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1 day ago · This can in part be explained by a series of difficulties the expedition had to go through between the departure from Spain and the arrival to the strait. Philip II's inaction despite repeated pleas by Sarmiento to aid the ailing colony has been attributed to the strain on Spain's resources that resulted from wars with England and Dutch rebels.
- 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
- Isabella of Portugal
1 day ago · Contemporary illustration of the 1868 Washita Massacre by the 7th Cavalry against Black Kettle's band of Cheyennes, during the American Indian Wars. Violence and conflict with colonists were also important causes of the decline of certain Indigenous American populations since the 16th century. Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European colonization have ...
8 hours ago · The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 2 May 1808 (sometimes 27 October 1807) – 17 April 1814, (5 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
8 hours ago · Tsardom of Russia establishes itself as a new power in Europe. Decline of Swedish Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) including. Queen Anne's War; Austria Dutch Republic Savoy Great Britain Prussia Portugal France. Spain Bavaria. British victory. Treaty of Utrecht:
1 day ago · El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, United States, Canada and Spain Ethnicity Primarily Salvadoran , but also Honduran , Guatemalan and Mexican [5] [6]
- 1980s
- Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California, United States
- 1980s–present
1 day ago · Most settled in New England, but some went as far as the West Indies. Theologically, the Puritans were "non-separating Congregationalists." The Puritans created a deeply religious, socially tight-knit and politically innovative culture that is still present in the modern United States. They hoped this new land would serve as a "redeemer nation."
8 hours ago · Map of the departments of Puerto Rico during Spanish provincial times (1886).. The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1493, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taínos.
