Timeline Sunday 15 August 1537

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Sunday 15 August 1537

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1537 Founding of Asunción Spanish fort established on the Paraguay River Spanish conquistador Juan de Salazar de Espinosa founded the fort of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción on the Paraguay River. The settlement grew into the city of Asunción, later the capital of Paraguay.

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