Juan de Garay

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Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
colonial administrator
human
activityStart mid-16th century
allegiance Spanish Crown
birthDate 1528
birthPlace Biscay
Crown of Castile
Orduña
burialPlace Santa Fe region
causeOfDeath attack by indigenous group
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spain
deathDate 1583
deathPlace Viceroyalty of Peru
near Carcarañá River
present-day Santa Fe Province
ethnicGroup Basque
familyName de Garay
founded Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
givenName Juan
knownFor exploration of the Río de la Plata region
founding Santa Fe
re-founding Buenos Aires
languageSpoken Spanish
mannerOfDeath killed in an ambush
name Juan de Garay
notableEvent led expedition from Asunción to the Río de la Plata
organized settlement of colonists in Buenos Aires
notableWork distribution of land grants in Buenos Aires
urban layout of re-founded Buenos Aires
occupation colonial administrator
conquistador
explorer
participantIn Spanish colonization of the Americas
conquest of the Río de la Plata region
positionHeld colonial official in Asunción
governor in the Río de la Plata region
re-foundationDateOfBuenosAires 1580
re-founded Buenos Aires
Ciudad de la Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires
region Río de la Plata
present-day Argentina
present-day Paraguay
religion Roman Catholicism

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Juan de Garay
name
Buenos Aires
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