Miguel López de Legazpi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Miguel López de Legazpi

Spanish navigator and colonial governor

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1502

Place of Birth: Zumárraga, Spain

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1572

Profession: military personnel, politician, explorer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Miguel López de Legazpi (Spanish pronunciation: [mi'?el 'lope? ðe le'?a?pi]; c.
1502 – August 20, 1572), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish navigator and governor who established the first Spanish settlement in the East Indies when his expedition crossed the Pacific Ocean from the Viceroyalty of New Spain in modern-day Mexico, arrived in Cebu of the Philippine Islands, 1565.
He was the first Governor-General of the Spanish East Indies which included the Philippines and other Pacific archipelagos, namely Guam and the Marianas Islands.
After obtaining peace with various indigenous nations and kingdoms, he made Cebu the capital of the Spanish East Indies in 1565 and later transferred to Manila in 1571.
The capital city of the province of Albay bears his name.