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Felipe de Neve, 1728-84, Spanish governor of the Californias, 1775-82. In 1781 on the orders of King Carlos III of Spain, Felipe de Neve selected a site near the river Porciuncula and laid out the town of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles, one of 2 Spanish pueblos he founded in Alta California
Felipe de Neve y Padilla (Bailén, 1724 [1] -Coahuila de Zaragoza, 17 de junio de 1784) fue un gobernador español, siendo gobernador de las Provincias Internas de Occidente —que integran las actuales Sonora y Sinaloa—.
Felipe de Neve y Padilla was a Spanish soldier who served as the 4th Governor of the Californias, from 1775 to 1782. Neve is one of the founders of Los Angeles and was instrumental in the foundation of San Jose and Santa Barbara.
Felipe De Neve (b. 1728; d. 21 August 1784), Spanish governor of California. Born in Bailén, Spain, Neve entered military service as a cadet in 1744, subsequently serving in Cantabria, Flanders, Milan, and Portugal.
Learn how Felipe de Neve, Spanish Governor of the Californias, established Los Angeles in 1781 as a second pueblo in Alta California to reaffirm Spanish claims and supply military garrisons. See the chronology, the recruitment, and the challenges of the first settlers.
DateEventDecember 1779Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli and ...December 27, 1779Commandant General Croix appoints Captain ...August 1, 1780Rivera manages to recruit 45 soldiers ...November 1780Rivera acheives his recruiting goal for ...May 1, 1995 · Felipe de Neve was born in Spain in 1724 and served in various military campaigns in Europe and America. He was the second commandant general of the Provincias Internas and the first governor of California, where he founded Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
Felipe de Neve and 44 settlers from Sonora and Mazatlán established a pueblo near a river they called Río de Porciúncula, where the Native American village of Yang-na (or Yabit) was located. They called the new settlement El Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles…
