Hace 3 días · Founded in 1510, the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European city in the continental Americas. With the Capitulations of Santa Fe , the Crown of Castile granted expansive power to Christopher Columbus , including exploration, settlement, political power, and revenues, with sovereignty reserved to the Crown.
- Spanish real, Escudo (from 1537), Spanish dollar (from 1598), Spanish peseta (from 1869)
- Roman Catholicism
Hace 4 días · The Luso-Hispanic (or Iberian) Empire in 1598, during the reign of Philip I and II, King of Portugal and Spain. In 1580, King Philip II of Spain invaded Portugal after a crisis of succession brought about by King Sebastian of Portugal 's death during a disastrous Portuguese attack on Alcácer Quibir in Morocco in 1578.
- Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro (1808–1821)
- Monarchy (1415–1910), Republic (1910–1999)
- Portuguese
- Roman Catholicism (Official)
Hace 18 horas · 1510 in art – Birth of François Clouet, Death of Sandro Botticelli; 1500s. 1509 in art; 1508 in art; 1507 in art; 1506 in art – Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa (approximately) 1505 in art; 1504 in art – Michelangelo completes the David, Hieronymus Bosch completes The Garden of Earthly Delights; 1503 in art – Birth ...
Hace 1 día · At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) [10] and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District.
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Hace 2 días · Gustavo Adrián Cerati nació el 11 de agosto de 1959 en el barrio Barracas de Buenos Aires ( Argentina ); 4 hijo primogénito de Juan José Cerati y Lilian Clarke, quienes se conocieron trabajando como contador y taquidactilógrafa en Esso. 5 Era de ascendencia italiana por rama paterna e irlandesa por rama materna. 6 Sus hermanas son Estela y Laura. …
Hace 3 días · On April 17, 1975, Pot's forces captured Phnom Penh, the capital, two years after America had halted the bombings of their positions. His communist government, the Khmer Rouge, forced people out of the cities to clear jungles and establish a radical, Marxist agrarian society.
Hace 1 día · The Siege of Sarajevo (1992–1995) marked the most violent urban warfare in Europe since World War II at that time, as Serb forces bombarded and attacked Bosnian-controlled and populated areas of the city. War crimes occurred, including ethnic cleansing and the destruction of civilian property.