MILITARY PERSONNEL

Juan de Salcedo

1549 - 1576

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Juan de Salcedo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan de salˈθeðo]; 1549 – 11 March 1576) was a Spanish conquistador. He was the grandson of Spanish general Miguel López de Legazpi. Salcedo was one of the soldiers who accompanied the Spanish conquest to the Philippines in 1565. He joined the Spanish military in 1564 at age 15, on their voyage of exploration to the East Indies and the Pacific, in search of rich resources such as gold and spice, and to find a passage to the islands were the previous Spanish expeditions led by Ferdinand Magellan had landed in 1521, and Ruy López de Villalobos in 1543. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Salcedo is the 1,892nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,908th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 342nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Juan de Salcedo ranks 1,892 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Yefremov, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Elmo Zumwalt, James Stockdale, Augustin Bizimungu, and Mikhail Mizintsev. After him are Nathan Hale, Moe Berg, John André, Sterling Price, Reginald Wingate, and Albert Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1549, Juan de Salcedo ranks 11. Before him are Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Philippe de Mornay, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Duchess Sabine of Württemberg, and Francis Solanus.  Among people deceased in 1576, Juan de Salcedo ranks 16. Before him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, Bálint Bakfark, Nicola Vicentino, Volcher Coiter, and Levina Teerlinc.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juan de Salcedo ranks 325 out of 729. Before him are Javier Valdivia (1941), Guillermo Ortiz (1939), Cecilia Suárez (1971), Melissa Barrera (1990), Jaime Belmonte (1934), and Ignacio Trelles (1916). After him are Salvador Sánchez (1959), Raúl Córdoba (1924), Marco Antonio Rodríguez (1973), Héctor Hernández (1935), Marcelo Ebrard (1959), and Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Mexico

Among military personnels born in Mexico, Juan de Salcedo ranks 4. Before him are Pancho Villa (1878), Ignacio Allende (1769), and Juan Aldama (1774). After him are Comandanta Ramona (1960).

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