Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
16/17th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial governor in New Spain
🗓️ 30 April 1598
Juan de Oñate y Salazar was a Spanish conquistador, explorer and viceroy of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain, in the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico. He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Plains and Lower Colorado River Valley, encountering numerous indigenous tribes in their homelands there. Oñate founded settlements in the province, now in the Southwestern United States.
