the pueblo, acting on viceregal orders

    1. 1776 · The CaliforniasCalifornias 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.

    2. 1777 onward · Missions Santa Clara de Asís and San JoséEnslavement 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.

    3. November 29, 1777 · Pueblo de San José de GuadalupeFounding 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.

Sources

  1. Presidio of San Francisco Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-17
  2. Mission San Francisco de Asís Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
  3. San Jose, California Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27