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Puerto Rico in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Puerto Rico in Spain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1494–1509

Historical events in Puerto Rico

1494

1494
Discovery of Puerto Rico
Christopher Colombus · Exploration and Discovery

Discovers Puerto Rico

1509

1509
Capture of Puerto Rico
Ponce de Leon · Military

Seizes control of Puerto Rico & makes himself Governor

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Spain and Puerto Rico. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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