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Jan 1, 1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-1558and he was the king of Spain from 1516-1556. -
Jan 1, 1502
Atahualpa, Incan Emperor
At his father's death (1525) he received the kingdom of Quito while his half brother, the legitimate heir Huáscar, inherited the rest of the Inca empire. Shortly before the arrival (1532) of Francisco Pizarro, Atahualpa invaded the domains of Huáscar -
Jan 1, 1519
De Soto, Discovered the Mississippi River
In 1519, Hernando De Soto served under the Spanish adventurer Francisco Pizarro for 13 years. -
Jan 1, 1535
Spain establishes colonial government in Mexico.
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Charles II, Last Habsburg King of Spain
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines. -
First Spanish mission in California - San Diego - founded
The Spanish missions in California is a series of religious and military outposts founded by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans. -
Adam-Onis Treaty
Adam-onis Treaty was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1818 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and Mexico. It settled a border dispute between the United States and Spain and was considered a triumph of American diplomacy. -
Mexican Independence from Spain
The independence movement started in earnest the moment Napoleon III, through political sleight-of-hand, proclaimed his brother Joseph Bonapart King of Spain. Guided by a group of intellectuals opposed to King Joseph’s rule, the Creoles urged their counterparts in the army to renounce their allegiance to the Spaniards. They were warned about the plot by army Creoles who refused to join the insurgents -- Hidalgo among them -- and were on their way to arrest them when Hidalgo called the people to -
United Provinces of Central America declared independence
Since the 1520s these regions, along with the Mexican state of Chiapas, had composed the captaincy general of Guatemala, part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. -
Mexico declared independence from Spain
After the mexican war ended in 1821, Mexico Declared independence from spain. They won the war and got their independence! -
Struggle Over Texan Independence.
The debate over Texas was at the heart of the U.S.-Mexican dispute. Seeing the trend of U.S. settlers immigrating to Texas, Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna attempted to bring U.S. immigration to a halt. As a result of Mexico’s actions, the Texans, under the command of General Sam Houston, officially declared their independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836, organizing a temporary government. -
The U.S. Mexico war begins.
The status of Texas was in limbo—the United States government was undecided whether or not to grant the Republic statehood. To complicate matters, Mexico never formally recognized Texas’ independence. The Mexican government simply viewed Texas as a rebellious territory that they would eventually reconquer. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brings the U.S.-Mexican War to an end.
In 1848, at the conclusion of the U.S.- Mexican War, the two countries signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty called for Mexico to give up almost half of its territory, which included modern-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. In return, the U.S. paid $15 million in compensation for war-related damage to Mexican land. -
The Gadsden Purchase Treaty is signed.
The Mesilla Valley, along the Rio Grande about 75 miles north of El Paso, was the most practical southern route for a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. U.S. President Franklin Pierce wished to secure this land to fulfill railroad expansion in the west. In order to do so, Pierce and the American minister to Mexico, James Gadsden, orchestrated the Gadsden Purchase. -
The corrido of the border becomes popular as a musical form.
Corridos are essentially ballads, a centuries-old form of narrative song that flourished along the border. The roots of the art form are buried under the memory lapse of time. It is known, however, that minstrels composed ballads for the feudal higher-ups and troubadours sang them for the commoners. -
Panama declared independence from Colombia
In 1903 the United States and Colombia signed the Hay-Herran Treaty to finalize the construction of the Panama Canal but the process was not achieved because the Colombian congress did not pass the measure on August 12, 1903. -
Mexican Revolution begins.
In 1910, the Mexican Revolution began. It was the 20th Century’s first modern social revolution, destined to change Mexico’s society and economy. It would result in a flood of Mexican immigrants into the United States. The choices were simple for Mexicans who opposed the fighting: hide away or leave the country. Many of the Mexican citizens chose to head north, immigrating to the United States. -
President Woodrow Wilson sends troops to Veracruz, Mexico
Trying to protect Mexican landowners known as hacendados and old army officers from Mexican President Francisco I. Madero’s reforms, and fearing that Madero would seize all land held by foreign business, General Victoriano Huerta led a coup that seized power and murdered Madero. -
Mexico City hosted Olympic Summer Gemes
Mexico City hosted Olympic Summer Gemes was also known as Games of the XIX Olympiad was a multinational mini sport held in mexico. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country -
US handed over Panama Canal Zone to Panama
In 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed a treaty which agreed to return 60% of the Canal Zone to Panama in 1979. The canal and remaining territory, known as the Canal Area, was returned to Panama on December 31, 1999.
