| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1565 |  | Spanish colony | Pedro Menéndez de Avilés | 
| 1575 |  |  | Hernando de Miranda | 
| 1577 |  |  | Pedro Menéndez de Márquez | 
| 1589 |  |  | Gutierre de Miranda | 
| 1592 |  |  | Rodrigo de Junco | 
| 1592 |  |  | Domingo Martínez de Avendaño | 
| 1596 |  |  | Gonzalo Méndez de Canço | 
| 1603 |  |  | Pedro de Ibarra | 
| 1609 |  |  | Juan Fernández de Olivera | 
| 1613 |  |  | Juan Treviño de Guillamas | 
| 1618 |  |  | Juan de Salinas | 
| 1624 |  |  | Luis de Rojas y Borja | 
| 1630 |  |  | Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas | 
| 1633 |  |  | Luis Horruytiner | 
| 1639 |  |  | Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo | 
| 1645 |  |  | Benito Ruíz de Salazar Ballecilla (I) | 
| 1646 |  |  | Pedro Horruytiner Benedit (I) | 
| 1647 |  |  | Benito Ruíz de Salazar Ballecilla (II) | 
| 1650 |  |  | Nicolás Ponce de León | 
| 1654 |  |  | Pedro Horruytiner Benedit (II) | 
| 1655 |  |  | Diego de Rebolledo | 
| 1659 |  |  | Alonso de Aranguiz y Cortés | 
| 1664 |  |  | Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega | 
| 1670 |  |  | Manuel de Çendoya | 
| 1675 |  |  | Pablo de Hita y Salazar | 
| 1680 |  |  | Juan Márquez Cabrera | 
| 1687 |  |  | Diego de Quiroga y Losado | 
| 1693 |  |  | Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos | 
| 1699 |  |  | José de Zúñiga y la Cerda | 
| 1706 |  |  | Francisco de Córcoles y Martínez | 
| 1716 |  |  | Pedro de Olivera y Fullana | 
| 1716 |  |  | Juan de Ayala Escobar | 
| 1718 |  |  | Antonio de Benavides | 
| 1734 |  |  | Francisco del Moral y Sánchez | 
| 1737 |  |  | Manuel de Montiano | 
| 1749 |  |  | Melchor de Navarrete | 
| 1752 |  |  | Fulgencio García de Solís | 
| 1755 |  |  | Alonso Fernández de Heredia | 
| 1758 |  |  | Lucas Fernando de Palacio y Valenzuela | 
| 1761 |  |  | Alonso de Cárdenas | 
| 1762 |  |  | Melchor Feliú | 
| 1763 | 10 february | UK colony | 
| 1781 | 9 may | Spanish colony | Arturo O'Neill y O'Kelly | 
| 1783 |  |  | Enrique White | 
| 1796 |  |  | Francisco de Paula Gelabert | 
| 1796 |  |  | Vicente Folch y Juan | 
| 1811 |  |  | Francisco San Maxent | 
| 1812 |  |  | Mauricio de Zúñiga (I) | 
| 1813 |  |  | Mateo González Manrique | 
| 1815 |  |  | José de Soto | 
| 1816 |  |  | Mauricio de Zúñiga (II) | 
| 1816 |  |  | Francisco Maximiliano de San Maxent | 
| 1816 |  |  | José Fascot | 
| 1819 |  |  | José María Callava |