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!Date | |||
!Event | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
==Spanish Mexico == | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===Under the reign of Charles V === | |||
|- | |||
|1517 | |||
|the conquistador Francisco Hernández de Córdoba discovers the Yucatán. | |||
|- | |||
|1521 | |||
|capture of Mexico after a siege of three months. End of the Aztec Empire. | |||
|- | |||
|August 13, 1521 | |||
|Hernán Cortés governs New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|December 9, 1528 | |||
|Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán is appointed president of the first Audiencia. | |||
|- | |||
|January 10, 1531 | |||
|the second Audiencia composed of Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, Vasco de Quiroga, Juan de Salmerón, Alonso de Maldonado, Francisco Ceinos. | |||
|- | |||
|April 17, 1535 | |||
|Don Antonio de Mendoza is the first viceroy of New Spain | |||
|- | |||
|January 25, 1553 | |||
|Viceroy Luis de Velasco inaugurates the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Philip II === | |||
|- | |||
|November 28, 1607 | |||
|Viceroy Luis de Velasco (son) orders the start of work on the Huehuetoca canal to control the floods in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|1610 | |||
|Viceroy Luis de Velasco (son) receives the first Japanese embassy composed of Luis Sotelo and Shōsuke Tanaka. | |||
|- | |||
|August 20, 1611 | |||
|major earthquake in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|1616 | |||
|drought and famine in New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|1620 | |||
|Viceroy Diego Fernández de Córdoba had an aqueduct built with 900 arches to supply Mexico City with water. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
=== During the reign of Philip IV === | |||
|- | |||
|March 7, 1623 | |||
|Viceroy Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel orders the start of drainage works in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|January 17, 1637 | |||
|earthquake in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|April 22, 1639 | |||
|a bull from Pope Urban VIII prohibits slavery in Latin America. | |||
|- | |||
|1641 | |||
|Viceroy Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla sends an expedition of Jesuits to colonize California. | |||
|- | |||
|1651 | |||
|famine in Yucatan. | |||
|- | |||
|December 22, 1667 | |||
|second consecration of the Cathedral of Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Charles II === | |||
|- | |||
|June 6, 1675 | |||
|first mint of gold coins in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|July 12, 1684 | |||
|solar eclipse in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|1685 | |||
|René Robert Cavelier de La Salle establishes Fort Saint-Louis in Victoria New Spain (now Texas). | |||
|- | |||
|1692 | |||
|drought and famine, riots in Mexico City, the palace of Viceroy Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza is attacked by the crowd. | |||
|- | |||
|March 27, 1696 | |||
|the students of the University of Mexico burn the scaffold in the Plaza de Armas during a riot put down by the Viceroy Juan Ortega y Montañés | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===Under the reign of Philippe V === | |||
|- | |||
|1700 | |||
|Viceroy José Sarmiento y Valladares establishes a curfew in Mexico City to fight crime. | |||
|- | |||
|October 12, 1709 | |||
|founding of the city of San Francisco de Cuéllar (now Chihuahua) | |||
|- | |||
|1713 | |||
|unprecedented snowfall in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|1717 | |||
|The Crown establishes a tobacco monopoly in New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|June 16, 1718 | |||
|attempted assassination of Viceroy Baltasar de Zúñiga. | |||
|- | |||
|1730 the currency of Mexico produces more than ten million pesos in silver and 151,560 in gold. | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1735-1736 | |||
|disasters fall on Mexico, floods and epidemics cause the death of two thirds of the indigenous population of Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|1739 | |||
|the English declare war on Spain and threaten the colonies. | |||
|- | |||
|1744 | |||
|Viceroy Pedro Cebrián y Agustín orders a census of the population of New Spain, which indicates 3,865,000 inhabitants. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Ferdinand VI === | |||
|- | |||
|April 30, 1748 | |||
|peace with England. | |||
|- | |||
|May 13, 1752 | |||
|solar eclipse over New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|May 8, 1753 | |||
|birth of Miguel Hidalgo in Guanajuato. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Charles III === | |||
|- | |||
|September 29, 1759 | |||
|birth of the El Jorullo volcano in Michoacán. | |||
|- | |||
|1761 | |||
|smallpox epidemic. | |||
|- | |||
|1762 | |||
|new war with England. | |||
|- | |||
|November 3, 1763 | |||
|the Treaty of Fontainebleau cedes the territories of Louisiana located west of the Mississippi to Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|September 30, 1765 | |||
|birth of José María Morelos in Vallodalid. | |||
|- | |||
|January 21, 1779 | |||
|birth of Ignacio Allende. | |||
|- | |||
|February 12, 1779 | |||
|departure of an exploration expedition sent by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa which goes up the Pacific coast to Alaska. | |||
|- | |||
|1779 | |||
|serious smallpox epidemic. | |||
|- | |||
|1779 | |||
|the future Viceroy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid helps the American revolutionaries. He is considered in the United States as a hero of the revolution. | |||
|- | |||
|1780 | |||
|Viceroy Martín de Mayorga orders the conservation of the archives of New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|September 27, 1783 | |||
|birth of Agustín de Iturbide, future emperor of Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Charles IV === | |||
|- | |||
|August 12, 1788 | |||
|birth of Lorenzo de Zavala in Yucatan, future vice-president of the Republic of Texas. | |||
|- | |||
|November 14, 1789 | |||
|for the first time we observe an aurora borealis in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|1792 | |||
|Fausto de Elhuyar is commissioned by King Charles III of Spain to organize the Real Seminario de Minería (School of Mines) in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|February 21, 1794 | |||
|birth of Antonio López de Santa Anna in Xalapa. | |||
|- | |||
|October 5, 1797 | |||
|new war with England. | |||
|- | |||
|March 8, 1800 | |||
|earthquake in Mexico City. | |||
|- | |||
|October 1, 1800 | |||
|Spain surrenders Louisiana to France. | |||
|- | |||
|October 5, 1801 | |||
|earthquake in Oaxaca. | |||
|- | |||
|1802 | |||
|peace with England. | |||
|- | |||
|January 4, 1803 | |||
|José de Iturrigaray is Viceroy of New Spain, he is rather favorable to the ideas of independence. | |||
|- | |||
|March 22, 1803 | |||
|arrival of Baron Alexander von Humboldt. | |||
|- | |||
|April 30, 1803 | |||
|Napoleon sells Louisiana to the United States. | |||
|- | |||
|September 1, 1808 | |||
|Melchor de Talamantes publishes two leaflets in favor of independence. | |||
|- | |||
|September 15, 1808 | |||
|The Viceroy José de Iturrigaray is deposed by the anti-independence activists. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
=== During the reign of Ferdinand VII === | |||
|- | |||
|September 16, 1808 | |||
|Pedro de Garibay a senile old man replaces the deposed Viceroy. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Joseph Bonaparte === | |||
|- | |||
|February 1809 | |||
|the Archbishop of Mexico Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont replaces Pedro de Garibay as Viceroy. | |||
|- | |||
|September 14, 1810 | |||
|Francisco Javier Venegas is appointed Viceroy of New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|September 15-16, 1810 | |||
|Grito de Dolores | |||
|- | |||
|August 19, 1811 first attempt at independent government of French-dominated Spain by Ignacio López Rayón in Zitácuaro [1] [archive] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|October 30, 1810 | |||
|Miguel Hidalgo wins the battle at Monte de las Cruces, Mexico is about to fall, but Hidalgo hesitates and orders the retreat. | |||
|- | |||
|December 6, 1810 | |||
|Hidalgo's decree abolishing slavery and tribute. | |||
|- | |||
|March 21, 1811 | |||
|Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama, are taken prisoner in Acatita de Baján by the troops of Félix María Calleja del Rey. | |||
|- | |||
|July 30, 1811 | |||
|Miguel Hidalgo is executed. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
===During the reign of Ferdinand VII === | |||
|- | |||
|March 4, 1813 | |||
|Félix María Calleja del Rey is Viceroy of New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|November 6, 1813 | |||
|promulgation of the decree of Independence | |||
|- | |||
|October 22, 1814 | |||
|promulgation of the decree of the constitution of Apzingán; Universal suffrage | |||
|- | |||
|December 22, 1815 | |||
|José María Morelos is executed. | |||
|- | |||
|September 20, 1816 | |||
|Juan Ruiz de Apodaca is Viceroy of New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
|November 9, 1820 | |||
|General Agustín de Iturbide receives command of the royalist troops of New Spain. | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | | |||
==Independent Mexico == | |||
|- | |||
|Main article | |||
|Mexican War of Independence. | |||
|- | |||
|1820 | |||
|secret negotiations between the Creole general Agustín de Iturbide and the independentist Vicente Guerrero. | |||
|- | |||
|February 24, 1821 | |||
|Agustín de Iturbide publishes the Plan of Iguala. | |||
|- | |||
|August 23, 1821 | |||
|Juan O'Donojú and General Antonio López de Santa Anna meet Agustín de Iturbide and sign the Treaty of Córdoba. | |||
|- | |||
|September 27, 1821 | |||
|Iturbide (under the name of Augustine I) enters Mexico at the head of his army. Mexico is independent. | |||
|- | |||
|July 21, 1822 | |||
|Agustín de Iturbide is crowned Augustin I, constitutional emperor of Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|December 1822 | |||
|Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria sign Casa Mata's Plan to overthrow Iturbide and establish a republic. | |||
|- | |||
|March 19, 1823 | |||
|Iturbide abdicates. | |||
|- | |||
|July 19, 1824 | |||
|Iturbide is overthrown and shot. | |||
|- | |||
|October 4, 1824 | |||
|promulgation of the Constitution of the Mexican Republic | |||
|- | |||
|October 10, 1824 | |||
|Guadalupe Victoria is the first president of the Mexican Republic. | |||
|- | |||
|Main article | |||
|List of presidents of Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|March 31, 1829 | |||
|Vicente Guerrero becomes the second president of the Mexican Republic. | |||
|- | |||
|November 7, 1835 | |||
|Helped by the United States, Texas proclaims its independence. | |||
|- | |||
|November 27-December 5, 1838 | |||
|Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, heroic defense of the Port of Veracruz by Santa Anna against its occupation by the French. | |||
|- | |||
|May 13, 1846 | |||
|The United States declares war on Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|1847 | |||
|Mexico enters the war and is invaded by the United States, the northern half of its territory is lost. | |||
|- | |||
|February 2, 1848 | |||
|Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo between Mexico and the United States. | |||
|- | |||
|December 16, 1853 | |||
|Santa Anna reinstalls his dictatorship. | |||
|- | |||
|June 25, 1856 | |||
|“Loi lerdo” | |||
|- | |||
|1857 | |||
|drafting of a liberal Constitution. | |||
|- | |||
|1858 | |||
|start of the presidency of Benito Juárez. | |||
|- | |||
|July 17, 1861 | |||
|Congress suspends payments of the External Debt for 2 years. | |||
|- | |||
|October 31, 1861 | |||
|signature in London of the Triple Alliance (GB, FR, ESP) with a view to military intervention in Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|December 7, 1861 | |||
|Spanish troops land in Veracruz. | |||
|- | |||
|January 1862 | |||
|English and French warships arrive in Veracruz. | |||
|- | |||
|1862-1867 | |||
|expedition to Mexico, ephemeral empire of Maximilian of Habsburg. | |||
|- | |||
|April 28, 1862 | |||
|Battle of Las Cumbres. | |||
|- | |||
|May 5, 1862 | |||
|first battle of Puebla. | |||
|- | |||
|March 16-May 17, 1863 | |||
|Second battle of Puebla, Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|April 30, 1863 | |||
|Battle of Camerone, Mexico, feat of arms of the Foreign Legion. | |||
|- | |||
|April 10, 1864 | |||
|Maximilian of Austria accepts the imperial crown and signs the Treaty of Miramar with Napoleon III. | |||
|- | |||
|1862-1867 | |||
|resistance of the reforming and liberal government of Bénito Juarez against French intervention leading to the withdrawal of Napoleon III's troops from the country | |||
|- | |||
|June 12, 1864 | |||
|arrival in Mexico City of Maximilian and Charlotte of Habsburg, respectively Emperor and Empress of Mexico. | |||
|- | |||
|November 26, 1867 | |||
|execution of the Emperor Maximilian, puppet of the French, shot in Queretaro. | |||
|- | |||
|1867 | |||
|Benito Juarez becomes President of the Republic. | |||
|- | |||
|April 20, 1868 | |||
|socialist rebellion of Julio Chavez López, in Chalco. | |||
|- | |||
|July 18-19, 1872 | |||
|death of President Benito Juárez. Sébastien Lerdo Tejeda takes possession of the Presidency of the Republic. | |||
|- | |||
|1876 | |||
|rebellion and seizure of power by Porfirio Díaz. | |||
|- | |||
|June 21, 1876 | |||
|death of Antonio López de Santa Anna. | |||
|- | |||
|1880 | |||
|start of the presidency of Manuel González, intimate of Díaz. | |||
|- | |||
|1884 | |||
|end of Manuel González's presidency, Díaz regains power. | |||
|- | |||
|1908 | |||
|Porfirio Díaz announces that there will be free elections. | |||
|- | |||
|1910:00:00 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|June 4 | |||
|Gabriel Leyva rises against the government of Díaz. He was killed 8 days later. | |||
|- | |||
|November 14 | |||
|Toribio Ortega rebellion. | |||
|- | |||
|November 20 | |||
|Francisco Madero asks the Mexicans to take up arms. | |||
|- | |||
|1911:00:00 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|March | |||
|uprising by Emiliano Zapata. | |||
|- | |||
|But | |||
|end of the Porfirio Díaz presidency. Francisco Léon becomes president. | |||
|- | |||
|November | |||
|Francisco Madero becomes president. | |||
|- | |||
|1913:00:00 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|February 18, 1913 | |||
|Francisco Madero is forced to resign by Victoriano Huerta, his Minister of War, who had rebelled against him. | |||
|- | |||
|February 22, 1913 | |||
|execution of Francisco Madero. | |||
|- | |||
|1914 | |||
|occupation of the port of Veracruz by the Americans. | |||
|- | |||
|1914 | |||
|Eulalio Gutiérrez becomes provisional president. | |||
|- | |||
|1915 | |||
|death of Porfirio Díaz in Paris. | |||
|- | |||
|1916 | |||
|creation of the newspaper El Universal. | |||
|- | |||
|February 5, 1917 | |||
|Promulgation of a new constitution. | |||
|- | |||
|1919 | |||
|murder of Emiliano Zapata on the orders of Venustiano Carranza. | |||
|- | |||
|1920:00:00 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|June 21, 1920 | |||
|assassination of President Carranza. | |||
|- | |||
|December 1, 1920 | |||
|start of the presidency of Alvaro Obregón. | |||
|- | |||
|1923 | |||
|assassination of Francisco (Pancho) Villa. | |||
|- | |||
|1926 | |||
|creation of the newspaper La Prensa. | |||
|- | |||
|July 17, 1928 | |||
|assassination of Alvaro Obregon by José de Léon Toral, Catholic fanatic. | |||
|- | |||
|March 4, 1929 | |||
|Plutarco Elías Calles founded the PNR, which would become the PRI in 1946. | |||
|- | |||
|1938:00:00 | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|March 18, 1938 | |||
|nationalization of the oil companies and creation of Pemex. | |||
|- | |||
|March 30, 1938 | |||
|the PNR becomes the PMR. | |||
|- | |||
|1946 | |||
|the PMR becomes the PRI. | |||
|- | |||
|1958 | |||
|women can now vote. | |||
|- | |||
|Devaluation of the Peso at the rate of 12.5 per dollar. | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1976 | |||
|devaluation of the peso | |||
|- | |||
|1982 | |||
|devaluation of the peso. | |||
|- | |||
|December 18, 1986 | |||
|creation of the Rio Group. | |||
|- | |||
|1992 | |||
|revaluation of the peso | |||
|- | |||
|January 1, 1994 | |||
|entry into NAFTA. December | |||
|- | |||
|July 2, 2000 | |||
|legislative and presidential elections. Vicente Fox Quesada, candidate of PAN (Partido Acción Nacional), is elected president. | |||
|- | |||
|April 2003 | |||
|Mexico takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council. | |||
|- | |||
|May 18, 2003 | |||
|summit between Mexico and the European Union in Madrid. The two parties notably expressed their support for respect for human rights and for the work of the United Nations. | |||
|- | |||
|March 29, 2004 | |||
|the country signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and thus commits to authorizing surprise inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Mexico becomes the 81st country to join this pact. | |||
|- | |||
|July 2, 2006 | |||
|legislative and presidential elections. PAN candidate Felipe Calderón Hinojosa is elected president with 36.89% of the vote. | |||
|- | |||
|July 1, 2012 | |||
|Enrique Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, is elected president with 38.15% of the vote. | |||
|} | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:25, 27 March 2023
Historical Timeline for Mexico - A chronology of key events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Spanish Mexico[edit | edit source] | |
Under the reign of Charles V[edit | edit source] | |
| 1517 | the conquistador Francisco Hernández de Córdoba discovers the Yucatán. |
| 1521 | capture of Mexico after a siege of three months. End of the Aztec Empire. |
| August 13, 1521 | Hernán Cortés governs New Spain. |
| December 9, 1528 | Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán is appointed president of the first Audiencia. |
| January 10, 1531 | the second Audiencia composed of Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, Vasco de Quiroga, Juan de Salmerón, Alonso de Maldonado, Francisco Ceinos. |
| April 17, 1535 | Don Antonio de Mendoza is the first viceroy of New Spain |
| January 25, 1553 | Viceroy Luis de Velasco inaugurates the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. |
During the reign of Philip II[edit | edit source] | |
| November 28, 1607 | Viceroy Luis de Velasco (son) orders the start of work on the Huehuetoca canal to control the floods in Mexico City. |
| 1610 | Viceroy Luis de Velasco (son) receives the first Japanese embassy composed of Luis Sotelo and Shōsuke Tanaka. |
| August 20, 1611 | major earthquake in Mexico City. |
| 1616 | drought and famine in New Spain. |
| 1620 | Viceroy Diego Fernández de Córdoba had an aqueduct built with 900 arches to supply Mexico City with water. |
During the reign of Philip IV[edit | edit source] | |
| March 7, 1623 | Viceroy Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel orders the start of drainage works in Mexico City. |
| January 17, 1637 | earthquake in Mexico City. |
| April 22, 1639 | a bull from Pope Urban VIII prohibits slavery in Latin America. |
| 1641 | Viceroy Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla sends an expedition of Jesuits to colonize California. |
| 1651 | famine in Yucatan. |
| December 22, 1667 | second consecration of the Cathedral of Mexico City. |
During the reign of Charles II[edit | edit source] | |
| June 6, 1675 | first mint of gold coins in Mexico City. |
| July 12, 1684 | solar eclipse in Mexico City. |
| 1685 | René Robert Cavelier de La Salle establishes Fort Saint-Louis in Victoria New Spain (now Texas). |
| 1692 | drought and famine, riots in Mexico City, the palace of Viceroy Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza is attacked by the crowd. |
| March 27, 1696 | the students of the University of Mexico burn the scaffold in the Plaza de Armas during a riot put down by the Viceroy Juan Ortega y Montañés |
Under the reign of Philippe V[edit | edit source] | |
| 1700 | Viceroy José Sarmiento y Valladares establishes a curfew in Mexico City to fight crime. |
| October 12, 1709 | founding of the city of San Francisco de Cuéllar (now Chihuahua) |
| 1713 | unprecedented snowfall in Mexico City. |
| 1717 | The Crown establishes a tobacco monopoly in New Spain. |
| June 16, 1718 | attempted assassination of Viceroy Baltasar de Zúñiga. |
| 1730 the currency of Mexico produces more than ten million pesos in silver and 151,560 in gold. | |
| 1735-1736 | disasters fall on Mexico, floods and epidemics cause the death of two thirds of the indigenous population of Mexico. |
| 1739 | the English declare war on Spain and threaten the colonies. |
| 1744 | Viceroy Pedro Cebrián y Agustín orders a census of the population of New Spain, which indicates 3,865,000 inhabitants. |
During the reign of Ferdinand VI[edit | edit source] | |
| April 30, 1748 | peace with England. |
| May 13, 1752 | solar eclipse over New Spain. |
| May 8, 1753 | birth of Miguel Hidalgo in Guanajuato. |
During the reign of Charles III[edit | edit source] | |
| September 29, 1759 | birth of the El Jorullo volcano in Michoacán. |
| 1761 | smallpox epidemic. |
| 1762 | new war with England. |
| November 3, 1763 | the Treaty of Fontainebleau cedes the territories of Louisiana located west of the Mississippi to Spain. |
| September 30, 1765 | birth of José María Morelos in Vallodalid. |
| January 21, 1779 | birth of Ignacio Allende. |
| February 12, 1779 | departure of an exploration expedition sent by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa which goes up the Pacific coast to Alaska. |
| 1779 | serious smallpox epidemic. |
| 1779 | the future Viceroy of New Spain Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid helps the American revolutionaries. He is considered in the United States as a hero of the revolution. |
| 1780 | Viceroy Martín de Mayorga orders the conservation of the archives of New Spain. |
| September 27, 1783 | birth of Agustín de Iturbide, future emperor of Mexico. |
During the reign of Charles IV[edit | edit source] | |
| August 12, 1788 | birth of Lorenzo de Zavala in Yucatan, future vice-president of the Republic of Texas. |
| November 14, 1789 | for the first time we observe an aurora borealis in Mexico City. |
| 1792 | Fausto de Elhuyar is commissioned by King Charles III of Spain to organize the Real Seminario de Minería (School of Mines) in Mexico City. |
| February 21, 1794 | birth of Antonio López de Santa Anna in Xalapa. |
| October 5, 1797 | new war with England. |
| March 8, 1800 | earthquake in Mexico City. |
| October 1, 1800 | Spain surrenders Louisiana to France. |
| October 5, 1801 | earthquake in Oaxaca. |
| 1802 | peace with England. |
| January 4, 1803 | José de Iturrigaray is Viceroy of New Spain, he is rather favorable to the ideas of independence. |
| March 22, 1803 | arrival of Baron Alexander von Humboldt. |
| April 30, 1803 | Napoleon sells Louisiana to the United States. |
| September 1, 1808 | Melchor de Talamantes publishes two leaflets in favor of independence. |
| September 15, 1808 | The Viceroy José de Iturrigaray is deposed by the anti-independence activists. |
During the reign of Ferdinand VII[edit | edit source] | |
| September 16, 1808 | Pedro de Garibay a senile old man replaces the deposed Viceroy. |
During the reign of Joseph Bonaparte[edit | edit source] | |
| February 1809 | the Archbishop of Mexico Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont replaces Pedro de Garibay as Viceroy. |
| September 14, 1810 | Francisco Javier Venegas is appointed Viceroy of New Spain. |
| September 15-16, 1810 | Grito de Dolores |
| August 19, 1811 first attempt at independent government of French-dominated Spain by Ignacio López Rayón in Zitácuaro [1] [archive] | |
| October 30, 1810 | Miguel Hidalgo wins the battle at Monte de las Cruces, Mexico is about to fall, but Hidalgo hesitates and orders the retreat. |
| December 6, 1810 | Hidalgo's decree abolishing slavery and tribute. |
| March 21, 1811 | Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama, are taken prisoner in Acatita de Baján by the troops of Félix María Calleja del Rey. |
| July 30, 1811 | Miguel Hidalgo is executed. |
During the reign of Ferdinand VII[edit | edit source] | |
| March 4, 1813 | Félix María Calleja del Rey is Viceroy of New Spain. |
| November 6, 1813 | promulgation of the decree of Independence |
| October 22, 1814 | promulgation of the decree of the constitution of Apzingán; Universal suffrage |
| December 22, 1815 | José María Morelos is executed. |
| September 20, 1816 | Juan Ruiz de Apodaca is Viceroy of New Spain. |
| November 9, 1820 | General Agustín de Iturbide receives command of the royalist troops of New Spain. |
Independent Mexico[edit | edit source] | |
| Main article | Mexican War of Independence. |
| 1820 | secret negotiations between the Creole general Agustín de Iturbide and the independentist Vicente Guerrero. |
| February 24, 1821 | Agustín de Iturbide publishes the Plan of Iguala. |
| August 23, 1821 | Juan O'Donojú and General Antonio López de Santa Anna meet Agustín de Iturbide and sign the Treaty of Córdoba. |
| September 27, 1821 | Iturbide (under the name of Augustine I) enters Mexico at the head of his army. Mexico is independent. |
| July 21, 1822 | Agustín de Iturbide is crowned Augustin I, constitutional emperor of Mexico. |
| December 1822 | Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria sign Casa Mata's Plan to overthrow Iturbide and establish a republic. |
| March 19, 1823 | Iturbide abdicates. |
| July 19, 1824 | Iturbide is overthrown and shot. |
| October 4, 1824 | promulgation of the Constitution of the Mexican Republic |
| October 10, 1824 | Guadalupe Victoria is the first president of the Mexican Republic. |
| Main article | List of presidents of Mexico. |
| March 31, 1829 | Vicente Guerrero becomes the second president of the Mexican Republic. |
| November 7, 1835 | Helped by the United States, Texas proclaims its independence. |
| November 27-December 5, 1838 | Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, heroic defense of the Port of Veracruz by Santa Anna against its occupation by the French. |
| May 13, 1846 | The United States declares war on Mexico. |
| 1847 | Mexico enters the war and is invaded by the United States, the northern half of its territory is lost. |
| February 2, 1848 | Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo between Mexico and the United States. |
| December 16, 1853 | Santa Anna reinstalls his dictatorship. |
| June 25, 1856 | “Loi lerdo” |
| 1857 | drafting of a liberal Constitution. |
| 1858 | start of the presidency of Benito Juárez. |
| July 17, 1861 | Congress suspends payments of the External Debt for 2 years. |
| October 31, 1861 | signature in London of the Triple Alliance (GB, FR, ESP) with a view to military intervention in Mexico. |
| December 7, 1861 | Spanish troops land in Veracruz. |
| January 1862 | English and French warships arrive in Veracruz. |
| 1862-1867 | expedition to Mexico, ephemeral empire of Maximilian of Habsburg. |
| April 28, 1862 | Battle of Las Cumbres. |
| May 5, 1862 | first battle of Puebla. |
| March 16-May 17, 1863 | Second battle of Puebla, Mexico. |
| April 30, 1863 | Battle of Camerone, Mexico, feat of arms of the Foreign Legion. |
| April 10, 1864 | Maximilian of Austria accepts the imperial crown and signs the Treaty of Miramar with Napoleon III. |
| 1862-1867 | resistance of the reforming and liberal government of Bénito Juarez against French intervention leading to the withdrawal of Napoleon III's troops from the country |
| June 12, 1864 | arrival in Mexico City of Maximilian and Charlotte of Habsburg, respectively Emperor and Empress of Mexico. |
| November 26, 1867 | execution of the Emperor Maximilian, puppet of the French, shot in Queretaro. |
| 1867 | Benito Juarez becomes President of the Republic. |
| April 20, 1868 | socialist rebellion of Julio Chavez López, in Chalco. |
| July 18-19, 1872 | death of President Benito Juárez. Sébastien Lerdo Tejeda takes possession of the Presidency of the Republic. |
| 1876 | rebellion and seizure of power by Porfirio Díaz. |
| June 21, 1876 | death of Antonio López de Santa Anna. |
| 1880 | start of the presidency of Manuel González, intimate of Díaz. |
| 1884 | end of Manuel González's presidency, Díaz regains power. |
| 1908 | Porfirio Díaz announces that there will be free elections. |
| 1910:00:00 | |
| June 4 | Gabriel Leyva rises against the government of Díaz. He was killed 8 days later. |
| November 14 | Toribio Ortega rebellion. |
| November 20 | Francisco Madero asks the Mexicans to take up arms. |
| 1911:00:00 | |
| March | uprising by Emiliano Zapata. |
| But | end of the Porfirio Díaz presidency. Francisco Léon becomes president. |
| November | Francisco Madero becomes president. |
| 1913:00:00 | |
| February 18, 1913 | Francisco Madero is forced to resign by Victoriano Huerta, his Minister of War, who had rebelled against him. |
| February 22, 1913 | execution of Francisco Madero. |
| 1914 | occupation of the port of Veracruz by the Americans. |
| 1914 | Eulalio Gutiérrez becomes provisional president. |
| 1915 | death of Porfirio Díaz in Paris. |
| 1916 | creation of the newspaper El Universal. |
| February 5, 1917 | Promulgation of a new constitution. |
| 1919 | murder of Emiliano Zapata on the orders of Venustiano Carranza. |
| 1920:00:00 | |
| June 21, 1920 | assassination of President Carranza. |
| December 1, 1920 | start of the presidency of Alvaro Obregón. |
| 1923 | assassination of Francisco (Pancho) Villa. |
| 1926 | creation of the newspaper La Prensa. |
| July 17, 1928 | assassination of Alvaro Obregon by José de Léon Toral, Catholic fanatic. |
| March 4, 1929 | Plutarco Elías Calles founded the PNR, which would become the PRI in 1946. |
| 1938:00:00 | |
| March 18, 1938 | nationalization of the oil companies and creation of Pemex. |
| March 30, 1938 | the PNR becomes the PMR. |
| 1946 | the PMR becomes the PRI. |
| 1958 | women can now vote. |
| Devaluation of the Peso at the rate of 12.5 per dollar. | |
| 1976 | devaluation of the peso |
| 1982 | devaluation of the peso. |
| December 18, 1986 | creation of the Rio Group. |
| 1992 | revaluation of the peso |
| January 1, 1994 | entry into NAFTA. December |
| July 2, 2000 | legislative and presidential elections. Vicente Fox Quesada, candidate of PAN (Partido Acción Nacional), is elected president. |
| April 2003 | Mexico takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council. |
| May 18, 2003 | summit between Mexico and the European Union in Madrid. The two parties notably expressed their support for respect for human rights and for the work of the United Nations. |
| March 29, 2004 | the country signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and thus commits to authorizing surprise inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Mexico becomes the 81st country to join this pact. |
| July 2, 2006 | legislative and presidential elections. PAN candidate Felipe Calderón Hinojosa is elected president with 36.89% of the vote. |
| July 1, 2012 | Enrique Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, is elected president with 38.15% of the vote. |
