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Juan Ponce de León

Spanish explorer and conquistador

7 dated entries naming Juan Ponce de León, drawn from 6 separate years between 1508 CE and 1521 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1508August 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.source
  • 1509May 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.source
  • 1511March 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.source
  • 1512Juan Ponce de León discovers the Turks and Caicos Islands.source
  • 1513April 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.source
  • 1513March 27 – Juan Ponce de León becomes the first European definitely known to sight Florida, mistaking it for another island.source
  • 1521July – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460)source

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