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Mexico forms part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
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The war for Mexican independence had its antecedent in the invasion of France to Spain in 1808 and extended from the Grito de Dolores, on September 16, 1810, until the entrance of the Trigarante Army to Mexico City, on September 27. of 1821.
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Mexico becomes a federal republic after the ouster and exile of Emperor Augustin de Iturbide. Central American provinces secede, becoming the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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1855-72 - "La Reforma" period, characterised by liberal reforms limiting the power and landholdings of the Catholic Church.
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The Mexican Revolution was an armed conflict that began in Mexico on November 20, 1910. Today, it is often referred to as the most important political and social event of the twentieth century in Mexico.
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President Venustiano Carranza is murdered. Civil war follows.
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The PRI
1929 - The National Revolutionary Party is formed. In 1946 it is re-named the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. -
The Tlatelolco massacre was the killing of students and civilians by military and police on October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco. . The massacre occurred roughly 10 days before the opening of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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He served as president of Mexico from December 1, 2000 to November 30, 2006. His election marked the end of a 71-year period in which all Mexican presidents were members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party or the parties that gave origin to this one. He was expelled from the National Action Party in 2013.
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2012 July - The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Enrique Pena Nieto wins presidential election.
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Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, head of the brutal Zetas drugs cartel, is arrested in the highest-profile arrest since President Pena Nieto adopted a policy of targeting local bosses rather than big names.
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Vigilante groups launch an offensive against the Knights Templar drugs cartel in the state of Michoacan
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Mexico's Congress approves sweeping reforms to the country's energy sector that will open the market to foreign oil firms
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Authorities issue arrest warrants for 45 suspects - including a former mayor
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Visiting Pope Francis urges a stadium packed with members of the clergy not to give up in the face of violence, drug trafficking and corruption.
