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Feb 8, 1517
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, the first European to visit Mexican territory, arrives in the Yucatán from Cuba with three ships and about 100 men. Córdoba’s reports on his return to Cuba prompt the Spanish governor there, Diego Velásquez, to send a larger force back to Mexico, under command of Cortes. -
Apr 19, 1518
Spanish conquest of the Aztec's
The Spanish had made several expeditions nearby Yucatan in 1517 and came back with stories of a high-cultured Mayan civilization and gold riches. This had an good impression to Spanish colonist in Cuba. Hernán Cortés, Chief Magistrate of Santiago was also with them.The Spanish governor of Cuba, Diego de Velásquez, told Cortés that he would send a couple of ships and he would lead the army if he was to find the rest of the money. Cortés agreed and was appointed captain-general in expedition -
Feb 9, 1519
Cortes sails to Yucatan
Cortés sets sail from Cuba with 11 ships, more than 450 soldiers and a large number of supplies, including 16 horses while arriving to Yucatan. The spaniards took over the city Tabasco where they learned Aztec civilization. -
May 20, 1520
The Temple Massacre
Hernan Cortes heard about spainards arriving on the coast. Narvaez came from Cuba to arrest Cortes but he left to fight. As he was gone Moctezuma asked governor Alvarado to celebrate Toxicati(Aztec festival honoring main god) after it started Alvarado ended up killing almost everyone. -
The Battle of the Calderon Bridge
A rebellious army of peasants and workers fought a smaller but better Spanish force at the Calderon Bride. The defeat helped drag out Mexico's War of Independence for years which led the capture and execution of Allende and Hidalgo -
First president
The first president in Mexico was Manuel Félix Fernández between 1824-1829 -
Mexican-American war
The primary causes of the Mexican-American War were mainfest destiny, westward expansion, economics, and slavery. Throughout the nineteenth century, Americans believed in manifest destiny, asserting that it was the United States right to expand westward and conquer territory despite the rights of the indigenous people already residing on the land. -
The Battle of Puebla
Famous "Cinco de-Mayo" celebrates an unlikely victory by Mexican forces over French invaders. French sent an army to Mexico to collect a debt. The French army was huge and trained well but Mexicans stoppped them. -
The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was one of the great upheavals. The Mexican Revoultion has remained globally anonymous compared to the Russians, Chinese, and Cuban revolutions. -
The Battle of Zacatecas
The Battle of Zacatecas is when Huerta and his best officers General Medina Barron wanted to capture the Raildroad junction to advance to Mexico City. The total force ranged from 7,000-15,000 people. -
Pancho Villa attacks the USA/Columbus
Pancho Villa led a army of about 1,500 people to cross the border to American town of Columbus, New Mexico. As they went to that town they killed 19 people and left the town while it was in flames. -
The Color Television
Guillermo González Camarena was a Mexican electrical engineer who was the inventor of a color-wheel type of color television -
Mexico hosted summer olympics
This was the first Olympic Games to be held in Mexico and first in a Spanish-Speaking country. -
Earthquake hits Mexico city
During this time Mexico was in a finanicial crisis then the earthquake hit killing about 10,000 in Mexico city.
