Mexico - Mexican history time-line overview - resource page
Although all countries have visible remains of their history, Mexico seems to have reminders of its past in just about every town you visit. Due to Mexico's vast history this portion of Mexconnect contains an overview of the country's history showing what the rest of the world was up to as Mexico evolved. We have also divided Mexico's history into several smaller categories in order to help you achieve a greater understanding of the evolutionary and revolutionary processes that have made Mexico what it is today.
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History of Mexico resource page - | - Mexico's Famous Historical Figures
See below for specific time periods.
| MEXICO | EUROPE | USA & THE WORLD | |
3500 B.C. - 300 A.D. |
The Pre Classical PeriodMap of the Preclassic Era2500 B.C. to 250 A.D. The Olmeca Culture |
The Classic Greek Culture (1200 B.C. to 323 B.C. the year in which Alexander the Great dies) The Roman Empire is founded (753 B.C.) The Roman Republic and Empire |
Egyptian Pyramids (2613 - 2494 B.C.) Mesopotamia: Hammurabi's Code (1700B.C) The Birth of Buddha (563 B.C.) The Great Wall of China (221 B.C.) The Birth of Christ |
300 - 900 A.D. |
The Classical PeriodMap of the Classic Era250 B.C. - 900 A.D. Teotihuacan Monte Albán and the Zapoteca Culture The Maya Culture MAYA RESOURCE PAGE |
Attila the Hun invades various regions in Europe (375 - 425) The Fall of the Roman Empire (476) The beginning of the Middle Ages and Feudalism (476 - 1453) The Arabs defeat the Visigoths in Spain (711) Charles the Great is crowned Emperor (800) |
Justinian builds Santa Sofia in Cosntantinople (532 - 237) The Chinese invent Porcelain (650 approx.) Mahommed marches from Mecca to Medina (622), beginning of the Muslim era |
900-1521 |
The Post Classical PeriodMap of the Postclassic Era900 A.D. - 1521 A.D. The Pre-Hispanic Era in Oaxaca The Tolteca and Chichimeca Cultures The Quetzalcoatl Trinity Tarasco Culture & Empire (1100 - 1522) The Aztecs and the Founding of Tenochtitlan (1325 - 1521) Are You Related to the Aztecs? An Analysis of The Uto-Aztecan Family Texcoco - Nezahualcoyotl: The Philospher King (1403-1473) Star Snake (Citlalcoatl - Aztec) Moctezuma I (The Other Moctezuma) Jeronimo de Aguilar Hernan Cortés Cortés lands in America and founds Veracruz (1519) Chauhtemoc: Winner in Defeat |
The first Crusade (1096) The University of Cambridge is founded (1209) Magna Carta (1215) The height of the Rennaisance (1500) Leonardo Da Vinci's "La Gioconda" (1503 - 05) Charles I of Spain is elected emperor of the Holy Roman and Germanic Empires as Charles V (1519) |
The Bizantine church breaks with Rome (1054) The Inca Empire (1100) Marco Polo travels to China (1271 - 1295) Constantinople falls to the Turks Columbus arrives in what is later called the Americas (1492) |
1521 - 1810 |
The Spanish Conquest
Cortés and the Conquest (1519 - 1521) The Aztecs Speak - An Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico In Search of Malinche - the Mexican Mata Hari "La Malinche" La Malinche - Unrecognized Heroine The Colonial PeriodAfro-Mexicans: Bartolome de las Casas: Father of Liberation Theology The Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe (1531) Founding of The University of Mexico, Mexico City. The first University on the North or South American Continents. (1551) The First Viceroy of Mexico (1530 - 1550): Antonio de Mendoza The Casa de Moneda is founded (1535) and the first printing press on the Continent (1549) Nuño Beltran de Guzmán "Bloody Guzman" & the Founding of Guadalajara Vasco de Quiroga: Practical Utopia (1537 - 1565) The Jesuit Father Kino (1644-1711) Innauguration of the first Cathedral in Mexico (1656) Juana Inés de la Cruz (Sor Juana) 1651-1695 Miguel Hidalgo 1753 - 1811 José Morelos y Pavón 1765 - 1815 Expulsion of the Jesuits (1767) Nicolas Bravo 1786 - 1854 Churches are constructed in the Churriguerresque, Baroque, Plateresque and other styles Ignacio de Allende 1779 - 1811 Antonio López de Santa Anna 1794 - 1876 |
The Protestant Reform (1521) Michael Angelo paints the Last Supper in the Sisteen Chapel (1536 - 1541) Copernicus publishes his theory that the Sun is the center of the Universe, and that the Earth revolves around it (1543) The first Encyclopedia is published (Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, d'Alembert) (1751) The French Revolution Napoleon overthrows the King of Spain Fernando VII and places his brother Joseph on the throne (1808) The Industrial Revolution in England (1760 - 1851) |
Sir Walter Raleigh founds the first English Colony in North America (North Carolina) (1587) The Taj Mahal is built in India (1631 - 1653) The French founded New Orleans in Louisiana (1718) Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning Rod (1752) The North American colonists protest high taxes, The Boston Tea Party (1773) The 13 English colonies declare their independence (4th of July 1776) USA buys Louisiana from the French - The Louisiana Purchase (1803) |
1810 - 1910 |
Mexico's Independence from Spain (1810-1821) The Colonial Government - Successful Failure The Cry of Independence: September 15, 1810 "El Grito" - September 15 or September 16? Miguel Hidalgo The Battle of Calderón, 1811 Los Niños Heroes: Reality or Myth? Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez (1768-1829) Javier Mina Lucas Alamán (1792-1853) Melchor Ocampo (1814-1861) Emperor Augustín Iturbide 1822 - 1823 Agustín Itúrbide, Unappreciated Unknown Guadalupe Victoria - The First President - 1824-1828 Vincente Guerrero - President - 1829 Antonio López de Santa Anna 1833 Cholera epidemic in Guadalajara The Pastry War. France - Mexico, 1838 Santos Degollado U.S. Invasion - The Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848) Loss of Texas and portion of California (1848) Liberal Reform (1858 - 1861) Cinco de Mayo - The Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862) Maximilian's Empire (1864 - 1867) Maximilian & Carlota - the Emperor and Empress of Mexico The Republic The Porfiriato (1877 - 1910) Porfirio Díaz - An Enigma |
The Holy Alliance is created to defend Absolutism (Austria, Russina and Prussia) (1815) England's Victorian Period (1837 - 1901) The Suez Canal is opened (1869) The Curies discover radiation (1898) |
Independence of: Colombia (1810), Venezuela (1811), Argentina (1816), Chile (1818), Peru (1821), Brazil (1822) and Uruguay (1825) American Civil War (1861 - 1865) USA purchases Alaska from Russia for $7 million dollars (1867) |
1910-1989 |
Chinese Immigration in Mexico 1910 - Founding of the Cruz Roja - Mexico's Red Cross The Mexican RevolutionThe Revolution 1910 - 1920:
Victoriano Huerta Francisco Madero Alvaro Obregón Vicente Lombardo Toledano Aquiles Serdán Emiliano Zapata The Zapatista Movement (1911 - 1919) A Nation in Flux Part 1 A Nation in Flux Part 2 Plutarco Elias Calles President 1924 - 1928 Cristero Wars (1927 - 1929) Institutional Single Party system (1926 - 1993) Lázaro Cárdenas Diego Rivera José Clemente Orozco Porfirian style social peace (1926 - 1993) Octavio Paz Agustin Yañez Adolfo López Mateos President 1958 - 1964 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz President 1964 - 1970 Carlos Salinas de Gortari President 1988 - 1994 TLATELOLCO - Then & Now - Index to Feature Section October 2 1968 The Oiling of a Crisis 1938 - 1988 |
The Russian Revolution (1917) The British Empire becomes a Commonwealth (1926) Benito Mussolini establishes Fascism in Italy (1922 - 1943) Hitler comes to power (1933) Spanish Civil War (1936) The European Free Trade Zone is established between six countries (1957) |
1st World War (1914 - 1918) 2nd World War (1939 - 1945) Mexico - Forgotten World War II Ally The United Nations Organization is formed (1945) Mao Tse Tung takes power in China (1949) Korean War (1950 - 1953) Castro institutes a Communist Dictatorship in Cuba (1959) Americans land on the Moon (1969) |
The 1990s |
The Zapatista Movement North American Free Trade Agreement is signed between USA, Canada and Mexico (1992), takes effect in 1994 Drugs, Revolution and the Militarization of Mexico (1994 - ) NAFTA 1999 - Five years After. |
The Maastricht Treaty unites Europe (1993) The "Euro" becomes the common currency of the EEC. (1999) |
The USSR and the Eastern Block Countries abandon the Socialist system. |
History of Mexico resource page - | - Mexico's Famous Historical Figures
This table was translated, adapted and reprinted with permission, from "Historia
Sinóptica de México" by Luis Pazos, book published by Editorial Diana.
Published or Updated on:
May 19, 2011