Historedia
Person

Juan Bautista de Anza

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1776

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Juan Bautista de Anza, 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: Spanish captain who led the overland expedition and sited 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.

Sources

  1. Presidio of San Francisco Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-17