Spanish ships visited the islands in the 16th century ; the first written record of contact from Europeans with the native inhabitants of the Cook Islands came with the sighting of Pukapuka by Spanish sailor Álvaro de Mendaña in 1595 who called it San Bernardo ( Saint Bernard ).

1595 — Spaniard Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira is the first European to sight the islands.

Back in Malacca, he was confronted by the capitão Álvaro de Ataíde da Gama who now had total control over the harbor.

* 1588 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral.

In an attempt to control rapid growth of the city, the municipal government ( Municipalidad de Guatemala ) headed by longtime Mayor Álvaro Arzú, has implemented a plan to control its growth based on transects along its important arterial roads and exhibitting Transit-oriented development ( TOD ) characteristics.

On September 21, 1529, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón commanded the Spanish ship Florida, on his second attempt to recross the Pacific from the Moluccas.

* 1890 – Álvaro de Campos, a heteronym of Fernando Pessoa ( d. 1935 ).

Ships of the Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira first sighted Santa Isabel island on 6 February 1568.

* July 17 – José de León Toral assassinates Álvaro Obregón, president of Mexico.

* July 21 – A Spanish expedition led by navigator and explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira makes the first European landing in Polynesia, on the Marquesas Islands.

* A Spanish expedition under Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira discovers the Solomon Islands

* February 9 – The sudden death of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, in the midst of preparations for the Spanish Armada, forces King Philip II of Spain to re-allocate the command of the fleet.

* October 3 – Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón arrives in the Maluku Islands.

** Dom Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Earl of Avranches

* June 6 – King Henry I of Castile dies aged thirteen from the fall of a roof tile in Palencia, an event which his regent, Álvaro Núñez de Lara, attempts to conceal.

* November – In the Kingdom of Castile, former regent Álvaro Núñez de Lara is captured and forced to relinquish all his castles.

Around 1501, Vasco da Gama married Catarina de Ataíde, daughter of Álvaro de Ataíde, the alcaide-mór of Alvor ( Algarve ), and a prominent nobleman connected by kinship with the powerful Almeida family ( Catarina was a first cousin of D. Francisco de Almeida ).

The French word was derived from the Spanish embarazar, whose first recorded usage was in 1460 in Cancionero de Stúñiga ( Songbook of Stúñiga ) by Álvaro de Luna .< sup > 7 </ sup > The Spanish word likely comes from the Portuguese embaraçar, which probably is a combination of the prefix em-( from Latin in-for " in -") with baraça " a noose ", or " rope ", which makes sense with the synonym encinta (" on noose, on rope " because of the old usage of women to wear a strap of cloth on their dresses when pregnant ).< sup > 8 </ sup > Baraça originated before the Romans began their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 218 BCE .< sup > 9 </ sup > Thus, baraça could be related to the Celtic word barr, " tuft ".

This reserve division consisted of 38 galleys-30 behind the Centre Division commanded by Álvaro de Bazán, and four behind each wing.

The intervention of the Spaniards Álvaro de Bazán and Juan de Cardona with the reserve turned the battle, both in the Centre and in Doria's South Wing.

It was the Basque captain and naval architect, Álvaro de Bazán, who designed the definitive model of the galleon in the 1550s.

The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Port Royal, Spain's Álvaro de Bazán class frigate MÉNDEZ NÚÑEZ ( F-104 ), and MDA's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD ) mobile ground-based radar also participated in the flight test.

He was also the designer, in partnership with Álvaro de Bazán, of the great galleons that were employed to carry the trade between Cadiz in Spain and Vera Cruz in Mexico.

Within the framework of this so called Trilateral Frigate Cooperation Germany built the Sachsen class frigate ( F124 ), Spain the Álvaro de Bazán class frigate ( F100 ) and the Netherlands the De Zeven Provinciën class frigate.

Following the Battle of Ponta Delgada, where Don Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz defeated the Anglo-French supporters of D. António ( the pretender to the Portuguese throne ) off the coast of São Miguel, the Marquis concentrated his forces at a less defended beach from Angra do Heroísmo.

Additionally, Admiral Álvaro de Bazán designed the definitive model of galleon in the 1550s.

# REDIRECT Álvaro de Bazán class frigate

# REDIRECT Álvaro de Bazán class frigate

** F-100 Álvaro de Bazán class frigate

# REDIRECT Álvaro de Bazán class frigate

* An Álvaro de Bazán class frigate commissioned in 2006

Initially, the design of Tian Dan was going to be modified to fit a lighter version of AEGIS that later became SPY-1F, and the drawings looked very much like the Spanish Navy Álvaro de Bazán ( F-100 ) class frigates.

Álvaro de Bazán can be seen as a realization of this plan with SPY-1F system.

Álvaro de Bazán, Neapolitan commander ( 1526 — 1588 )

Commanded by Don Álvaro de Bazán ( 38 galleys, including 8 galleys of the Advance Guard )

Álvaro Vaz de Almada was made 1st Count of Avranches by King Henry VI of England.

* Isabel Colón de Toledo ( c. 1515 –), married as his second wife to Dom Jorge Alberto de Portugal y Melo, 1st Count of Gelves ( 1470 –), widow without issue of Dona Guiomar de Ataíde, son of Dom Álvaro de Bragança, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval and Chancellor-Major of the Realm of Portugal, and wife Dona Filipa de Melo, and had issue, who inherited the rents, office and titles, later lost, and at some point married within the other branch above.

In the Clasura 2007, the club had a better tournament than the previous, finishing 1st place in group one, with 36 points and once again Álvaro González winning the goal scoring title with 15.

* Beatriz Álvarez de Toledo, married Álvaro Pérez de Osorio, 5th Marquis of Astorga.

The original facade faces the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, a site at which a variety of streets converge, including the Calle de Atocha, Paseo del Prado, Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, Calle de Méndez Álvaro, Paseo de las Delicias, Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza, and Ronda de Atocha.

Pêro Coelho, Álvaro Gonçalves, and Diogo Lopes Pacheco went to the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra, where Inês was detained, and killed her, decapitating her in front of her small child.

Volaris has its headquarters in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón.

15 de Agosto, 5 de Septiembre, Álvaro Obregón, Cerro Cristo, Charis, Chicapa de Castro, Colonia 19 de Marzo ( Colonia San José ), Colonia de la Amistad, Colonia Jesús González Cortaza, Colonia José Yola, Colonia Mariano Montero, Colonia San Vicente, Colonia Santa Rosita, Dos Arbolitos, Dos Hermanos, El Caballero Burro, El Chamizal ( Toledo Cueto ), El Chaparral, El Porvenir, El Tamarindo, Emiliano Zapata, Esquipulas 1, Esquipulas 2, Estero Guiee, Gaspar Torres Urbieta, Huanacastal, La Esperanza, La Estancia ( Santa Cecilia ), La Guadalupana, La Liebre ( Paraje la Liebre ), La Negrita, La Providencia, La Venta, La Ventosa 1, La Ventosa 2, Los Aguacates, Los Cocos Los Ordaz II, Los Vicentes Minerva, Onésimas ( Argelino Solórzano ), Parada San Vicente, Pepe y Lolita, Piedra Larga, Playa San Vicente, Primera Curva, Rancho Adelma, Rancho Babel López Sánchez, Rancho Chuvalessa, Rancho de los Vásquez ( Colonia Palomar ), Rancho Domitilo Marquez, Rancho Don Cutberto, Rancho el Ángel, Rancho Esquipulas, Rancho Francisco Rancho Guadalupe, Rancho Juanita, Rancho Lucita, Rancho Martín Vicente, Rancho Nemesio Valdivieso López, Rancho San Antonio, Rancho San Luis, Rancho Torres, Río Viejo ( Mojonera ), Salinas Santa Cruz, San Antonio, San Isidro, San José, Santa Clara, Santa Fe 1, Santa Fe 2, Santa Lucía, Santa María del Mar, and Santa Rita

A Tepukei ( from Te Puke, meaning an ocean-going canoe ) is a very old Melanesian boat type, first reported by Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña in 1595, on his visit to the Santa Cruz Islands.