Martín de Arguelles, Jr. (born 1566) was the first child of European-descent born in a permanent European settlement in what is now the United States according to documents and manuscripts in the archives of the Library of Congress. Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... This article is about the continent. ... The Great Hall interior. ...

Birth

Martín was born in 1566 in the Spanish settlement of San Agustín, approximately 21 years before the birth of Virginia Dare in North Carolina. Martín's parents were Martín de Arguelles (Sr.) and Leonor Morales. Martín Sr., an Asturian hidalgo, was one of the expeditioners who came to New Spain in the New World with Captain General Pedro Menendez in 1565. Martín Sr. was the first Alcalde (Mayor) of San Agustín, and had been in charge of munitions in the Florida forts of Santa María, San Agustín (now St. Augustine), and Santa Elena. Five flags have flown over the city since 1565. ... Virginia Dare (August 18, 1587 – unknown) was the first child to be born in America of English parents on Roanoke Island in the Colony of Roanoke, now in North Carolina. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... Asturian, Astur-Leonese or Bable (Asturianu in Asturian) is a Romance language spoken in some parts of the provinces of Asturias and León in Spain, and in the area of Miranda de Douro in Portugal (where it is officially recognized as Mirandese). ... An hidalgo or fidalgo was a member of the lower Spanish nobility. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles Pedro Menendez de Aviles (born 1519 in Avilés, Spain, dead in Santander on September 17, 1574), was the first Spanish governor of Florida. ... Alcalde is the Spanish title of the chief administrator of a town. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Lifetime

Martín Jr. served the Spanish crown in Portugal and several garrisons and expeditions which embarked in the Spanish Armada which went in search of Corsair Sir Francis Drake. Martín Jr. was later transferred in 1594 from Havana, Cuba to Merida, Mexico, where he was appointed "Executive Officer" of the Merida fortress and coast. Martín Jr. was married in Merida. The Spanish Armada or Great/Grand Armada (Old Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, large and most fortunate navy; but called by the English, with ironic intention, la Armada Invencible, the Invincible Fleet) refers to the Spanish-controlled fleet which sailed against England in 1588, with the intention of escorting... Sir Francis Drake, c. ... Havana (Spanish in full: Ciudad de La Habana (City of Havana), usually shortened to just La Habana, and formerly named San Cristóbal de la Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of more than 2. ... Mérida is the capital city of the state of Yucatán, Mexico. ...

Descendents

Martín's descendents included José Arguelles, who was one of the colonizers of the Province of New Santander in 1749, now known as the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ...