Historical Events
- Jul 25 The City of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil
- Jul 30 St Augustine's Abbey, one of the most important monasteries in England, is dissolved - its Abbot John Essex and 30 monks leave voluntarily, before it is ransacked [1]
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Diego de Almagro (1475-1538)
Jul 8 Castilian-Spanish conquistador of Chile and Peru, as "El Adelantado", executed by garotte and beheaded at Las Salinas at about 63 (born c. 1475)
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