The first Spaingie dounset wis established in Februar 1519, as a result o the laundin o Hernán Cortés in the Yucatan Peninsula, accompaniet bi aboot 11 ships, 500 men, 13 horse an a smaw nummer o cannons. In Mairch 1519, Cortés formally claimit the laund for the Spaingie croun, an the conquest o the Aztec Empire, a key event in the Spaingie conquest o modren-day Mexico in general, wis completit in 1521.