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1911 - Magonista rebellion of 1911 erupts in Northern Baja California, Tijuana is occupied by the Magonistas for several weeks. May 8/9 - First Battle of Tijuana; Magonistas capture Tijuana. June 22 - Second Battle of Tijuana; Mexico recaptures Tijuana; 1914 - El Hispano Americano newspaper begins publication. [3] 1916 - Hippodrome opens. [4]
Rancho Tía Juana, or Ti Juan was a land grant made to Santiago Arguello on March 4, 1829, by Governor José María de Echeandía.It covered 26,019.53 acres in what is now Tijuana in Tijuana Municipality in Baja California, Mexico, and parts of San Ysidro and the Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, in South San Diego in San Diego County, California.
1622: A map by Michiel Colijn of Amsterdam showed California as a peninsula rather than an island. Previous maps show the Gulf terminating in its correct location. 1690s–1800s: Spanish settlement and colonization in lower Las Californias (Baja California peninsula), the first Spanish missions in Baja California are established by Jesuit ...
In 1810, Mexico sought to end Spanish colonial rule, gaining her independence in 1821, after which Mexican President Guadalupe Victoria named Lt. Col. José María Echeandía governor of Baja California Sur and divided it into four separate municipios (municipalities).
Baja California Territory (Territorio de Baja California) was a Mexican territory from 1824 to 1853, and 1854 to 1931, that encompassed the Baja California peninsula of present-day northwestern Mexico. It replaced the Baja California Province (1773–1824) of the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain, after Mexican
Texas published a map claiming the Rio Grande as its border with Mexico and not the Nueces River, the border since the Spanish colonial era. [5] The Mexican Congress rejected the Treaties of Velasco signed by Antonio López de Santa Anna, arguing that Santa Anna had no authority to grant independence to Texas.
The capture of Tenochtitlan marked the beginning of a 300-year colonial period, during which Mexico was known as "New Spain" and ruled by a viceroy in the name of the Spanish monarch. Colonial Mexico had key elements to attract Spanish immigrants: dense and politically complex indigenous populations that could be compelled to work and huge ...
Location [ edit ] It covered 26,019.53 acres in what is now San Isidro in the Tijuana Municipality of Baja California , Mexico 14 miles east of Tijuana , and 9 miles west of Tecate along the northern tributaries of the Tijuana River near the United States boundary in Baja California Territory .