Bartolome de las Casas By walkere Dec 31, 1484 Bartolome de las casas was born Bartlome de las Casas was born Dec 31, 1502 Casas did a peaceful colonization experement in Venezuela, wich fails Dec 31, 1519 He was the first priest to be ordained in the new world Dec 31, 1537 Casas successfully tests his evangelization ideas in Guatemala Dec 31, 1566 Sadly he dies in 1566 living to be 82 years old