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1465 - 1524Life of the conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar who conquered and then governed Cuba.
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c. 1475 - 1538Life of the Spanish conquistador Diego de Almagro.
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c. 1478 - 1541Life of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
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c. 1485 - 1541Life of the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
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1485 - 1547Life of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
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1489 - 1527Life of the conquistador Juan de Grijalva.
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1492 - c. 1580Life of the Spanish conquistador and chronicler Bernal Díaz.
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c. 1500 - 1542Life of the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto.
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1511 - 1513Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar conducts the Spanish conquest of Cuba.
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19 Jun 1513The notary Rodrigo de Colmemares reads out the Spanish Requirement for the first time to indigenous people in Colombia.
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1517Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
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1518Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Juan de Grijalva to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
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Apr 1518Juan de Grijalva leads an expedition to explore the eastern coast of Mexico.
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1519Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Hernán Cortés to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
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1519 - 1521Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés contest who has the legal right to lead the conquest of Mexico.
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May 1520Hernán Cortés is obliged to leave Tenochtitlan and face a rival force of conquistadors led by Panfilo de Narváez at Veracruz.
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30 Jun 1520The bloody retreat of Hernán Cortés from Tenochtitlan known as the Noche Triste ('Sad Night').
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7 Jul 1520Hernán Cortés defeats a large Aztec army at Otumba.
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31 Dec 1520Hernán Cortés captures the city of Texcoco.
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13 Aug 1521The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan falls into the hands of Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés.
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1522Hernán Cortés leads an expedition against the Huaxtecs in Mexico.
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1523 - 1524Hernán Cortés organises an expedition to Honduras led by Cristóbal de Olid.
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1523 - 1524The conquistador Pedro de Alvarado leads the conquest of the Maya in Guatemala.
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May 1523Hernán Cortés is appointed the first governor of the colony of New Spain (Mexico).
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1525 - 1528The conquistador Pedro de Alvarado leads the conquest of El Salvador.
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1525Juan de Grijalva leads the naval part of a Spanish expedition to explore northern Mexico.
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1527Pedro de Alvarado is offically made the governor of Guatamala.
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Jan 1527The Spanish conquistador Juan de Grijalva is killed in Honduras.
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May 1528Hernán Cortés returns to Spain and is honoured by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
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1531 - 1532Hernán Cortés explores the Pacific coast of North America as far as California.
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1532Francsico Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors arrive in South America.
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15 Nov 1532Hernando de Soto reads out the Spanish Requirement to the Inca ruler Atahualpa.
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1534Pedro de Alvarado leads an expedition of conquistadors to Ecuador and Peru.
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Jul 1535Diego de Almagro leads a 20-month long expedition to explore Chile.
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1537Hernando de Soto is made a Knight of Santiago, the governor of Cuba, and awarded the status of adelantado for North American exploration.
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1538The Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado is made the governor of Honduras.
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1539 - 1542The spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto leads an expedition of discovery and conquest in Florida and the southwestern part North America.
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1540Pedro de Alvarado joins an expedition led by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado to explore North America.
