What the records say
- When
- 26 May 1524
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 15.50° N, 90.25° W
- Description
- Atiquipaque, the most important city of the Xinca people, is conquered by the Spanish, resulting in a significant reduction in the Xinca population.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
Spanish conquest of Guatemala
1524–1697 defeat of Mayan kingdoms
In a protracted conflict during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonisers gradually incorporated the territory that became the modern country of Guatemala into the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. Before the conquest, this territory contained a number of competing Mesoamerican kingdoms, the majority of which were Maya.
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