Explorer Hernando Cortes

Hernando Cortes

Living place: Spain

Birthday: 2-12-1485

Global rank: #10417

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Who is Explorer Hernando Cortes?
Famous Spanish conquistador who led an expedition to the ruins of the Aztec Empire. He was not given the title of viceroy as he had hoped, but was given the name Marques del Valle de Oaxoaca.
He was one of the first Spanish settlers to begin the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended a prestigious Spanish university to fulfill his parents' hopes of becoming a lawyer.

Family life info

He was married to Dona Marina and he and Dona had a son named Martin Cortes, who is considered The First Mestizo.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Explorer Hernando Cortes?
Like Christopher Columbus, he died a rich but bitter man.

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When was Explorer Hernando Cortes born?
Hernando Cortes was born in 2-12-1485, death year is , at the age of 539.
Where is Explorer Hernando Cortes's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Hernando Cortes was born in Spain. is a Explorer, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Hernando Cortes's global rank is 10417 and whose rank is 7 in list of famous Explorer.
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Events in 1485 and 2-12

Birthday Hernando Cortes (2-12) in history

  • Day 2-12 year 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in Paris.
  • Day 2-12 year 1823: President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Day 2-12 year 1859: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
  • Day 2-12 year 1942: The first controlled nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
  • Day 2-12 year 1954: The Senate voted to condemn Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
  • Day 2-12 year 1970: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established.
  • Day 2-12 year 1982: Barney B. Clark became the first person to receive an artificial heart in a transplant operation.
  • Day 2-12 year 1988: Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head an Muslim nation.
  • Day 2-12 year 1990: Composer Aaron Copland died at age 90.
  • Day 2-12 year 1999: A Protestant and Catholic cabinet convened for the first time in Northern Ireland.
  • Day 2-12 year 2001: Enron Corp., under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for bankruptcy.
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