Explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

Living place: Spain

Birthday: 15-2-1519

Global rank: #44009

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Who is Explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles?
Spanish explorer and captain who founded St. Augustine, the first successful Spanish settlement in Florida, in 1565. When he set out he was under the reign of Philip II of Spain.
He served as the first Governor of Florida.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He began his career as a sailor with orders from King Philip II of Spain.

Family life info

He initially set out for Florida to try to locate his son, Juan, who was involved in a shipwreck in the area in 1561.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles?
He and Hernando De Soto were both famous Spanish explorers who traveled to the New World.

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When was Explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles born?
Pedro Menendez de Aviles was born in 15-2-1519, death year is , at the age of 505.
Where is Explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Pedro Menendez de Aviles was born in Spain. is a Explorer, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Pedro Menendez de Aviles's global rank is 44009 and whose rank is 63 in list of famous Explorer.
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Events in 1519 and 15-2

Birthday Pedro Menendez de Aviles (15-2) in history

  • Day 15-2 year 1764: The St. Louis was established. But at that time, it was just a French fur trading station.
  • Day 15-2 year 1879: President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
  • Day 15-2 year 1898: USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.
  • Day 15-2 year 1913: The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.
  • Day 15-2 year 1933: Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami.
  • Day 15-2 year 1965: The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.
  • Day 15-2 year 1989: More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.
  • Day 15-2 year 2002: Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.
  • Day 15-2 year 2003: Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq.
  • Day 15-2 year 2012: A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.
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