Spanish period of Belize

Spanish
Spanish
1500–1638
Location	Belize
Including	Conquest (to 1544); Post conquest (to 1638);
Monarch(s)	Catholic Monarchs (first); Philip IV (last);
Leader(s)	Melchor Pacheco (first); Julio Sanchez de Aguilar (last);
Key events	Spanish conquest; Catholic prosyletisation; rise of piracy; Maya rebellion;
Postclassic	Precolonial

The Spanish period of Belizean history began with the arrival of the Spanish in 1500, and ended with the Tipu rebellion in 1638. The period was marked by Spanish conquest and ensuing attempts at establishing political, economic, and religious authority, all of which succeeded to varying degrees, especially in northern Belize. Further trends included the rise of Elizabethan piracy in the 1570s, and of Maya resistance to Spanish rule in the 1600s.^{[n 1]}
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