De Goiti, Martin d. 1575 Spanish Conquistador. The founder of Manila, Philippines, he served with Felipe de Salcedo, Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi, and Juan de Salcedo, for the Conquest of the Philippines in 1565. In 1569, he was ordered by Legazpi to begin an expedition. On May 8, 1570, de Goiti, and 300 men arrived in the kingdom of the Muslim ruler Rajah Suliman, and after several battles, he and his men captured or killed several Lakandula, Matanda, and Suliman forces, many of whom refused to be ruled by the Spaniards...[Read More] (Bio by: K) San Augustin Church, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines
De Salcedo, Juan b. 1549 d. March 11, 1576 Spanish Conquistador. Born in Mexico, de Salcedo was one of the last great conquistadors. He was the grandson of Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi, and the brother of Felipe de Salvedo, two other well-known conquistadors. In 1564 when he was 15, the young de Salcedo joined his grandfather and brother for the Conquest of the Philippines. In 1569, he led an army of 300 soldiers including Martin de Goiti for the conquest of Manila. When they arrived there, they fought several battles against the Muslim...[Read More] (Bio by: K) San Augustin Church, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines
Lopez De Legazpi, Miguel b. 1502 d. August 20, 1572 1st Govenor and Captain General of the Philippines, Spanish Conquistador. Born in Zumarraga, Guipuzcoa, Spain in 1502. He moved to New Spain (Mexico) in 1528 and married Isabel Garces. They had nine children together before her death in the mid 1550's. In those years he worked as leader of the financial department council and Civil Govenor of Mexico City. By the order of King Philip II and commissioned by Viceroy Luis de Velasco, to find the Spice Islands first discovered by the Magellan...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Caldwell) San Augustin Church, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital, Philippines Plot: corridor next to altar
b. 1502 d. August 20, 1572