{"slug": "veracruz-city", "label": "Veracruz (city)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracruz_%28city%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173270", "qid": "Q173270", "description": "city of Veracruz, Mexico", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1519, 1927], "span_label": ["1519 CE", "1927 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-augustine-florida", "label": "St. Augustine, Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-diego", "label": "San Diego", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hernan-cortes", "label": "Hernán Cortés", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 (Maundy Thursday) – Hernán Cortés reaches San Juan de Ulúa, and sets foot the next day (Good Friday) on the beach of modern-day Veracruz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#April–June", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Led by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano, a Spanish missionary colony of 1,500 men, on 13 ships, arrives from Vera Cruz at Pensacola Bay, founding the oldest European settlement in the mainland U.S. (St. Augustine is founded in 1565.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#July–September", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1585, "year_label": "1585 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "History of chocolate in Spain: First recorded commercial importation of chocolate to Europe, from Veracruz in Mexico to Seville in Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365931198#Date_unknown", "title": "1585", "revid": 1365931198, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – Father Junípero Serra begins his missionary work in the New World, 100 days after departing on a voyage from Spain and a day after his arrival at Veracruz in Mexico. During the period from 1769 to 1782, Serra will be the founder of nine missions in the Province of Las Californias, including the sites around which future California cities will be built, including Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá in 1769 and Mission San Francisco de Asís in 1776.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#October–December", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#January–March", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#January–March", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – The Mexican government crushes a rebellion in Veracruz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#October", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › October"}}]}