{"slug": "viceroy-of-new-spain", "label": "Viceroy of New Spain", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroy_of_New_Spain", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1580, 1779], "span_label": ["1580 CE", "1779 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "texas", "label": "Texas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-antonio", "label": "San Antonio", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mexico-city", "label": "Mexico City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-iv-of-spain", "label": "Philip IV of Spain", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1580, "year_label": "1580 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, the Spanish Count of Coruña, arrives in Mexico City to take office as the Viceroy of New Spain, administering Mexico and Central America on behalf of King Philip II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369376205#October–December", "title": "1580", "revid": 1369376205, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Rodrigo Pacheco becomes the Viceroy of New Spain after arriving in Mexico City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#October–December", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1642, "year_label": "1642 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Archbishop of Mexico, dismisses the Viceroy of New Spain, Diego López Pacheco, allegedly on orders of King Philip IV, and takes office as the new Viceroy. Palafox is in office for only five months before being recalled to Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256188#April–June", "title": "1642", "revid": 1350256188, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova becomes the new Viceroy of New Spain (encompassing what is now Mexico and much of the southwestern United States) as he arrives in Mexico City to take over at the end of the term of Tomás de la Cerda, 3rd Marquess of la Laguna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#October–December", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1742, "year_label": "1742 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – Pedro Cebrian y Agustin, Count of Fuenclara, arrives at Veracruz to become the new Spanish Viceroy of New Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360184270#October–December", "title": "1742", "revid": 1360184270, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – The Viceroy of New Spain, Juan Francisco de Güemes, issues a notice to the missionaries in Nuevo Santander (which includes parts of what are now the U.S. state of Texas, including San Antonio, and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas) to work peacefully to convert the indigenous Karankawa people to Roman Catholicism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349828876#April–June", "title": "1750", "revid": 1349828876, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1779, "year_label": "1779 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – Martín de Mayorga, Captain-General of Guatemala, becomes the Spanish Viceroy of New Spain after the death of Antonio María de Bucareli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567590#July–September", "title": "1779", "revid": 1370567590, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}