Felipe de Neve, First Governor of California and Founder of the City of Los Ángeles
Posted: March 25th, 2015 | Author: Domingo | Filed under: History | Tags: Bailén, Battle of Baécula, Battle of Bailén, California, Edwin A. Beilharz, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, father Junípero Serra, Felipe de Neve, Felipe de Neve Noguera Castro y Figueroa, Los Ángeles, María Nicolassa Pereira y Soria, María Padilla y Castilla, Peninsular War, San José, San José de Guadalupe | Comments Off on Felipe de Neve, First Governor of California and Founder of the City of Los ÁngelesIn 1774 Felipe de Neve, a native of Bailén -a little Andalusian town in Spain- was named Governor of the Californias, the first person with the full title to be directly charged with the administration of the new northern area. Seven years later -September 4th, 1781- Felipe de Neve founded the city of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, later known as simply Los Ángeles.