Juan de Salcedo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish conquistador
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Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
About Juan de Salcedo
- Juan de Salcedo (Spanish pronunciation: ['xwan de sal'?eðo]; 1549 – March 11, 1576) was a Spanish conquistador.
- He was born in Mexico in 1549 and he was the grandson of Miguel López de Legazpi and brother of Felipe de Salcedo.
- Salcedo was one of the soldiers who accompanied the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in 1565.
- He joined the Spanish military in 1564 for their exploration of the East Indies and the Pacific, at the age of 15.
- In 1567, Salcedo led an army of about 300 Spanish and Mexican soldiers and 600 Visayan (Filipino) allies along with MartÃn de Goiti for their conquest of Islamic Manila (then under occupation by the Sultanate of Brunei).
- There they fought a number of battles against the Muslim leaders, mainly against Tarik Sulayman (ironically named from the Arabic ???? ?? ???? Tariq, Islamic conqueror of Spain before the Christian Spanish expelled the Muslims during the Reconquista).
- The Spanish officers, Mexican recruits and Filipino warriors coalesced in 1570 and 1571 to attack the Islamised areas of Luzon, for control of lands and settlements.
- William Scott called Salcedo, "the last of the Conquistadores." In May 1572, Salcedo led an exploration expedition of 45 Spaniards northward.
- Leaving 30 of his men at Vigan, Salcedo proceeded to sail around the northern coast, and down the eastern shore, with 15 men in 2 open boats.
- He returned to Manila 3 months later with 50 pounds of gold.In 1574, Salcedo hurried back to Manila, when that city was threatened by Limahong and he fought with his 600 warriors (300 Mexicans and Spaniards plus 300 local Filipino Militia) against 6,500 Chinese pirates and Japanese Ronins.
- After the Spanish success in the Battle of Manila (1574), Salcedo pursued Limahong to Pangasinan in 1575.
- There the Spaniards besieged the pirates for four months, before Limahong made good his escape.Salcedo died in March 1576, probably of dysentery, at the age of 27.His body is interred at the San Agustin Church in Intramuros.
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