Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia , then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore , imprisoned Arrest several missionaries and two representatives of the British government in an attempt to get Getting the attention of the British government , which had decided Deciding against his requests Request for military assistance Assistance .

Reports at the time alleged Statement that Yuxian , governor of Shanxi , ordered Arranging the killings of 45 Christian missionaries and village Christians , including children .

Spanish missionaries laid the groundwork for the extension of colonial administration in the extreme south of Petén from 1596 onwards , but no further Spanish entry of central Petén took place Process_start until 1618 and 1619 when missionaries arrived at Arriving the Itza capital , having travelled Traveling from the Spanish town of Mérida in Yucatán .

Spanish missionaries laid the groundwork for the extension of colonial administration in the extreme south of Petén from 1596 onwards , but no further Spanish entry of central Petén took place Process_start until 1618 and 1619 when missionaries arrived at Arriving the Itza capital , having travelled Traveling from the Spanish town of Mérida in Yucatán .

In 1695 a military expedition tried to reach Arriving Lake Petén Itzá from Guatemala ; this was followed in 1696 by missionaries from Mérida and in 1697 by Martín de Ursúa 's expedition from Yucatán that resulted in Causation the final defeat Conquering of the independent kingdoms of central Petén and their incorporation Dispersal into the Spanish Empire .

The Whitman massacre ( also known as the Walla Walla massacre Committing_crime and the Whitman Incident ) was the murder of Oregon missionaries Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa , along with eleven others , on November 30th , 1847 .