For Mar 12:
In 1550 - Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro
de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the
Arauco War in present-day Chile. ~ Several hundred against 60,000.
And several hundred won? Hmmm.
In 1622 - Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the
Jesuits, are canonized as saints by the Catholic Church. ~ Of course.