Mexico Timeline

Mexico Timeline

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		1200 BC - 300 AD - The Olmecs were the first true civilisation of South America and were the ancestors of the later cultures 300 - 1500's - The Mayans empire covered Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador 900's - 1100's - The Toltecs ruled Mexico and Guatemala from the 10th to the 12th century 1100'S- 1500'S - The Aztecs rose to power in Mexico during the 12th and 13th centuries and remained in control until the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th Century
	1502	Montezuma II (1466-1520) assumes Aztec throne
	1517	Spanish expedition under Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba (1475-1526) lands on Yucatan coast
	1519	Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) founds Veracruz Cortes enters Tenochtitlan and captures Moctezuma II ( aka Montezuma )
	1520	Montezuma II is killed
	1528	Juan de Zumarraga (1468-1548) arrives as bishop of Mexico City and begins native conversion to Catholicism
	1718	Franciscan missionaries settle in Texas which is of New Spain The Mission San Antonio de Valero was established which later became famous as the Alamo
	1803	Napoleon took Louisiana back from New Spain but sold it to the United States
	1810	Overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon September 16: Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811) preaches his Grito de Dolores, sparking rebellion and the War of Independence
	1811	Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is captured and executed
	1821	Spain recognizes Mexican independence with the Treaty of Cordoba
	1822	General Augustin de Iturbide assumes control as Emperor of Mexico
	1823	General Santa Anna deposes Iturbide, the monarchy fails, and a new constitution creates a federal republic
	1829	President Vicente Guerrero abolishes slavery
	1829	A Spanish attempt at re-conquest is halted by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876) Texas declares its independence
	1836	February 23 to March 6 - A band of 189 Texas volunteers defied a Mexican army of thousands for 13 days of siege at the Alamo April: Battle of San Jacinto - General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna is captured by Sam Houston
	1846	1846-1848 US-Mexican War
	1848	The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo reduces Mexico's territory by half, ceding present-day Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and part of Colorado to the U.S.
	1853	Santa Anna agrees to the Gadsden Purchase, ceding a further 48,000 square km (30,000 square mi) to the United States
	1863	The French occupy Mexico City and Napoleon III of France appoints Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria (1832-1867) as Emperor of Mexico
	1864	Maximilian is executed
	1910	1910-1920 Mexican Revolution where the figures of Madero, Huerta, Carranza, Villa and Zapata arise

Mexico Timeline

Mexico Timeline
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