In 1564, the island's main inland cities Santiago de los Caballeros and Concepción de la Vega were destroyed by an earthquake.

* 1835 – Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.

* 1882 – War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1, 300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.

* February 20 – Concepción, Chile, is destroyed by an earthquake.

* All the missions are owned and operated by the Catholic Church, save for Mission La Purísima Concepción and Mission San Francisco Solano, which are owned and operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation as State Historic Parks ;

One of the best known of the Alta California missions ( and one of the few missions to have actually been founded twice — others being Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission La Purísima Concepción )— the site was originally consecrated on October 30, 1775, by Father Fermín Lasuén, but was quickly abandoned due to unrest among the indigenous population in San Diego.

Founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan order, the mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living east of the Coast Range.

It is now believed that the first tribe encountered by Christopher Columbus, when he arrived on the island he called Santa María de la Concepción ( known as Mamana by the Lucayan Indians and now called Rum Cay off the Bahamas ), were Lucayan-Arawak Indians.

A special appearance was made by a little known actor named Danny Concepción, now better known as Champagne DJ.

In the Texas Revolution, Andrew Briscoe's Liberty Volunteers, organized in 1835, fought at the siege of Bexar and the battle of Concepción, and it was to Liberty in February 1836 that one of William B. Travis's letters requesting reinforcements at the Alamo was delivered by Joseph Dunman.

In the 1940s and 50s, artists like Cesar Concepción and Mon Rivera made plena slicker and had some hits internationally, but the music's popularity sunk drastically by the mid-1960s.

In 1982, three guys from Concepción, Álvaro Henríquez, Roberto Titae Lindl, and " Pancho " Molina started a band called Los Dick Stones, whose set list was based on songs by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Gene Vincent.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Casa de Cultura Jesús Reyes Heroles was inhabited by María Concepción Armida, who is being considered for beatification by the Catholic Church.

Others took the more cumbersome and costly route of travelling first from Gibraltar to Tangiers by ferry and then taking another ferry to Algeciras, before taking a final coach to La Línea de la Concepción.

The La Concepción de María Tlacoapa Church was originally part of a hospital, built by the Franciscans in the 17th century.

The party was founded on October 20, 1946 by Gilberto Concepción de Gracia ( 1909 – 1968 ) and his colleague Fernando Milan Suarez.

Rookie and future-Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson headed the team, which at its peak featured Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Pérez, and was supported by Dave Concepción, George Foster, César Gerónimo and Ken Griffey, Sr.

The first European settlement was founded by Spanish Conquistador Alonso de Vera y Aragón in 1585 under the name of Concepción de Nuestra Señora, but it was abandoned in 1632.

Two short-lived settlements, Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción and Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer, though located on the California side of the Colorado River, were founded under the authority of the Arizona mission hierarchy and are therefore not included herein.

The largest agglomerations according to the 2002 census are Greater Santiago with 5. 6 million people, Greater Concepción with 861, 000

He entered the bay of San Pedro, and made landings at what are now known as Concepción and at Valdivia, which was later named in honor of the commander.

Within the city are a railway station, an inter-city bus terminal, an agricultural extension of the University of Concepción, and a regimental military base.

This main chapel and plaza are called the Purísima Concepción Chapel and the Plaza de la Conchita.

Some Llanito words are also widely used in the neighbouring Spanish town of La Línea de la Concepción ( due to the influx of people from La Línea working in Gibraltar over many years ).

Since the frontier with Spain was reopened, ties with the hinterland, known as the " Campo de Gibraltar ", have increased, with many buying property in places like La Línea de la Concepción, Sotogrande and further afield like the Costa del Sol, where prices are considerably lower.

The borough is divided into eighteen “ barrios ,” which make up the old city of Xochimilco and fourteen communities outside the traditional city called “ pueblos .” The barrios are El Rosario, Santa Crucita, Caltongo, San Lorenzo, San Diego, La Asunción, San Juan, San Antonio, Belem, San Cristóbal, San Esteban, La Santísima, La Guadalupita, La Concepción Tlacoapa, San Marcos and Xaltocan, The fourteen pueblos are San María Tepepan, Santiago Tepalcatlalpan, San Mateo Xalpa, San Lorenzo Atemoaya, Santa Cruz Xochitepec, San Lucas Xochimanca, San Francisco Tlalnepantla, Santa María Nativitas, San Gregorio Atlapulco, Santiago Tulyehualco, San Luis Tlaxialtemalco, San Andrés Ahuayucan, Santa Cecilia Tepetlapa and San Cruz Acalpixca.

The La Concepción reservoir supplies the population with drinking water ; apart from this there are other reservoirs like El Viejo and El Nuevo ( the Old and the New ) that irrigated the old agricultural colony of El Ángel, and Las Medranas and Llano de la Leche that watered the plantations of the colony of San Pedro de Alcántara.

The Paraguay river runs to the west of Concepción along with the minor rivers Apa, Aquidabán e Ypané, and the streams that bathe the territory are: Estrella, Sirena, Apamí, Primero, Quiensabe, Negla, Trementina, Chacalnica, Tapyanguá, Pitanohaga, Guazú, Mbui ´ i, Ypanemí, Capiibary, Mboi Guazú.

Francisco Solano López Airport is located in Concepción City and there are more airways in other districts, and also in the most important cattle establishments.

The ratio stations in AM are: Radio Concepción, Radio Vallemí, Yby Yaú and Guyra Campana.

In Concepción are many places of tourist appealing, which is an important source of income for the department.

Old constructions can be found in Concepción City, capital of the department, these are an example of the historical past of this area.

Immediately surrounding it are the four neighborhoods established in 1550: San Pablo, La Concepción, Santa Mónica, and San Esteban.

( forteleza ) While the San Juan Bautista Church dominates both the town of Yecapixtla as well as the surrounding municipality, there are a number of other churches such as San Sebastián Mártir, Santiago Apóstol, de la Virgen de Guadalupe, Santo Tomás Apóstol, San Agustín, Nuestro Padre Jesús, Santa Lucía, San Nicolás, San Miguel, Los Reyes, San Marcos, La Santa Cruz, San Pablo, Santa Mónica, La Inmaculada Concepción, Santa Cruz Ecatepec and San Francisco Calapa.

These are the Universidad Austral de Chile, the Universidad de Concepción ( founded by the citizens of Concepción ), and the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, created by the last will and testament of Federico Santa María Carrera.

The two volcanoes, Concepción and Maderas, are joined by a low isthmus to form one island in the shape of an hourglass.

Although the University is also active in the cities of Chillán, Los Angeles, and Cañete, both its main campus and its main offices are located in the city of Concepción

Concepción has a humid subtropical climate with abundant annual precipitation, although possessing a highly prominent summer peak.

In 1992 he was visiting professor at the University of Concepción in Chile, and in 1996 he was visiting professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand.

Although historian Alwyn Barr of Texas Tech University believes that the battle " should have taught ... lessons on Mexican courage and the value of a good defensive position ", historian Stephen Hardin believes that " the relative ease of the victory at Concepción instilled in the Texians a reliance on their long rifles and a contempt for their enemies ".

In 1799, following the early deaths of his father Juan Vicente ( died 1786 ) and his mother Concepción ( died 1792 ), he traveled to Mexico, France, and Spain, at age sixteen, to complete his education.

Realizing that it would be impossible to proceed in such hostile territory with so limited a force, Valdivia wisely elected to return to Santiago shortly thereafter, after finding a site for a new city at what is now Penco and would become the first site of Concepción.

In spite of the fierce resistance at the Battle of Penco, he founded Concepción in 1550.

A tower based on the Berkeley Campanile is located at the University of Concepción, Chile.

For instance, at the latitude of Concepción, Chile:

At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, Bowie joined the Texas militia, leading forces at the Battle of Concepción and the Grass Fight.

He completed his primary studies at the rural school of Cañete, and his secondary studies first at the Liceo of Lebu and later at the one in Concepción, and continued legal studies at the courses given at the annex of his school.

The first Concepción earthquake was at 06: 02 UTC-4 on 21 May 1960.

The second and third Concepción earthquakes occurred at 06: 32 UTC-4 and 14: 55 UTC-4, on 22 May.