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That was Junipero Serra; in 1769.
July 16, 1769
The first Franciscan mission was Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala. This mission was founded on July 16, 1769 in San Diego, California.
The first Spanish mission in California was built in San Diego, and it was named Mission San Diego de Alcalá. It was founded on July 16, 1769, by Father Junipero Serra.
Mission San Diego De Alcala was founded in 1769 by a Spanish Friar named Junipero Serra. The Mission San Diego De Alcala was the first Franciscan mission founded in Alta California, in San Diego.
The Mission was founded on July 16, 1769.
July 16, 1769
About 51 years. Mission San Antonio was founded in 1718 and the first Spanish settlement in California was founded in 1769 when Spanish missionaries led by Father Junipero Serra constructed a mission in modern day San Diego. They founded missions like this one along the coast of California until 1823.
1769
Juan Cabrillo landed in San Diego Bay in 1542 and claimed the area for Spain. The first European settlers were also from Spain. They founded Mission San Diego in 1769.
The population of San Diego, California is 1.338 million. The Presidio and Mission of San Diego, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821.
The first mission built in California was built on July 16, 1769. It was the San Diego Alcala mission founded by Father Junipero Serra.