Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ( Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry - Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. Charles VIII of Sweden is deposed. Clergyman Kettil Karlsson Vasa becomes Regent of Sweden. August 11- Regent Kettil Karlsson... 1465 - Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. date). April 30 - Battle of the Sesia - Spanish forces under Charles de Lannoy defeat the French army in Italy under William de Bonnivet. The French, now commanded by François de St. Pol, withdraw from Italy. August... 1524), The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spanish Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. Columbuss discovery of the New World in 1492 afforded Spain a headstart in Colonization of... Conquistador, conqueror and governor of The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean that lies at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west Mexico, to the south the Cayman Islands and... Cuba for Spain.

Diego Velázquez was born in Cuéllar, in the Roman aqueduct in Segovia (19th Century view) Gothic Cathedral of Segovia Categories: Spain geography stubs | World Heritage Sites in Spain | Cities in Spain ... Segovia region of Spain. He first visited the The New World is one of the names used for the continents of North and South America and adjacent islands collectively, in use since the 16th century. The continents were new to the Europeans, who knew the world consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa (the Old World). Carte d... New World with the crew of No authentic contemporary portrait of Columbus has been found; this late 19th-century engraving is one of many conjectural images For information about the director, see the article on Chris Columbus. Christopher Columbus ( 14511 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and... Christopher Columbus in Events January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey. March 15 - Spain after his first trip to the Americas. July 28 - Great fire in Moscow November 19 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to go ashore on an island he only saw for the first time... 1493. He settled in Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying east of Cuba. Christopher Columbus arrived there in 1492, and in 1493 founded the first Spanish colony in the New World on it. On March 10, 1496, Columbus left the island for Spain, ending his... Hispaniola, then was active in leading the conquest of The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean that lies at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west Mexico, to the south the Cayman Islands and... Cuba in Events Diego Velázquez and Hernán Cortés conquer Cuba; Velázquez appointed Governor. August 24 - Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca. St Johns College, Cambridge founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort. Births November 15 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet Kimotsuki Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai and daimyo Nicola Vicentino, Italian music... 1511. He founded a number of new Spanish settlements and cities on the island, most notably Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba. Santiago de Cuba is located on the south-east of the island, some 540 miles east south-east of Havana, at 20.01°N, 75.82°W. Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the... Santiago de Cuba in Events March - Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian. July - Peace between England and France. Albrecht Dürer makes his famous engraving Melancholia I. Births March 8 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord Marriages October 9 - Louis XII of France and Mary... 1514 and This article is about the Cuban city. For other places named Havana, please see Havana (disambiguation) Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2.1 million, the largest city in the Caribbean. History Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cu... Havana in Events June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. August 23 - Battle of Chaldiran. Selim I crushes the Persian army of Shah Ismail I. September 5 - Selim captures the Persian capital of Tabriz without encountering any resistance, but is unable to hold it. September 13 - September... 1515. Velázquez was appointed governor of Cuba. He authorized various expeditions to explore lands further west, including the Events January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mamluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey. February 3 - Capture of Cairo by the Turks. First contact of organized western merchants with China. August 15 - Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through... 1517 Francisco Hernández de Córdoba expedition to The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. It comprises part of Mexico, the nation of Belize, and Guatemalas northern territory of El Petén. The Yucatán peninsula roughly coincides with the zone of influence of the Pre-Columbian Maya... Yucatán (see: The Spanish Conquest of Yucatán was a long and involved process taking some 170 years to complete. The Maya had no single leader (like the Inca of Peru), but instead lived in numerous independent states, some of which fiercely resisted foreign domination. Also, the land had no gold or... Spanish Conquest of Yucatan). He initially backed -1... Hernán Cortés's famous expedition to The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexico, but when Cortés tried to seize and claim Mexico for himself, Velázquez charged Cortés with exceeding his authority and ordered his arrest. Those sent to arrest Cortés were either defeated or persuaded to join Cortés, so Velázquez saw none of the riches which came from Mexico. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar died in Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba. Santiago de Cuba is located on the south-east of the island, some 540 miles east south-east of Havana, at 20.01°N, 75.82°W. Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the... Santiago de Cuba in 1524.