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Pedro de Alvarado

• 1541 – Death of Pedro de Alvarado, conquistador, Governor and Captain general of the Kingdom of Guatemala (b. 1485).
• 1574 – Captain Luis de Fuentes y Vargas, the first Spaniard to begin exploring the territory of what is now southern Bolivia, founds the Villa de San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarija, in honor of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
• 1577 – Death of Rodrigo de la Haya, Spanish sculptor (b. c. 1520).
• 1580 – Death of Santos de Aliseda, Spanish composer and Chapel master (b. ?).
• 1710 – Pablo Presbere, native King of the community of Suinse, in Costa Rica, who led a rebellion during which several missionaries and soldiers were killed, is executed (b. c. 1670).
• 1776 – George Washington invites Bernardo de Gálvez and Diego de Gardoqui to the 4th of July military parade commemorating the Independence of the United States, in gratitude for their decisive contribution in favor of the Continental Army.
• 1802 – Birth of Laureano Pineda, Nicaraguan politician, twice supreme director (d. 1853).
• 1811 – In the Captaincy General of Chile the First National Congress is held, presided over by Juan Antonio Ovalle.
• 1811 – The Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree, the last degree of the Masonic rite derived from the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite that was practiced in France in the mid-18th century, is founded in Spain.
• 1818 – On the Queguay Chico River (Uruguay), during the Portuguese–Brazilian invasion, the Uruguayan forces of Fructuoso Rivera and José Artigas defeat the Brazilians of Bento Manuel Ribeiro at the Battle of Queguay Chico.
• 1824 – The Constitution of the United Provinces of Central America is established.
• 1864 – The Spanish Red Cross is founded in Spain.
• 1903 – The Philippine–American War officially ends, leaving a toll of more than a million Filipino civilians dead.
• 1946 – By the Treaty of Manila, the Philippines becomes independent from the United States after the end of World War II.
• 1973 – The Caribbean Community is founded, initially made up of Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.
• 1976 – In Buenos Aires (Argentina), under the National Reorganization Process, three priests and two seminarians are murdered.
• 2007 – The Spanish Wikipedia reaches its 250,000th article.