On July 7, 1520, the Spanish and Aztecs fought a battle that would forever change the Western Hemisphere. The Battle of Otumba became a crucial turning point in the Spanish conquest of Mexico and determined the fate of Hernán Cortés and his expedition. In…
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On June 7, 1494, two rival powers sat down to sign a treaty that would shape North and South America for the centuries that followed. Following the reports of Christopher Columbus’s discoveries in the Americas, Spanish rulers Ferdinand and Isabella went to the Vatican to help back Spanish…
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The Spanish Armada, a formidable naval force assembled by King Philip II of Spain, embarked on its fateful expedition beginning on May 28, 1588. Comprising 130 ships and approximately 30,000 men, including sailors, soldiers, and support personnel, the Armada’s mission was to overthrow Queen…
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On April 30, 1492, Christopher Columbus, an ambitious navigator from Genoa, was named admiral of the ocean, viceroy, and governor of any territory he claimed for Spain. The move by the two Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, launched…
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