Bartolomé de Las Casas a 16th-century Dominican friar and Spanish historian participated in campaigns in Cuba ( at Bayamo and Camagüey ) and was present at the massacre of Hatuey ; his observation of that massacre led him to fight for a social movement away from the use of natives as slaves and towards the importation of African Blacks as slaves.

When Elizabeth came to the throne, there was much apprehension among members of the council appointed by Mary, due to the fact that many of them ( as noted by the Spanish ambassador ) had participated in several plots against Elizabeth, such as her imprisonment in the Tower, trying to force her to marry a foreign prince and thereby sending her out of the realm, and even pushing for her death.

The Jacobite pretender to the thrones of United Kingdom and France, Charles Edward Stuart, who was under 14 then, also participated in the French and Spanish siege of Gaeta, making his first exposure to battle.

On 11 January 2006 the Spanish High Court accepted to investigate a case in which seven former Chinese officials, including the former President of China Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng were alleged to have participated in a genocide in Tibet.

Controversially, the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo participated in the Spanish Republican Popular Front government in the Spanish Civil War.

He participated in the successful English defence against the Spanish Armada in 1588, though he was also partly responsible for the failure of the English Armada against Spain in 1589.

As a young man, Newport sailed with Sir Francis Drake in the attack on the Spanish fleet at Cadiz and participated in England ’ s defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Following the triumph over the Spanish Monarchy, Bolívar participated in the foundation of the first union of independent nations in Hispanic-America, a republic, which was named Gran Colombia, of which he was president from 1819 to 1830.

In 1921, he participated in a design competition to develop a bomber for the Spanish military.

Sam Dolgoff estimated that about eight million people participated directly or at least indirectly in the Spanish Revolution, which he claimed " came closer to realizing the ideal of the free stateless society on a vast scale than any other revolution in history.

From June 1929 until 1937 Cernuda lived in Madrid and participated actively in the literary and cultural scene of the Spanish capital.

Originally a rendezvous place for Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish pirates, it later became a refuge for criminals, who mixed with Native American and African women and actively participated in the capturing and selling of Guaranís as slaves.

Later, Rodríguez participated in the Spanish version of Meet the Robinsons (" La Familia del Futuro "-The Family of the Future ) as Wilbur Robinson's dad.

Cáceres flourished during the Reconquista and the Discovery of America, as influential Spanish families and nobles built homes and small palaces there, and many members of families from Extremadura participated in voyages to America where they made their fortunes.

The soundtrack features in this scene a funeral march, La Madrugá, composed by Colonel Abel Moreno for the Holy Week of Seville, played by the band of the regiment Soria 9, heir of that which participated in the battle, the oldest unit in the Spanish Army, and since nicknamed " the bloody Tercio ".

In 1985, Timbiriche participated in the musical Vaselina ( Spanish adaptation of the American musical Grease ).

In February 2010 that Paulina participated in the charity song ( a cover of " We Are The World " in Spanish ) for the people of Haiti, titled " Somos El Mundo ".

Regueiro began acting in Spanish language soap operas in 1986 when she participated in Cristal and the miniseries Mansion de Luxe alongside another famous Venezuelan actor, Carlos Mata.

While studying here, Martí openly participated in discourse on the Cuban issue, debating through the Spanish press and circulating documents protesting Spanish activities in Cuba.

He also participated in the Spanish civil war on the side of Francisco Franco.

During the latter half of the 1930s, the Regia Aeronautica participated in the Spanish Civil War, as well as the invasion of Ethiopia.

The Patriarchs of Constantinople and of Antioch participated in person, whereas the patriarchates of Alexandria and Jerusalem were represented by Byzantine appointees ( because of the Arab conquest there was at this date no patriarch in either of these sees ).

His first diplomatic voyage brought him to England, Scotland and Portugal, where he participated in the conquest of the Moorish city of Ceuta ( see Battle of Ceuta ).

He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of Mexico led by Hernan Cortes.

By the time of the French and Indian War, a sizeable population of Huguenot descent lived in the British colonies, and many participated in the British conquest of New France in 1759-60.

The arquebusiers, or pishchal ' niki as the Russians called them, were seen as integral parts of the army and ‘ One thousand pishchal ' niki were outfitted at treasury expense and participated in the final annexation of Pskov in 1510, as well as the conquest of Smolensk in 1512, but were disbanded after each campaign.

The legion participated in the Roman conquest of Britain in 43.

It is also the clear explanation of Joshua's later conquest of the land ; a conquest in which Caleb fully participated.

On August 8, 1866 promoted to lieutenant in the 1st Turkestan Infantry Battalion, and he participated in combat in the conquest of Bukhara, the storming of Samarkand and other battles in the Russian conquest of Turkestan.

Also, Muslims already in China before the Mongol conquest were not put into the Second class Semu position, and example of this is the ancestors of the Empress Ma of the Ming Dynasty, whose ancestors arrived during the Song Dynasty, and participated in resistance against the Mongols.

Nevertheless, Leo participated in the wars of the crusaders: his troops were present at the siege of Acre, and on 11 May 1191 he joined King Richard the Lionheart of England in the conquest of Cyprus.

Montaigu participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, which subsequently would remove the native ruling class, replacing it with a foreign, French-speaking aristocracy, to which the Montagus themselves belonged.

Bern, which had not participated in the Sempach war, took the opportunity and began its conquest of what would become the canton of Bern, sending military expeditions into the Jura, the Oberland, Emmental and Aargau.

After this, the inhabitants surrendered and were sold as slaves to the nobility and other gentlemen who participated in the war and after Granada ’ s conquest ; they proceed with the distribution of houses and land of the village to the Christians.

At least two of Eudes ' sons ( Alan and Brian ) participated in the Norman conquest of England.

Brian participated in the conquest of England and afterwards held the honor of Richmond, died without issue.

That discovery led to the Manila galleon trade route and those " Mexicans " referred to Criollos, Mestizos and Amerindians alluding to a plurality of persons who participated for a common end: the conquest of the Philippines in 1565.

He also participated in the conquest of Kiev in 1240.

An accomplished military leader, he participated in his father's conquest of Central Asia, along with his brothers and uncles.

Talaverian people participated in the conquest of America, like Francisco de Aguirre, Juan de Orellana and Jofrén de Loaisa.

He then fought in conflicts in different parts of Morocco and in 1492 participated in the Christian conquest of Granada on the side of the Castilians.

In 1828, the Khopyor Cossacks participated in the conquest of Karachay, and were part of the first Russian expedition to reach the summit of Elbrus in 1829.