Archive for August 13th, 2009

In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztec Indians; it was the beginning of the end for the Aztecs Empire.
In 1587, Manteo becomes the first Native American to be converted to Protestantism and baptized into the Church of England.
In 1608, John Smith’s account of the early days of the Jamestown… »