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1465 - 1524Life of the conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar who conquered and then governed Cuba.
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1465Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar is born in Cuéllar, Spain.
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1493Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar joins Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World.
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1511 - 1513Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar conducts the Spanish conquest of Cuba.
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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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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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1521Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar is removed from office as governor of Cuba.
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1523Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar is reinstated as the governor of Cuba.
