Spanish conquest and colonization of Panama and the Central American isthmus (1513–1540)

1. Santa María la Antigua del Darién founded

   Sep 1, 1510Labels: Santa Mar, Gulf of

   • Britannica Dari n

2. Castilla del Oro becomes an official jurisdiction

   May 1, 1513Labels: Castilla del, Spanish Crown

   • Encyclopedia com
   • Castilla de Oro

3. Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean

   Sep 25, 1513Labels: Vasco N, Pacific Ocean

   • Balboa
   • Smithsonian

4. Pedrarias arrives to govern Castilla del Oro

   Jun 1, 1514Labels: Pedro Arias, Castilla del

   • Britannica
   • History of Panama

5. Acla founded as a Caribbean outpost

   Jan 1, 1515Labels: Acla, Pedro Arias

   • Acla
   • Britannica

6. Balboa executed at Acla

   Jan 12, 1519Labels: Vasco N, Acla

   • Balboa
   • Britannica

7. Panama City founded on the Pacific coast

   Aug 15, 1519Labels: Panama City, Pedro Arias

   • Britannica
   • Panama City

8. González Dávila explores toward Costa Rica and Nicaragua

   Jan 1, 1522Labels: Gil Gonz, Andr s

   • Britannica
   • Gonz lez D

9. Natá established as an interior Spanish town

   May 20, 1522Labels: Nat, interior settlement

   • Historia Panam
   • Nat

10. Hernández de Córdoba founds Granada and León

    Jan 1, 1524Labels: Francisco Hern, Granada and

    • Britannica
    • Nicaragua conquest

11. Santa María la Antigua del Darién abandoned

    Jan 1, 1524Labels: Santa Mar, Panama City

    • Dari n
    • Panama City

12. Real Audiencia of Panama created

    Feb 26, 1538Labels: Real Audiencia, Panama City

    • Audiencia
    • Real Audiencia