When was Bartolomé de Las Casas born?

by Yhato

I'm sorry if this is not the right subreddit for this, but I've been reading up on him and I keep finding conflicting dates of birth. Some say 1474, others 1484. Where did this inconsistancy come from?

lolzxx94

His birth year was believed to 1474 for years, but in the 1970s documents from a lawsuit were discovered in the Archivo General de Indias (an archive of Spanish Empire documents) that showed his birth was actually 1484. Since then, biographers/historians have used the 84 date, but you'll still find resources showing the 74 date, written before the discovery or based on docs from before.