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After the conquest, Aguilar became a vecino (resident) of Mexico City. For his contributions, he was awarded two encomiendas by Alonso de Estrada in 1526. He died in 1531 without heirs and his encomiendas reverted to the Crown. [4] His house in Mexico City later became the site of the first printing press to operate in the New World. [5]
Geronimo's chief, Mangas Coloradas (Spanish for "red sleeves"), sent him to Cochise's band for help in his revenge against the Mexicans. [24] It was during this incident that the name Geronimo came about. This appellation stemmed from a battle in which, ignoring a deadly hail of bullets, he repeatedly attacked Mexican soldiers with a knife.
After the conquest of Mexico, Tlamaco became a Spanish encomienda, as recorded in the Painting of the governor, mayors and aldermen of Mexico of 1556; [5] However, the assignment of the encomienda by Hernán Cortés dates back to 1530 with the early conquest of the territories of Atitalaquia.
An orthographic projection map detailing the present-day location and territorial extent of Mexico in North America.. This is a list of conflicts in Mexico arranged chronologically starting from the Pre-Columbian era (Lithic, Archaic, Formative, Classic, and Post-Classic periods/stages of North America; c. 18000 BCE – c. 1521 CE) up to the colonial and postcolonial periods (c. 1521 CE ...
In response to the incident, General John J. Pershing led the United States Army into Mexico with the intention of capturing, or killing, General Villa. On March 27, Villa and his army made a simultaneous nighttime attack on the towns of San Ysidro , Minaca and Guerrero, which were held by federal Carrancista troops whom Villa was also ...
The Battle of Pueblo Viejo, which took place on September 10-11, marked the end of the Spanish conquest attempts in Mexico. General Isidro Barradas signed the capitulation of Pueblo Viejo, in the presence of generals Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Manuel de Mier y Terán , and Felipe de la Garza.
The Spanish Colonial era of the History of Mexico, as part of the Spanish colonial empire.; Colonial Mexico was the center of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Nueva España) — From initial 16th century expeditions and the conquest of Tenochtitlán (1521), through the centuries, until the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) was won in 1821.
Geronimo (martyr) (1534–1569), Arab Christian martyr; Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489–1531), Franciscan friar involved in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire; Geronimo Albertini, Catholic prelate and Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1545–1548) Geronimo Allison (born 1994), American football player