20 Jan 1530 Jahr - Sent on a mission to penetrate the interior of Mexico and to conquer the Kingdom of Michoacán, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés leads a group of soldiers across the Lerma river through Cuitzeo and proceeds northwest.[2] They arrive at Tonalá on March 24 and then take possession of the regions south of the Santiago River and north and west of Lake Chapala (Band der Zeit)