Historical Figure

Francisco de Mendoza

Spanish nobleman and diplomat

Born: 1401 CE · Died: 1536 CE

About Francisco de Mendoza

Francisco López de Mendoza y Mendoza, in the literature often simply referred to as Francisco de Mendoza, was a Spanish nobleman, diplomat, general, and eventually bishop, who briefly played an important role in the Eighty Years' War.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Pandemic1545 CE – 1550 CE

Cocoliztli Epidemic

A catastrophic epidemic — likely a hemorrhagic fever caused by the indigenous Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi C, exacerbated by severe drought — killed an estimated 5–15 million people in Mexico, representing perhaps 80% of the surviving indigenous population and making it one of the deadliest epidemics in human history.