Short answers, pulled from the story.
A Spanish expedition led by Domingo de Terán y Losada discovered the site on the 13th of June 1691. They named the river and land San Antonio in honor of Saint Anthony of Padua on the feast day of their discovery.
The first families to settle in San Antonio arrived on the 9th of March 1731. These 56 souls included 15 Canary Islander families who formed the nucleus of Villa de Béjar.
The Battle of the Alamo was fought from the 23rd of February to the 6th of March 1836. The volunteer force was initially under James C. Neill and later commanded by William Barrett Travis and James Bowie.
The River Walk was extended between 2009 and 2013 to connect the Museum Reach to the Mission Reach. It now spans miles and hosts festivals like Fiesta Noche del Rio.
The five 18th-century Spanish missions were collectively designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites on the 5th of July 2015. This designation made San Antonio the first site in Texas to join the World Heritage list.
The 2020 census recorded San Antonio's population at 1,434,625. This made it the seventh-most populous city in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas.