Timeline

=Mission Santa Clara de Asis Timeline=


 * 1769** European explorers first saw Santa Clara Valley
 * 1774** Site found for new mission
 * 1777** Mission Santa Clara de Asis (the 8th California mission) was founded
 * 1777** Fray de la Pena said first Mass
 * 1779** Guadalupe River overflowed, mission flooded, all materials and resources washed away
 * 1781** Mission rebuilt on higher land
 * 1818** Earthquake destroyed mission
 * 1825** Mission rebuilt third time
 * 1926** Electrical fire destroyed mission and remodeled
 * 1928** Jesuit Priests take over mission as part of Santa Clara University