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Subjects included are the reconquest of New Mexico, the collection of taxes, official appointments, Indian affairs, and religious matters. Items of note are Diego de Vargas' journal of the Reconquest (1694-1790), Commandante General Pedro de Nava's refusal of... Dates: 1684-1863. Found in: New Mexico State Records Center and Archives / Alice ...
Dec 21, 1998 · Don Diego de Vargas, a Spanish nobleman, came to America seeking glory, increased wealth, and adventure. His moment of glory came in 1692 when he led the reconquest of New Mexico. He died in New Mexico on April 8, 1704, the day after signing this document—his last will and testament.
Diego de Vargas ( b. 1643; d. 8 April 1704), Spanish governor and recolonizer of New Mexico (1691–1697; 1703–1704). Heir of a proud but indebted noble house in Madrid, Vargas sailed for New Spain in 1673. Appointed by the viceroy, he was commended for his service as Alcalde Mayor of Teutila (Oaxaca) (1673–1679) and Tlalpujahua (Michoacán ...
As much a survivor as her fellow human exiles, La Conquistadora “resided” in an El Paso mission church from 1680 to 1693. When Don Diego de Vargas led the reconquest of New Mexico in 1693, he brought La Conquistadora as precious cargo on the first caravan of returning soldiers and settlers.
T HE exploits of Don Diego de Vargas, governor of New Mexico during the critical years 1691-1697, and again in 1703~1704, are well known-the prodigious story of how with a handful of men he reconquered and recolonized the region for Spain following the bloody Pueblo Indian up rising of 1680, and its twelve succeeding years of Pueblo ,Independenc...
Lansing B. Bloom; Diego de Vargas and the Reconquest of New Mexico, 1692–1704. By Jessie B. Bailey. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1940. viii + 2
The following year, in exchange for a payment of 2,500 pesos, Diego de Vargas received the royal commission to become the next governor of the colony in exile. Preparations and travel time delayed his arrival at his new post in El Paso until February of 1691.
