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San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, ... Ciudad de Puerto Rico de San Juan Bautista. ... Mexico [197] Spain [198] Venezuela ...
On 19 November 1493 he landed on the island, naming it San Juan Bautista in honor of Saint John the Baptist. The first Spanish settlement, Caparra, was founded on 8 August 1508 by Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus, who later became the first governor of the island. [5]
1988 – Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de San Juan (historical archives) established. [28] 1989 January 2: Héctor Luis Acevedo becomes Mayor of San Juan. September 18: Hurricane Hugo. Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía headquartered in San Juan. [64] 1991 – Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991 created. [39] 1992
The first European colony, Caparra, was founded on August 8, 1508, by Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus, who was greeted by the Taíno Cacique Agüeybaná and later became the first governor of the island. [11]
The municipality of San Juan is the oldest, founded in 1521; [120] the next earliest settlements are San Germán in 1570, Coamo in 1579, Arecibo in 1614, Aguada in 1692 and Ponce in 1692. Increased settlement in the 18th century saw 30 more communities established, following 34 in the 19th century.
New Mexico United States First European-founded capital of the "New World" in the United States, established by Juan de Oñate. 1598 San Juan de los Caballeros: New Mexico United States With Española, the oldest European-founded settlement in the southwestern United States: 1599 Tadoussac: Quebec: Canada
In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico at Caparra, named after the abandoned ancient Roman village of Cáparra in the province of Cáceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean territories Nicolás de Ovando., [3] Today it is known as the Pueblo Viejo barrio of Guaynabo, just to the west of the present San Juan metropolitan area.
Pursued through New Mexico, he was arrested and taken back to Mexico City. On July 12, 1598, Don Juan de Oñate Salazar established the New Spain colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo Méjico at the new village of San Juan de los Caballeros adjacent to the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo at the confluence of the Río Bravo (Rio Grande) and the Río Chama.