Ruy López de Villalobos was born in 1500.

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Ruy López de Villalobos died in 1546 due to a severe illness while traveling on the Pacific Ocean. He was a Spanish explorer known for his expeditions to the Philippines and other parts of the Pacific.

Ruy Lopez de Villalobos was a Spanish explorer and navigator who initially led an expedition to the Philippines in 1542. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi was a Spanish conquistador who later established the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines in 1565. Both played significant roles in the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, with Villalobos paving the way for later expeditions and Legazpi establishing Spanish authority in the region.

The Philippines was named after King Philip II of Spain, by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos in 1543.