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1465 CE - 1524 CE: Life of the conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar who conquered and then governed Cuba.
1465 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar is born in Cuéllar, Spain.
1493 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar joins Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World.
1511 CE - 1513 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar conducts the Spanish conquest of Cuba.
1517 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
1518 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Juan de Grijalva to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
1519 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Hernán Cortés to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
1519 CE - 1521 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés contest who has the legal right to lead the conquest of Mexico.
1521 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar is removed from office as governor of Cuba.
1523 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar is reinstated as the governor of Cuba.