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Jan 1, 1528
Estevanico lead a travel into the Spanish colony in America from Cuba.
A former slave named Estevanico began a travel that started in Cuba, leading 400 men. When they finally reached Mexico City, the capital of New Spain in 1538, there were only four men left. -
the Puebloians rebel against the Spaniards
On August 10, the united Pueblo people start a rebellion that drives the Spaniards out of the New Mexico colony eighty two years after they settled there. -
The first governer of Albuquerque, NM is Elected
On March 10, 1705 don Francisco Cuervo y Valdez, Governor of Nuevo León and Coahuila was chosen as acting Governor to New Mexico. -
New Mexico is declared a territory!
The Compromise of 1850 grants New Mexico to become a territory. President Millard Fillmore signs the Organic Act, admitting New Mexico into the Union as a territory and allowing for the formation of a territorial government in New Mexico Territory. -
Billy the Kid goes to jail
A young leader of the Wild West shot more than 5 men and stole cattle, ran away, then was found and convicted to be hanged. -
Billy the Kid escapes from jail
A young outlaw considered to be the biggest leader of the Wild West escapes from jail after he steals and kills cattle and shoots at least 5 men. -
New Mexico is founded!
After the Americans forced the Spanish out of the New Mexico Territory, the Anglos slowly gained control. By that time, many people demanded that New Mexico become a state. Finally, in 1912, President William H. Taft signs the proclamation making New Mexico the 47th state. -
Atomic bomb is first tested at the Trinity site
On July 16, 1945, Manhattan Project scientists led by the American physicist J. Oppenheimer exploded the first experimental nuclear bomb. The test was at the Trinity test site near Alamogordo, New Mexico. -
Bill Richardson is elected Secretary of Energy
The Senate confirmed Richardson to be Bill Clinton's Secretary of Energy on July 31, 1998. Richardson held that Cabinet post from 1998 to 2001.
