1524

Events in 1524 3

• 1460 – 1524 Vasco da Gama Discovery of Sea Route to India The explorer who led the first fleet to reach India by sea, establishing Portugal as a global trade power.
• 1524 Alvarado invades the highlands Guatemala Pedro de Alvarado, with Spanish troops and thousands of Mexican allies, defeated the K'iche' and burned Q'umarkaj. Tecún Umán, killed in battle at Quetzaltenango, became Guatemala's national hero.
• 1524 – 1580 Luís de Camões National Poet Author of Os Lusíadas, the national epic poem celebrating the Portuguese voyages of discovery.