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Veracruz (city)

city of Veracruz, Mexico

7 dated entries naming Veracruz (city), drawn from 6 separate years between 1519 CE and 1927 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1519April 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.source
  • 1559August 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.)source
  • 1585History of chocolate in Spain: First recorded commercial importation of chocolate to Europe, from Veracruz in Mexico to Seville in Spain.source

18th century

  • 1749December 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.source

19th century

  • 1847March 29 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.source
  • 1847March 9 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.source

20th century

  • 1927October 9 – The Mexican government crushes a rebellion in Veracruz.source

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