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Main events in Mexico History

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  • 1519
    Oct 2, 1519

    1519

    Cortes sails from Havana and lands in Mexico.
  • 1535
    1521

    1535

    The viceroyalty of New Spain was established.

  • 1810

    Parish Priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla sounds the "Grito de Dolores," which begins the fight for independence.

  • 1820

    Inquisition suppressed.
  • 1821

    1821

    Independence won.

  • 1823

    Chiapas incorporated into Mexico.

  • 1824

    Federal Constitution proclaimed. Estados Unidos Mexicanos organized

  • 1835–1836

    Texas rebellion.
  • 1691

    1691

    Conquest of Texas.

  • 1859

    Benito Juarez proclaims the Reform Laws.

  • 1864

    Maximilian reaches Mexico and becomes its Emperor.

  • 1867

    French troops withdraw from Mexico.

  • 1910–1920:

    Revolutionary period, when many immigrated to the United States, which set up border patrols. The U.S. Department of State warns all Americans to withdraw from Mexico. Relations between the United States and Mexico strained due to conflict over control of the oil industry.

  • 1938

    Expropriation of foreign oil companies.