{"slug": "juan-ponce-de-leon", "label": "Juan Ponce de León", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185974", "qid": "Q185974", "description": "Spanish explorer and conquistador", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1508, 1521], "span_label": ["1508 CE", "1521 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "puerto-rico", "label": "Puerto Rico", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "taino", "label": "Taíno", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-america", "label": "North America", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – The Spanish settlement of Puerto Rico begins when Juan Ponce de León lands on the island. Upon his arrival, Ponce is welcomed by Agüeybaná I, the island's leader a Cacique of the Taíno people. The Spanish explorer soon settles and founds the city of Caparra, near what is now the town of Guaynabo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#July–September", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1509, "year_label": "1509 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – Juan Ponce de León obtains authorization to bring his family from Spain to his home in the Casa de Contratación in Caparra, Puerto Rico.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369335853#April–June", "title": "1509", "revid": 1369335853, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1511, "year_label": "1511 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – On the island of Puerto Rico, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León leads an incursion at Yahuecas against the local Taino warriors, commanded by Chief Urayoán.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367291242#January–March", "title": "1511", "revid": 1367291242, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1512, "year_label": "1512 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Juan Ponce de León discovers the Turks and Caicos Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323795843#Date_unknown", "title": "1512", "revid": 1323795843, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – Juan Ponce de León becomes the first European definitely known to sight Florida, mistaking it for another island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#January–March", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Juan Ponce de León and his expedition become the first Europeans known to visit Florida, landing somewhere on the east coast. One of the expedition, Juan Garrido, becomes the first African known to visit North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#April–June", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July", "text": "July – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#Deaths", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Deaths"}}]}