Nuño Guzmán de Beltrán or Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán (15th century-1550) was a Spanish conquistador and dictator in colonial Mexico. (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope. ... 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 and Asia Pacific under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. ... Dictator was the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the state in times of emergency. ...

Born in Guadalajara, Galicia, Guzmán studied law at university. In 1528, Charles V appointed him president of the first Audiencia of New Spain, replacing the military government that had been in place ever since Hernán Cortés conquered Mexico. Said to be unreasonable and arbitrary in his dealings with fellow Spaniards and cruel and brutal to Native Americans, the actions of the Audencia attracted the attention of Juan de Zumárraga, archbishop of New Spain, who excommunicated and dissolved it in 1530. Guadalajara is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, capital of the province of Guadalajara. ... Motto: Capital Santiago de Compostela Official languages Galician and Castilian Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 7th  29 574 km²  5,8% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 5th  2 737 370  6,5%  92,36/km² Demonym  – English  – Galician  – Spanish  – Portuguese  Galician  galego  gallego  galego Statute of Autonomy April... Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V (Spanish: Carlos V) (24 February 1500–21 September 1558) was effectively (the first) King of Spain from 1516 to 1556 (in principle, he was from 1516 king of Aragon and from 1516 guardian of his insane mother, queen of... An Audiencia (Spanish: audiency) was a Judicial District to functioned as an Appeals Court. ... Flag of New Spain New Spain (in the Spanish language Nueva España) was the name given to the Spanish colonial territory in North America from c. ... Augusto Pinochet (sitting) was an army general who led a military coup in Chile in 1973. ... Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés (1485–December 2, 1547) (who was known as Hernando or Fernando Cortés during his lifetime and signed all his letters Fernán Cortés) was the conquistador who conquered Mexico for Spain. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Juan de Zumarraga (1468 - 1548) was a Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico. ... Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ...

Having been forwarned, Guzmán resigned just prior to this. Shortly afterwards, he gathered an army of 500 discontented conquistadors and 10,000 Native Americans with illegal funds, Guzmán marched northwards, conquering the lands of the Native Americans who lived in what is today the north and northwest of Mexico (the Huichol are the only tribe left today), which he named New Galicia after his birthplace. The Huichol Indians of Western Central Mexico live in the Sierra Madre Occidental. ... Nueva Galicia (New Galicia) was a region of New Spain. ...

Unlike the earlier conquistadors, who had an honest desire to evangelically convert the Native Americans to Christianity, Guzmán used religion as a pretext to gain more power. He established encomiendas, private land grants for himself and his conquistadors. Native Americans (even those who had aided him in his conquest) could not own land, and Guzmán had no qualms about simply seizing land, even from his own men. Evangelism is the proclaiming of the Christian Gospel. ... Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... The Encomienda system is a trusteeship system, by which conquistadors were granted the towns of the indigenous people they conquered. ... A land grant is a gift of land made by the government for projects such as roads, railroads, or especially academic institutions. ...

Most of the Native Americans were either slaughtered or enslaved, earning Guzmán the nicknamed "Bloody Guzmán". A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Look up Slavery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Slavery can mean one or more related conditions which involve control of a person against his or her will, enforced by... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ...

In January 1532 Guzmán founded a city, Guadalajara (south of modern Zacatecas), but, thanks to repeated, fierce attacks by the Chichimecs, it was abandoned in August 1533. Guadalajara was moved to Tonalá, but this too was abandoned, and the settlement once again moved to a site near Tlacotan (north east of modern Zapopan). The settlers began to complain to Antonio de Mendoza, the viceroy of New Spain, about both the repeated relocations and Guzmán's cruelty. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ... Guadalajara is a large city in the Western-Pacific region of Mexico, located at 20. ... Zacatecas is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Don Antonio de Mendoza, conde de Tendilla, was the first Viceroy of New Spain, serving from 1535 - 1550. ... A viceroy is somebody who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ...

Reports of Guzmán's treatment of the Native Americans had reached Mexico City, and at Archbishop Zumárraga's request, Guzmán was arrested in 1536. He died in obscurity in Spain. Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, Mexico. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

Reference

• Mexico Connect - Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán (http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/slenchek/slguzman.html)