* 1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.

* 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

* Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador

* Hernán Cortés ( or Hernando Cortés ) ( 1485 – 1547 ), Spanish conquistador

The first European contact with chocolate came when Montezuma ( then tlatoani of Tenochtitlan ) introduced Hernán Cortés, a Spanish conquistador, to xocolatl in the 16th century.

Diego de Almagro, ( c. 1475 – July 8, 1538 ), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo ( The Elder ), was a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro.

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés slew Emperor Cuauhtémoc and installed puppet rulers who became vassals for Spain.

Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, conquered the Inca for Spain, killed Emperor Atahualpa, and installed puppets as well.

* 1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.

Flutes and whistles made of wood, cane, or bone are also played, generally by individuals, but in former times also by large ensembles ( as noted by Spanish conquistador de Soto ).

Within a few months, Nicaragua was invaded by several Spanish forces, each led by a conquistador.

* 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.

* 1540 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived in Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519.

The first documented European to sight the islands was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León, who did so in 1512.

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples cultivated the vine of the vanilla orchid, called tlilxochitl by the Aztecs, and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate to Europe in the 1520s.

Spanish conquistador s with their Tlaxcallan allies fighting against the Otomies of Metztitlan in present day Mexico, a 16th century codex

* August 20 – Miguel López de Legaspi, Spanish conquistador of the Philippines ( born

** Martin de Goiti, Spanish conquistador

* May 21 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer, navigator and conquistador ( born c. 1500 )

* April 16 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.

* April 30 – Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate holds America's first Thanksgiving celebration

** Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador ( d. 1524 )

* January 1 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador ( b. c. 1500 )

* September 22 – Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador ( b. c. 1510 )

They headed in that direction and, at San Juan Capistrano By-the-Sea came upon Barco sitting in the quaint old Spanish Mission Drive-in, eating a hot tamale.

Alfonso XII ( born Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo ) ( Madrid, 28 November 1857 – El Pardo, 25 November 1885 ) was King of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d ' état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.

The Puerto Rican activist Julio Vizcarrondo had moved the Spanish Abolitionist Society from San Juan de Puerto Rico to Madrid at the request of premier Miguel Prim, himself a former Puerto Rico governor.

On 15 January 1941, Alfonso XIII abdicated his rights to the Spanish throne in favour of his third ( of four ), but second-surviving, son Juan, father of the current King, Juan Carlos.

* 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

* 1892 – Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter ( d. 1962 )

* 1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.

* 2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports administrator ( b. 1920 )

* 1658 – Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic ( b. 1595 )

* 1881 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1958 )

Diego de Almagro was born in the Spanish city signified by his last name, being the illegitimate son of Juan de Montenegro and Elvira Gutiérrez.

Meanwhile, Francisco Pizarro's brother, Juan Pizarro, had arrested Inca Manco Inca Yupanqui, further complicating Almagro's plans as it heavily increased the dissatisfaction of the Indians submitted to Spanish rule.

* Spanish foreign minister Juan Valera's Pepita Jimenez ( 1874 ) is writing in three sections, with the first and third being a series of letters, while the middle part is a narration by an unknown observer.

* 1568 – Juan Bautista Comes, Spanish composer ( d. 1643 )

Coincidentally, " Giancarlo " translates from Italian to Spanish as " Juan Carlos.

The Spanish commander, Juan Francisco Bodega y Quadra, was very cordial and he and Vancouver exchanged the maps they had made, but no agreement was reached ; they decided to await further instructions.

The detachment proved very effective supporting the advance of American forces at the Battle of San Juan Hill, where three of the Gatlings with swivel mountings were used with great success against the Spanish defenders.

During the American charge up San Juan and Kettle Hills, the three guns fired a total of 18, 000. 30 Army rounds in eight and one-half minutes ( an average of over 700 rpm per gun ) against Spanish troop positions along the crest of both hills, wreaking terrible carnage.

* 1980 – Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player

* 2006 – Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor ( b. 1911 )

* 1806 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer ( d. 1826 )

* 1468 – Juan del Encina, Spanish composer, poet, and playwright ( d. 1530 )