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Encyclopedia: Pedro de Mendoza

Pedro de Mendoza (c.1487–June 23 1537), was a Spanish conquistador, and the first adelantado of the Río de la Plata.

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How to say "Pedro de Mendoza" in other languages:

	(German)	Pedro de Mendoza
	(Spanish)	Pedro de Mendoza

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1536

Years: 1533 1534 1535 - 1536 - 1537 1538 1539 Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 19 - Execution of Anne Boleyn May 30 - Henry VIII...

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Buenos Aires

, 1536 by a Spanish gold-seeking expedition under Pedro de Mendoza. However, attacks by indigenous... production of textiles, chemicals, paper, clothing, beverages. History Spaniard seaman Pedro de SolÃ... located at the southern side of the mouth of the Plata River ( Rio de la Plata ), on the southeast...

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February 2

- Battle of Diu takes place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey. 1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is... nine years of military occupation. 1990 - Apartheid: In South Africa President F.W. de Klerk allows...

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List of Presidents of Catalonia

Vilar 1485-1488 Juan Payo Coello 1488-1491 Joan de Peralta 1491-1494 Francí Vicenç 1494-1497 Pedro de Mendoza 1497-1500 Alfons d'Aragó 1500-1503 Ferrer Nicolau de Gualbes i Desvalls 1503-1504... From 1359 to 1367, the highest-ranking deputy of the Generalitat de Catalunya filled the role of a...

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Martin Guerre

cardinal, and then later in the army of Pedro de Mendoza. As part of the Spanish army, he was eventually... Sueur and the other by Jean de Coras, one of the trial judges in Toulouse. Throughout the ages, this... are cited as evidence. The 1982 film Le Retour de Martin Guerre (directed by Daniel Vigne and...

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Patagonia

Chilean side. Pedro de Mendoza, on whom the country was next bestowed, lived to found Buenos Aires...) and Hurtado de Mendoza (1558) helped to make known the western coasts, and Sir Francis Drake's voyage... several reasons; but the geography of Patagonia owes more to Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1579-1580...

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