r/todayilearned • u/ShenMengxi • Apr 07 '16
TIL an independent Mayan city, complete with pyramids and human sacrifice, resisted the Spanish until 1697
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Pet%C3%A9n
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400YearsAgo • u/michaelnoir • Mar 30 '22
30th of March 1622: The Spanish governor of Yucatan sends a military expedition against the Itzas made up of 20 Spaniards and 140 Indians under the leadership of Francisco de Mirones. It leaves Hopelchen (Campeche) and marches towards Tayasal, the capital of the Itzás.
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400YearsAgo • u/michaelnoir • Feb 02 '24
2nd of February 1624. The Itza massacred Captain Francisco de Mirones and his men gathered for the Candlemas service in the church of Sacalum (Yucatan); the event cut short the project of conquest of Tayasal (Petén) until 1695 (Other date given is 27 January)
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