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    Felipe de Neve

    Governor of the Californias

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  1. Felipe de Neve y Padilla (1724 – 3 November 1784) was a Spanish soldier who served as the 4th Governor of the Californias, from 1775 to 1782. [2] [3] Neve is one of the founders of Los Angeles and was instrumental in the foundation of San Jose and Santa Barbara .

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    May 1, 1995 · Published: May 1, 1995. Neve, Felipe de (1724–1784). Felipe de Neve, second commandant general of the Provincias Internas, was born in Bailén (province of Jaén) in 1724 to one of the most illustrious families of Andalucia. At the age of twenty he answered a military calling by enlisting as a cadet in the infantry regiment of Cantabria.

  3. 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.

  4. Learn how Felipe de Neve, Spanish Governor of the Californias, established the second pueblo of Alta California in 1781, near the Río de Porciúncula (future Los Angeles River), west of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Find out the challenges, incentives and events of the recruitment of settlers and soldiers, and the history of the statue of Felipe de Neve in Los Angeles.

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    Event
    December 1779
    Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli and ...
    December 27, 1779
    Commandant General Croix appoints Captain ...
    August 1, 1780
    Rivera manages to recruit 45 soldiers ...
    November 1780
    Rivera acheives his recruiting goal for ...
  5. Other articles where Felipe de Neve is discussed: Los Angeles: Spanish colonial outpost: 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…

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  7. A Spanish governor of California who founded the civilian towns of San José and Los Angeles in 1777 and 1781, respectively. He also launched an attack against the Yuma Indians in 1781 and died in 1784. Learn more about his life, career, and legacy from this encyclopedia article.

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