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The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
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Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco
Catholic university in Tlatelolco, Mexico City; oldest European school in the Americas
The Colegio de Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, is the first and oldest European school of higher learning in the Americas and the first major school of interpreters and translators in the New World. It was established by the Franciscans on January 6, 1536 with the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Antonio de Mendoza
1st Viceroy of New Spain, (r. 1535-50); 3rd Viceroy of Peru (r. 1551-52)
Antonio de Mendoza was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to 25 November 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551, until his death on 21 July 1552.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Juan de Zumárraga
15/16th-century Spanish Franciscan prelate; first bishop and Inquisitor of Mexico
Juan de Zumárraga, OFM was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and the first Bishop of Mexico. He was also the region's first inquisitor. He wrote Doctrina breve, the first book published in the Western Hemisphere by a European, printed in Mexico City in 1539.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 6
Day of the year
January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)