 Text search
 Related images
 HistoryWorld
 Link
 Map
Click the icons to visit linked content. Hover to see the search terms. |
|  |
| | | | | | | |
|
| 1537 |
| | | With the end of the siege of Cuzco, and the flight of Manco Inca, the Spanish have full control of Peru | |
| |
|
| 1542 |
| | | New Laws are passed in Spain, in an attempt to protect the Indians on the encomiendas of Spanish America | |
| |
|
| 1545 |
| | | Rich seams of silver are discovered at Potosi, in modern Bolivia | |
| |
|
| 1548 |
| | | La Paz is founded on the trade route between Lima and the newly discovered silver mines at Potosi | |
| |
|
| c. 1550 |
| | | Spanish galleons assemble each year at Portobelo to deliver European goods and to ship home the metals of Latin America | |
| |
|
| 1556 |
| | | Charles V abdicates, handing the Netherlands and Spain to his son Philip and the title of Holy Roman emperor to his brother Ferdinand | |
| |
|
| 1556 |
| | | The division by Charles V of his territories means that there are now two Habsburg empires, Austrian and Spanish | |
| |
|
| 1571 |
| | | The Spanish governor general, Legazpi, makes his capital at Manila,and names the surrounding islands the Philippines after Philip II | |
| |
|
| 1571 |
| | | The Philippines and its governor general are placed under the authority of the Spanish governor of New Spain, ruling from Mexico City | |
| |
|
| 1571 |
| | | Spanish and Venetian galleys defeat the Turks in the battle of Lepanto | |
| |
|
| | | | | |
| |