North america political map

A LOOK AT THE PAST

  • THE FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK, EU

    THE FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK, EU
    The European installation began in 1614 in the hands of the Dutch and in 1626, the head of the colony, Peter Minuit, bought the island of Manhattan to Lenape. The place would be renamed Nieuw Amsterdam and would specialize in the fur trade. In 1664, the English conquered the city and renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York and Albany.
  • COLONIZATION IOWA, EU

    COLONIZATION IOWA, EU
    The name of the state comes from the Native American town Iowa that inhabited the region. The first Europeans who explored the region were the French Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673, who described the region as green and fertile.
  • FIRST UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK, EU

    FIRST UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK, EU
    In 1754, the city's first study house was founded, Columbia University
  • THE FIRST TO LIVE IN IOWA, EU

    THE FIRST TO LIVE IN IOWA, EU
    Julien Dubuque (1762 - 1810), born of Norman parents in St. Pierre les Brecquets, on the southern bank of the St. Lawrence River, just over a hundred kilometers east of Quebec City, Canada, was the first European to live in what is now Iowa.
  • FIRST PRESIDENT UNITED STATES IN NEW YORK, EU

    FIRST PRESIDENT UNITED STATES IN NEW YORK, EU
    In 1789, the first president of the United States, George Washington, was announced at the Federal Hall on Wall Street.
  • NEW YORK WAS CAPITAL, EU

    New York was the capital of the United States until 1790
  • FIRST SCHOOL IN IOWA, EU

    The first school in the state, a private school, was founded in 1830, when Iowa was still part of the Michigan Territory, which is currently Lee County.
  • NEW YORK THE GREAT CITY, EU

    By 1835, New York City had surpassed Philadelphia as the largest city in the United States.
  • CREATION OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN IOWA, EU

    CREATION OF THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN IOWA, EU
    The first Iowa newspaper, the Dubuque Visitor, was first published in 1836, in Dubuque, and the publication lasted only until 1837. The oldest newspaper in the state still in circulation, on the other hand, is the Hawk Eye, which first published in 1837, in Burlington, with the name of Wisconsin Territorial Gazette and Burlington Advertiser
  • IOWA IS CONSIDERED OFFICIALLY A STATE, EU

    IOWA IS CONSIDERED OFFICIALLY A STATE, EU
    On December 28, 1846, Iowa became the 29th state of the Union.
  • IT BECOMES IOWA IN STATE, EU

    IT BECOMES IOWA IN STATE, EU
    On December 28, 1846, as the state number 29.
  • MEXICO AND CUERNAVACA UNITE, MEXICO

    The road between Mexico and Cuernavaca is inaugurated, passing through Tepepan, San Mateo and Topilejo in the district of Xochimilco
  • CREATION OF THE PARK IN NEW YORK, EU

    CREATION OF THE PARK IN NEW YORK, EU
    Central Park, became the first landscape park of an American city in 1857.
  • XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    The Municipal Palace of Xochimilco is inaugurated
  • THE MUSICALS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK, EU

    THE MUSICALS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK, EU
    The development of electric lighting led to the production of theatrical productions, and in the 1880s, the theaters of the city of Broadway and 42nd streets began to create a new genre that would become known as the Broadway musical.
  • CONNECTIONS IN NEW YORK, EU

    CONNECTIONS IN NEW YORK, EU
    In 1898, the modern city of New York was formed with the annexation to Manhattan of Brooklyn (until then an independent city) and municipalities of other districts thanks to projects such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • SECURITY IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    SECURITY IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    The prison of Xochimilco is inaugurated
  • XOCHIMILCO MODERNIZES, MEXICO

    XOCHIMILCO MODERNIZES, MEXICO
    The first electric train arrives in Xochimilco
  • DRINKING WATER IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    DRINKING WATER IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    Porfirio Díaz solemnly inaugurates the potable water supply works of Xochimilco to Mexico City.
  • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    The president of the Republic, Francisco I. Madero presides the first party to the goddess of flowers Xochiquetzalli in Xochimilco
  • THE COVENANT OF XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    THE COVENANT OF XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    The generals Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa meet, where they reaffirm their revolutionary ideals, calling this interview the "Pact of Xochimilco"
  • RADIO IN IOWA, EU

    The first radio station was founded in 1919, in Iowa City
  • FIRST HOSPITAL IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    FIRST HOSPITAL IN XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    The "Hospital Xochimilco" is inaugurated by the President of the General Republic Álvaro Obregón
  • TELEVISION BEGINS IN IOWA, EU

    The first television station in the state was founded in 1949, also in Iowa City
  • THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES AT XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO

    THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES AT XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO
    President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines inaugurates the Xochitl market in Xochimilco.
  • XOCHIMILCO IS A PART OF UNESCO, MEXICO

    XOCHIMILCO IS A PART OF UNESCO, MEXICO
    Xochimilco is declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the Technical Committee of UNESCO World, Cultural and Natural Heritage
  • IOWA IS PART OF THE ELECTIONS, EU

    IOWA IS PART OF THE ELECTIONS, EU
    Iowa voters supported Bill Clinton in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
  • POPULATION OF IOWA, EU

    The 2000 national census, from the United States Census Bureau, estimated the population of Iowa at 2,926,324 inhabitants, 12 a growth of 5.4% compared to the population of the state in 1990, of 2,776,755 inhabitants
  • ATTACKED IN NEW YORK, EU

    ATTACKED IN NEW YORK, EU
    The city was the main target of the attacks of September 11, 2001, in which almost 3000 people died in the suicide attacks that took place when 19 members of the terrorist network Al-Qaeda23 hijacked four passenger planes, Its objective was to impact the United States Capitol.