{"slug": "monterey-california", "label": "Monterey, California", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey%2C_California", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487315", "qid": "Q487315", "description": "city in Monterey County, California, United States", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1769, 1940], "span_label": ["1769 CE", "1940 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "california", "label": "California", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alta-california", "label": "Alta California", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-iii-of-spain", "label": "Charles III of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-diego", "label": "San Diego", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-francisco-bay", "label": "San Francisco Bay", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1769, "year_label": "1769 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey, and begin the settlement of California.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354215144#April–June", "title": "1769", "revid": 1354215144, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Gaspar de Portolà and Father Junípero Serra establish Monterey, the presidio of Alta California territory for Spain from 1777–1822, United Mexican States 1824–1846, until the California Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#April–June", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1772, "year_label": "1772 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Pedro Fages, the Spanish Governor of Alta California, and Juan Crespí, a Catholic priest, set off from the capital at Monterey with a party of 12 soldiers and begin the first European exploration of the lands around San Francisco Bay.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362979438#January–March", "title": "1772", "revid": 1362979438, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Lt. José Joaquín Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and, with Father Francisco Palóu, constructing the Mission San Francisco de Asís (\"Mission Dolores\") of the new Presidio of San Francisco, the oldest surviving building in the modern-day city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#May–June", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Monterey – Acting on instructions from Washington, D.C., Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342482#July–September", "title": "1846", "revid": 1368342482, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Ed Ricketts, John Steinbeck and six others leave Monterey, California, United States, for the Gulf of California, on a marine invertebrate collecting expedition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#March", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › March"}}]}