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1301
Found
The history of the state of Hidalgo dates back to the oldest archaeological record found in Hidalgo is an ax, found in Huapalcalco. Numerous indigenous groups inhabited the current territory of Hidalgo, mainly the Toltecs, who founded Tulancingo and Tula. In the 14th century, the Mexicas settled and due to the proximity of this region with respect to the great Tenochtitlán, the Spanish conquest soon reached Hidalgo soil. -
1520
Tulancingo taken from the toltec
Tulancingo, city, southeastern Hidalgo estado, north-central Mexico. Tulancingo lies in the Sierra Madre Oriental along the Río Grande de Tulancingo. It was taken from the Toltec Indians by the Spaniards in the 1520s. -
1522
Territorial organization
Pedro Díaz de Sotomayor became the first encomendero, he obtained the position in 1536,48 as a royalty for his merits in the campaigns for the conquest of Mexico, in the province of Panuco and Zacatula, to later settle in the city From Oaxaca. In 1540 the Actopan charge belonged to Juan Guerrero, who had inherited the charge from his wife, the daughter of the conquistador Francisco Gómez. The parcel was the object of criticism, as well as successive regulations. -
1552
The silver mines of Mineral del Monte and Pachuca were discovered
During New Spain, the silver mines of Mineral del Monte and Pachuca were discovered in 1552, which began the establishment of a mining community in the Mining Region. Pachuca was part of one of the most important mining centers, since it is here where, for the first time, the amalgamation method was used to obtain silver, known as patio benefit. -
Toltec culture
In the Age of Conquest, religion, which in pre-Hispanic societies was an important factor in the government of large human groups, was also used in the colonization of indigenous peoples to justify their conversion to Christianity. They are just trying to train the Indians in a new art, but they have to be persuaded to convert to a new religion or, as I said before, evangelize.This coercion caused great and painful losses to the conquered indigenous groups. -
The Hacienda of San Nicolás Ulapa is founded
The Hacienda of San Nicolás Ulapa is founded by Don Juan de Chavarría Valera, who becomes the new owner of the seven "Large Livestock Sites" and the 6 Caballerías”, which were the territory of Mixquiahuala. -
The Bourbon reforms
In 1786, as a result of the Bourbon reforms, the Royal Ordinance of Municipalities issued by King Carlos III was issued, with which the Viceroyalty of New Spain was divided administratively into 12 Municipalities. The current state of Hidalgo was included in the intendancy of Mexico. -
The promulgation of the Constitution of Cádiz
In 1812 with the promulgation of the Constitution of Cádiz, the Municipality of Mexico was incorporated into the Province of New Spain, which also included the municipalities of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. This was only until 1814 when absolutism was reestablished and the intendancies were restored. -
The Consummation
In 1821, during the consummation, the insurgent generals Nicolás Bravo and Guadalupe Victoria arrived in Tulancingo. After independence ended, the First Mexican Empire was formed, in 1823 Pedro Espinosa, ruler of Pachuca, adhered to the Casa Mata Plan and declared himself in favor of the First Federal Republic of Mexico. -
The Federal Constitution
On October 4, 1824, when the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States was promulgated, the Constituent Congress of Mexico gave the province the name of Free and Sovereign State of Mexico. -
Beginning and development of the Reform War
Beginning and development of the War of Reform 1858. With the creation of two totally different political entities and with very different objectives, Mexico headed towards civil war between the liberals led by Benito Juárez and the conservatives led by General Félix Zuloaga. -
The Battle of Ixmiquilpan
The Battle of Ixmiquilpan was an event of arms that occurred on September 25, 1866 during the Second French intervention in Mexico, between 350 soldiers of the Belgian Legion and Juarista forces, ending the battle with the victory of the latter. -
President Benito Juárez
On January 16, 1869, the Congress of the Union issued the Decree of Erection of the State of Hidalgo, by President Benito Juárez, designating the city of Pachuca as the capital of the state,to which the name " de Soto" in recognition of Manuel Fernando Soto, originally from the city of Tulancingo and who is considered the most important promoter in the creation of the state. -
Foundation of the Hidalgo State
The Congress of the Union of Mexico issued the Decree of erection of the state of Hidalgo. The name Hidalgo was assigned to it in honor of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, considered the father of the country. Its capital is the city of Pachuca de Soto. -
Economy of the Porfiriato
In the 19th century, both the lands monopolized by the Church and communal property in indigenous territories disappeared, which allowed the great growth of haciendas. Field work was transformed with the growth of ranches and haciendas, which came to have large tracts of land. Hidalgo there were large haciendas, such as Tetlapáyac, in Almoloya; that of Chimalpa, in Apan, in Pachuca. They had a chapel, warehouse, school, jail, a place to store seeds, shacks, where laborers and servants lived. -
The inauguration of Nicolás Flores
In 1917 with the inauguration of Nicolás Flores the three powers of government were established, historically this fact is considered as the resumption of the constitutional regime in the state of Hidalgo. -
The logo of the state of Hidalgo
The shield of the state of Hidalgo was designed by Diego Rivera and devised by José Vasconcelos in the year 1922. -
Anthem
As for his anthem, it was created on the occasion of the Centennial of the erection of the state of Hidalgo in 1968, where the qualifying jury awarded first place to the hymn "Canto de paz, unión y esperanza", signed by Guzmán Mayer.
