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300
Mayans began building on Cozumel Island off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula about this time.
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375
Attila the Hun invades various regions in Europe
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476
The beginning of the Middle Ages and Feudalism
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Jan 1, 1200
The Olmecs were the first true civilisation of South America
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Jan 1, 1487
he Aztecs sacrifice 20,000 people to inaugurate their new temple in Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1492
Cristoforo Colombo (Columbus) lands in the island of Hispaniola
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Jan 1, 1502
Montezuma II (1466-1520) assumes Aztec throne
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Jan 1, 1519
Spanish forces led by Hernando Cortés arrive and conquer Mexico.
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Jan 1, 1520
Montezuma II is killed
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Jan 1, 1528
Juan de Zumarraga (1468-1548) arrives as bishop of Mexico City and begins native conversion to Catholicism
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Franciscan missionaries settle in Texas which is of New SpainThe Mission San Antonio de Valero was established which later became famous as the Alamo
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Mexico war of independence starts
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mexico wins its independence from spain
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General Augustin de Iturbide assumes control as Emperor of Mexico
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President Vicente Guerrero abolishes slavery
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President Vicente Guerrero abolishes slavery
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The U.S Mexico War Begins
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brings the U.S.-Mexican War to an end.
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The U.S. wins the Mexican-American War and gains Mexican territory.
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The Chicanna temple in the Mayan city of Calakmul was built about this time.
