A short time-line:
1523 - 25 Pedro de Alvarado 'subdued' the Maya of Guatemala.
1526 Francisco de Montejo received a royal 'permit' to conquer the "Island of Campeche and Yucatan" along with the title of Adelantado.
1527 Monejo's party landed at Cabo Catoche and made the first unsuccessful attempt at conquest.
1531 Montejo founded the town of Campeche and colonization began.
1534 Fry Jacobo Testera, a Franciscan missionary, arrived in Campeche establishing monasteries there and in Champoton. Other Franciscans followed, proving more successful than armies in consolidating the conquest.
1542 Francisco de Montejo, son of the Adelntado, founded the city of Merida on the site of T'Ho.
1543 Valladolid founded on te site of Zaci.
1546 Last hold-out groups in the eastern portions of the peninsula were subdued.
1697 Island kingdom of Tayasal in Lake Peen Itza forced to submit to Spanish rule.
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