Historical Events

  • Aztec art
    Jan 11, 1400

    Aztec art

    Nowadays because of their old sculptures, created in 1400 we have important museums with those beautiful sculptures
  • Aztec calendar
    Jan 11, 1400

    Aztec calendar

    the aztecs invented the Aztec calendar,which is a very important thing because now we now how their days were counted
  • The conquest
    Jan 11, 1519

    The conquest

    The conquest is a very important event because now we hace a certain relation with the spanish people
  • Mexican conquest:
    Feb 11, 1521

    Mexican conquest:

    Hernan cortes lead the spainiards in the conquest of mexico.
  • The Aztecs

    The Aztecs

    When the aztecs discovered the eagle and the snake in a cactus they decided to stay there, and nowadays that is our symbol
  • The Spanish

    The Spanish

    The spanish crown stops trading between Mexico and Peru affecting cultural tradition.
  • Agustin de Iturbide

    Agustin de Iturbide

    Iturbide claims himself emperor
  • Miguel HIdalgo´s riots

    Miguel HIdalgo´s riots

    Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict, and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain
  • Iturbide

    Iturbide

    Becomes emperor of mexico.
  • Guerra de la reforma

    Guerra de la reforma

    1859-1861
    was the three-year civil war (1857 - 1860) between liberals, who had taken power in 1854 under the Plan of Ayutla, and conservatives resisting the legitimacy of the government
  • International crisis

    International crisis

    1907
    it affectted mexico
  • Porfirio Diaz

    Porfirio Diaz

    1910
    Diaz is reelected to assassinate Achilles Serdan and Masero arrives in the USA
  • Cardenas

    1938
    During the presidency of Cardenas the oil expropriation was carried out
  • Tlatelolco massacre

    Tlatelolco massacre

    Was a goverment massacre of student,civilian protesters, and bystanders
  • Mexico hosted the Summer Olympics

    Mexico hosted the Summer Olympics

    they hosted the olympics ten days after the massacre
  • The breakdown

    The breakdown

    The year begins with the breakdown of companies, you can not pay your debts and massive unemployment
  • Mexican legislative election

    Mexican legislative election

    The PRI won a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies
    APA: 1O important moments that ocurred in mexico. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/top-10-events-in-mexican-history
  • Mexican general election

    Mexican general election

    Felipe Calderon (PAN) won the presidency with 36% of the vote
    APA: 1O important moments that ocurred in mexico. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/top-10-events-in-mexican-history
  • Protest againts the elections results

    Protest againts the elections results

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) led hundreds of thousands in a protest at Zócalo in Mexico City
    APA: 1O important moments that ocurred in mexico. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/top-10-events-in-mexican-history
  • Mexican general election

    Mexican general election

    Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI)won the presidency with 39% of the vote
    APA: 1O important moments that ocurred in mexico. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/top-10-events-in-mexican-history
  • Ayotzinapa

    Ayotzinapa

    Dozens of Normalista took several buses to Iguala and after a violent encounter with the police, 43 of the students were allegedly taken to the police headquarters and that was the last anyone heard of them. The government claimed the students where there to boycott a political event,
    APA: What happened in ayotzinapa. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/world/americas/missing-mexican-students-suffered-a-night-of-terror-investigators-say.html