{"slug": "rio-grande", "label": "Rio Grande", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160636", "qid": "Q160636", "description": "river originating in Colorado, flowing south through New Mexico, and forming part of the US-Mexico border along Texas until emptying into the Gulf of Mexico", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1598, 1846], "span_label": ["1598 CE", "1846 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "texas", "label": "Texas", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-v-of-spain", "label": "Philip V of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canary-islands", "label": "Canary Islands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-spain", "label": "New Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-texas", "label": "Republic of Texas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-antonio", "label": "San Antonio", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – In Mexico, on the day of the Feast of the Ascension, Juan de Oñate, dispatched by the Viceroy of New Spain to expand the Spanish colony's territory, assembles his group on the south side of the Rio Grande and formally claims all territory north of the river (near what is now the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas) as a colony of the Spanish Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#April–June", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1691, "year_label": "1691 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Spanish colonial administrator Domingo Terán de los Ríos, most recently the governor of Sonora y Sinaloa on the east side of the Gulf of California, is assigned by the Viceroy of New Spain to administer a new province that governs lands on both sides of the Río Bravo del Norte, \"Coahuila y Tejas\", and effectively becomes the first Governor of Texas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356137934#January–March", "title": "1691", "revid": 1356137934, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – King Philip V of Spain issues a royal cedula, directing an effort to offer incentives to families from the Canary Islands for settlements in New Spain north of the Rio Grande in the modern-day U.S. state of Texas (→ Canarian Americans).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#January–March", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1755, "year_label": "1755 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Spanish missionary Tomas Sanchez and three families establish a settlement on the north side of the Rio Grande in New Spain. Sanchez names it Villa de Laredo. The new settlement is the northernmost part of the colony of Nuevo Santander, founded by José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, which now comprises parts of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and the U.S. state of Texas. The portion of Villa de Laredo north of the river later becomes Laredo, Texas; the remaining portion south of the river is later renamed Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360194188#April–June", "title": "1755", "revid": 1360194188, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1827, "year_label": "1827 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – A petition for a land grant for 215 acres on the north bank of Rio Grande, just across from Paso del Norte (modern-day Ciudad Juárez), is approved; the first residence is built on what is modern-day El Paso, Texas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362794712#July–September", "title": "1827", "revid": 1362794712, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1842, "year_label": "1842 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – Mexican troops led by Ráfael Vásquez invade the Republic of Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio, and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365455258#January–March", "title": "1842", "revid": 1365455258, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342482#April–June", "title": "1846", "revid": 1368342482, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}