This was the period when Spanish and Portuguese adventurers and missionaries first visited the country.

In 1637, increasing suspicion of the intentions of Spanish and Portuguese Catholic missionaries in Japan finally led the shogun to seal Japan off from all foreign influence.

In the American Southwest, especially New Mexico, a syncretism between the Catholicism brought by Spanish missionaries and the native religion is common ; the religious drums, chants, and dances of the Pueblo people are regularly part of Masses at Santa Fe's Saint Francis Cathedral.

The Spanish missionaries established the tree in the 18th century in California.

This is partly due to the reason that, aside from Spanish Jesuit missionaries, Spain had very little economic and colonization activity on the islands.

* 1570 – Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

* May 14 – Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey and begin the settlement of California.

In 1578, the Spanish took Sulu and in April attacked and captured Brunei itself, after demanding that the sultan cease proselytizing in the Philippines and, in turn, allow Christian missionaries to be active in his kingdom.

( These saints were assigned by the Spanish missionaries so that each Pueblo's feast day would coincide with a traditional ceremony.

Colonial expansion under the crown of Castile was initiated by the Spanish conquistadores and developed by the Monarchy of Spain through its administrators and missionaries.

The many native expressions, forms, practices, and items of art could be considered idolatry and prohibited or destroyed by Spanish missionaries, military, and civilians.

Initially, relations of the Spanish settlers with Taos Pueblo were amicable, but resentment of meddling by missionaries, and demands by encomenderos for tribute, led to a revolt in 1640 ; Taos Indians killed their priest and a number of Spanish settlers, and fled the pueblo, not returning until 1661.

Most of modern American production of apricots comes from the seedlings carried to the west coast by Spanish missionaries.

The Spanish were accompanied by missionaries, Catholic friars.

The Books of Chilam Balam contain mythological passages of great antiquity, and mythological fragments are found scattered among the early-colonial Spanish chronicles and reports, chief among them Diego de Landa's Relación, and in the dictionaries compiled by the early missionaries.

The settlers introduced European livestock, fruits, vegetables, cattle, horses and ranching into the California region ; however, the Spanish occupation of California also brought with it serious negative consequences to the Native American populations with whom the missionaries came in contact.

In response to the proclamation, Father Barona refused to take the oath of allegiance to what he saw as the " bogus republic of Mexico " despite the fact that he, along with all but two of the other Spanish missionaries, had previously sworn to the Independence of Mexico.

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The first quarter of the 19th century showed the continuation of the slow colonization of the southern and central California coast by Spanish missionaries, ranchers and troops.

In fact, the human remains were of the native Miwuk people killed by Spanish soldiers after they banded together to rise against Spanish missionaries.

In 1691 Spanish missionaries came across a small Payaya Indian community along what was then known as the Yanaguana River on the feast day of Saint Anthony, June 13.

Nonetheless, the only version of this document which has survived was transcribed well after the Spanish Conquest and may contain concepts introduced by European missionaries.

Another famous abjuration was brought about by the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe of July 26, 1581, the formal Declaration of Independence of the Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II.

Jewish refugees from the Spanish Inquisition from 1560 brought new trades, most notably chocolate-making, which is still important in Bayonne.

With the arrival of the Europeans the Spaniards brought the horses, mules and donkey ( which developed into the Paso Fino ) used by them in ranching duties later in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

He ascended to the throne when he was 25 years of age, as his city was being besieged by the Spanish and devastated by an epidemic of smallpox brought to the New World by Spanish invaders.

Dyes from the New World such as cochineal and logwood were brought to Europe by the Spanish treasure fleets, and the dyestuffs of Europe were carried by colonists to America.

The period after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 brought new difficulties for Elizabeth that lasted the fifteen years until the end of her reign.

This brought his artistic talents to the attention of the Spanish monarchs who later would give him access to the royal court.

Five years later, in 1680, he was brought to London to succeed Joshua da Silva as Hakham of London where he served for 15 years as the hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in London.

This instrument also found its way to parts of Italy that were under Spanish domination ( especially Sicily and the papal states under the Borgia pope Alexander VI who brought many Catalan musicians to Italy ), where it was known as the viola da mano.

The Spanish conquistadors brought cows, goats, and sheep to the New World, permanently changing Mexican dietary habits.

The Spanish also brought techniques to make cheeses from their homeland, such as manchego.

In the west and highland areas where the Spanish settled, the indigenous population was almost completely wiped out by the rapid spread of new diseases brought by the Spaniards, for which the native population had no immunity, and the virtual enslavement of the remainder of the indigenous people.

The Spanish colonists brought the olive to the New World where its cultivation prospered in present-day Peru and Chile.

Pigs were brought to southeastern North America from Europe by Hernando de Soto and other early Spanish explorers.

With a contribution of 1. 1 % to Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ), the export sector has brought stability to the Spanish economy.

However, at this time in Spain, translation of biblical texts into Spanish was not viewed favorably, and the translation of the Song of Songs was one of the main charges of supposed heresy brought against him when in 1572 he was imprisoned in Valladolid-though released after four years with an admonition.

In 1783, the proclamation of a Cedula of Population by the Spanish Crown granted 32 acres ( 129, 000 m² ) of land to each Roman Catholic who settled in Trinidad and half as much for each slave that they brought.

Spanish and Portuguese sailors and explorers brought vanilla into Africa and Asia later that century.

However, the Spanish Civil War brought a decline of the genre, and after the war, its extinction as a live genre was almost total.

Around 1592, the Spanish galleon San Clemente brought 50 kilograms ( 110 lb ) of tobacco seed to the Philippines over the Acapulco-Manila trade route.

He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's " Caravan " and " Perdido " which brought the " Spanish Tinge " to big-band jazz.

In 1809 the struggle for independence from the Spanish rule brought uprisings against the royalist forces.

The Catalano-Aragonese were followed by the Spanish Habsburgs, whose dominion, ending in 1702, brought some stylish elegance to the city.