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Mar 9, 1454
Amerigo Vespucci was born
Spanish Explorer, North and South America were named after him -
Apr 6, 1475
Francisco Pizzarro was born
Spanish Explorer, He conquered the Inca Empire. -
Apr 6, 1485
Hernando Cortes was born
Spanish Explorer, He was a Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztects -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World
Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World while in search of Asia. He had 3 boats: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. -
Sep 19, 1496
Santo Domingo was established
In 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, Christopher's bother. Santo Domingo was on the island of Hispaniala, witch is now Dominican Rebuplic. -
Jun 14, 1509
Juan Ponce de Leon became governer
In 1509 Juan Ponce came to the New World on Clombus's 2nd voyage. Juan then became the governer of Puerto Rico. -
Apr 8, 1510
Spain gets a stable settelment
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Feb 22, 1512
Amerigo Vespucci died
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Feb 1, 1519
Aztecs were attacked
In 1519 Spain attacked the Aztecs. It was 300000 Aztecs vs spain: 90–100 cavalry
900–1,300 infantry
6 guns
13 brigantines
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Jul 9, 1541
Pizzarro died
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Jun 20, 1565
Spain Expands Religon
In 1565 Spain came to the New World (North+South America) and they speard their Religon when the attacked the French settlement.