New Spain

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  • Hernan Cortes
    1519

    Hernan Cortes

    The Spanish conquistador who make discovery of America, he tried his fortune in the new lands, where he was as mayor of Cuba for a short period of time.
  • The Aztec City
    1520

    The Aztec City

    Tenochtitlan, also known as Mexica-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexica altepetl in what is now the center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325, was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city.
  • Life in New Spain (Colonial Spain)
    1521

    Life in New Spain (Colonial Spain)

    he Viceroyalty of New Spain was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. It covered a huge area that included territories in North America, South America, Asia and Oceania.
  • La Malinche
    1521

    La Malinche

    Malinche era una mujer nahuatl oriunda del actual estado mexicano de Veracruz. Malinalli había nacido hacia el año 1500, posiblemente cerca de Coatzacoalcos, antigua capital olmeca situada entonces al sureste del Imperio azteca, en la región de la actual Veracruz.
  • The Audiencia
    1527

    The Audiencia

    The Real Audiencia of Mexico Spanish: Real Audiencia de México or high court was the highest tribunal of the Spanish crown in the Kingdom of New Spain not to be confused with the Viceroyalty of New Spain named after the kingdom which had a higher hierarchy and controller
  • Castile
    1532

    Castile

    New World kingdom dependent on the crown of Castile, since the initial funds for exploration came from Queen Isabella of Castile
  • Rio de la Plata
    1534

    Rio de la Plata

    The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, also known as Viceroyalty of the Provinces of the Río de la Plata or Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires, was a political-territorial entity that established the Spanish Crown in America as an integral part of the Spanish Empire.
  • Antonio de Mendoza
    1552

    Antonio de Mendoza

    Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco was a Spanish politician and military man, knight of Santiago, commander of Socuéllamos, first viceroy of the new Spain from 1535 to 1550 and second of Peru, from 1551 to 1552
  • Chichimeca war
    1560

    Chichimeca war

    The Chichimeca War was a military conflict waged by Spain against the Chichimeca Confederation established in the lowlands of Mexico, called La Gran Chichimeca located in the West North-Central Mexican states. The region is now called the Bajío
  • Luis de Velasco
    1564

    Luis de Velasco

    died in office
  • Guatemala

    Guatemala

    The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was a protracted conflict during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, in which Spanish colonisers gradually incorporated the territory that became the modern country of Guatemala into the colonial Viceroyalty of New
  • Yucatan

    Yucatan

    the region of Yucatan is promoted as a capataincy general in its own right