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Below is a timeline of the history of Paraguay: ==Early settlement== 1516: Conquistador Juan Díaz de Solís leads an unsuccessful expedition to explore the area later known as Paraguay. 1524: Portuguese explorer Aleixo Garcia leads a Guaraní army of 200 across the Gran Chaco. 1526: Navigator Sebastian Cabot sails up the River Paraná and establishes a settlement known as Sancti Spiritu. 1530: Conquistador Don Pedro de Mendoza attempts to reach the area, but fails at the banks of the River Plate. His second in command Juan de Ayolas sails up the River Paraguay and discovers Cabot's abandoned settlement. Domingo Martínez de Irala, another sailor, joins him and is appointed lieutenant to take charge of the region. Ayolas ventures into the Chaco and disappears. 1537: Explorers Juan de Salazar de Espinosa and Gonzalo de Mendoza sail upstream to meet Irala, who guides them to a safe area to dock. A fort is constructed on the bank on August 15 and named Asunción for the Catholic feast day. It becomes an entrepôt for goods being shipped up the continent and later the colony's capital. Settlers are given the right to elect leaders of the colony. 1541: The garrison of Buenos Aires evacuates and resettles in Asunción. 1542: The province of Paraguay appointed the Viceroyalty of Peru. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca appointed governor. 1543-44: War over the location of the seat of government breaks out. Vaca moves towards Lima, is defeated by the Indians and returns to Spain. Irala is re-appointed governor. 1544–1555: Irala modernizes Paraguay by introducing agriculture and local industry. He repairs relations with the natives. 1556: Irala dies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of Paraguayan history」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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