-
USA
British General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to Gen. George Washington over war for independence. -
USA
Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the treaty of Paris -
Canada
Immigration increases - Thousands of newcomers from England, Scotland and Ireland arrive every year. -
Mexico
The mandate of Viceroy Miguel José de Azanza ends. Duke of Santa Fe, was a Spanish politician and military man that showed the portfolio of the Ministry of the War in 1793; where he quelled the rebellion of the machetes, which claimed the independence of Mexico. -
USA
US capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C -
USA
A group of slaves organizes a riot and are hanged when their plans are discovered. Slave laws are tightened across the South. -
Mexico
An earthquake happens in Colima, called El terremoto de la Encarnacion. -
Mexico
The Spanish landowner Gabriel de Yermo, accompanied by a group of armed men, assaults the Palacio Virreinal, taking Viceroy Iturrigaray and his family as prisoners, as well as Francisco Primo de Verdad, Azcárate and the friar Talamantes. -
Mexico
Event known as Grito de Dolores that initiates the Independence of Mexico. The Grito de Dolores is considered the act with which the Mexican War of Independence began. -
Canada
Conflict that confronted the United States against the United Kingdom and its Canadian colonies caused by the restrictions to the trade imposed by the United Kingdom because of the war that maintained in Europe against France and the forced recruitment of American merchant sailors to serve in the British Royal Navy and British support for the indigenous peoples of North America who opposed the expansion of the United States -
USA
US declares war to Britain over maritime issues -
Mexico
Puruarán, Michoacán has carried out the battle that culminated with the defeat of the insurgents commanded by General Mariano Matamoros against the royalist forces commanded by Agustín de Iturbide. The insurgent army, under the command of the military chief José María Morelos, was in the Puruarán hacienda when the troops under the command of Matamoros (who was captured) were defeated and he was forced to retreat. -
USA
The British capture Washington and set fire to the White House and Capitol -
USA
Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the war -
Mexico
Was in Mexico one more year of the resistance of the war of independence in which at times, the war began to resurface, thanks to the battles of the insurgents Pedro Moreno and the Spanish Francisco Xavier Mina who decided to fight against the absolutism and in favor of the Cádiz Constitution of 1812. -
Canada
The border between the United States and Canada is set at the 49th parallel, which forces Canada to abandon its Red River colony south of the parallel founded in 1812 and obliges to carry out a joint occupation of Oregon until its cession to the United States in 1846. -
USA
Another slave riot ends up in the killing of 35 slaves. -
USA
Monroe declares that the American continent are off-limits for further colonization’s from the Europeans. -
Mexico
A year of structural changes in his new independent life as this year's first federal constitution emerged, which formalized the nation as a federal, democratic and representative republic after the experiment of the ephemeral empire of Iturbide and the transition period of the triumvirate. -
USA
President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, which allows for the forced removal of Native Americans of their lands. By the late 30’s the Jackson Administration had relocated near 50.000 native Americans. -
USA
Slave laws are tightened in the South after the biggest slave riot in American history. -
Canada
There were a series of small rebellions: Louis-Joseph Papineau in Montreal and William Lyon Mackenzie in Toronto. Lord Durham (John George Lambton) was sent to solve this situation and recommended that self-government be increased and the two Canadians unified, the union became difficult and finally the increase of self-government was approved, giving the same representation to both territories in the House of Representatives. -
USA
Massive Indian forced migration leaves 4000 dead. -
Mexico
Mexico continued to experience the centralist model as a form of government. The country continued in tension due to the multiple armed uprisings of federalists and the constant changes in the presidency, which Anastasio Bustamante and Antonio López de Santa Anna exchanged during this year. -
USA
The US declares war to Mexico to gain California -
Mexico
Mexico responds to the declaration of war of the United States, thus initiating the confrontation between the two countries. -
USA
The US-Mexico war ends. US gains ownership of California -
USA
Supreme Court decision rules that slaves are not citizens -
Mexico
Experienced intense combats throughout the country that defined the War of Reform. Also known as the Three Years War, it happened in Mexico from the year 1858 to January 10, 1861. The nation was divided into two major parties: liberals and conservatives; both fought for their ideals. -
USA
Confederate States of America is established to divide the US in, The Union which where the north states against slavery and The Confederates which where the south states in favor of slavery. -
USA
Civil War between the North and the South (The Union against the Confederates) begins over slavery expansion to the west. -
USA
Emancipation of Proclamation is signed, freeing slaves from The Confederates -
USA
Lincoln is assassinated in Washington DC and is succeeded by his Vice President, Andrew Jackson -
Canada
The Canadian Confederation was approved, which grouped, in its origin, the provinces of Ontario (Upper Canada), Quebec (Lower Canada). New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Later the other territories were incorporated, as the colonization of western Canada progressed. -
Mexico
Was in Mexico the year of the consolidation of the Mexican Republic and the definitive triumph of the liberal cause. -
USA
Fifteenth Amendment is added to the constitution, giving blacks the rights to vote -
Canada
British Columbia joins Canada under the condition that a railroad one east and west -
Canada
The rail links Canada from coast to coast -
Mexico
Fue para México un año de consolidación del periodo denominado Porfiriato, durante el cual se continuó con la política de reprimir cualquier intento de oposición. -
USA
Last major battle of the Indian War takes place in South Dakota -
USA
Last major battle of the Indian War takes place in South Dakota -
USA
The Spanish-American War ends, with Cuba becoming independent and the US acquiring Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines -
USA
US acquires the Panama Canal Zone by invasion -
Mexico
The federal government massacres an undetermined number of workers in the Rio Blanco, Veracruz factory in response to the strike call of the region's workers. -
Mexico
It was a period of political and military actions relevant to the history of the country, as the second stage of the Mexican Revolution began whose military combat intensified. In this year, military actions with the coup d’état were resumed by the legitimate and democratically established government of President Francisco I. Madero, the initial leader of the revolution. -
USA
US declares war on Germany and thus enters World War 1 -
USA
Armistice is signed ending World War 1 -
USA
Woman’s right to vote is ratified -
Canada
Independence of Canada - In 1921 the Liberals led by Mackenzie King, returned to the Government, and in 1926 the Imperial Conference granted independence from Canada. In these years Canada reached a rapid development: exploitation of gold deposits. Asbestos and nickel; construction of hydroelectric power plants; wood and paper industries; increase of agricultural crops. -
Canada
The crisis of 1929 slowed down its expansion and led to the rise of conservatives (1930-35) and the creation of new socialist-inspired parties. -
USA
US declares itself neutral in the European conflict -
USA
US declares war on Japan, entering World War 2 -
USA
President Roosevelt (US), Churchill (UK) and Stalin meet in Yalta to discuss post war occupation of Germany. -
USA
US makes first test of atomic bomb in New Mexico -
USA
Germany surrenders and President Truman (US), Churchill and Stalin meet to demand Japan to surrender. -
USA
US drops two atomic bombs in Japan two days after they had surrendered. -
USA
US supports West Berlin and Soviets support East Berlin, which became the communist side. -
Canada
Alliance period - Canada joined the United Nations (UN) in 1945 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 as a founding member. In 1949 Great Britain ceded the island of Terranova to Canada. After the death of Mackenzie King (1950) the liberal Saint-Laurent was appointed prime minister. -
USA
President Truman sends American troops to battle In the Korean War, fueled by the communist and non-communist forces. -
USA
Communist forces backed by China and the USSR collide with non-communist forces backed by the US in Vietnam. -
USA
First Hydrogen bomb is detonated in a US military testing site. -
Canada
During the Second World War, Canada mobilized 900,000 men, and at the end of the war 350,000 soldiers were on the various European fronts. The Liberal Party continued in power until 1957, and during its mandate an agreement was signed with the US for the defense of the Arctic zones (1946). In 1957, after an economic crisis, the progressive conservatives won the elections and the head of the conservative party, J. Diefenbaker, occupied the head of the Government until 1963. -
Canada
In the decade of the 60s of the 20th century, the separatism of the French-speaking minority rose. In June of 1968 the liberal party of Pierre Elliott Trudeau obtained the absolute majority, but the political climate was rarefied when the Minister of Labor, Laporte, was assassinated in 1970 by members of the Quebec Liberation Front. -
USA
President Kennedy denounces the USSR for secretly placing missiles in Cuba, starting the Cold War -
USA
The US starts bombing Vietnam -
Canada
October Crisis - political kidnappings, Ottawa suspends civil rights. -
USA
US troops invade Cambodia -
Mexico
A guerrilla group called Partido de los pobres in the Sierra de Guerrero, ambushes and murders ten soldiers and a lieutenant on the stretch between Atoyac de Álvarez and San Vicente. Two guerrillas also perish in the attack. The leader of the latter, Professor Lucio Cabañas. -
1975
US troops leave Vietnam, but war is not officially ended -
Canada
After a year of conservative executive, in 1980 Trudeau returned to power, and was reinforced after the Quebec referendum to decide the negotiation of an "associated sovereignty" was adverse to the nationalists. Also, it managed to approve the first Constitution elaborated in Canada (December 1981), that although it was vetoed by the Government of Quebec was proclaimed in Otawa by Isabel II (April 1982). -
USA
US invades Caribbean island of Grenada after a coup by a Marxist faction. -
USA
US bombs Lydia to prevent terrorist attacks. -
USA
US and USSR sign a nuclear arms deal, decreasing both of their armaments creasing both of their armaments -
USA
US invades Panama to capture President Manuel Noriega, who was being accused of ties to the drug cartels -
Canada
Lake Meech Agreement - In 1990, three provinces refused to ratify the Lake Meech agreement (June 3, 1987), which recognized Quebec as having a differentiated status in exchange for its adherence to the Constitution; and a consensus proposal to solve the crisis was defeated in a referendum (October 26, 1992), Mulroney resigned in February 1993 and after the October elections the liberal Jean Chrétien formed a government. -
USA
Iraq troops invade Kuwait. US sends troops to push Iraq troops out of Kuwait. This started the Persian Gulf War -
USA
Another nuclear arms treaty is signed by the US and the USSR, further reducing their nuclear weapon arsenal. -
Canada
Canada, USA and Mexico agree to the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Mulroney resigns as head of the Progressive Conservative Party in February but continues in the position of Prime Minister until June. He is succeeded by Kim Campbell, the first woman to occupy the position of Prime Minister in Canada. -
USA
The US and the Russia declare the end of the Cold War -
USA
The US bombs Iraq in retaliation for the attempted assassination of President Bush -
Mexico
FTA with Costa Rica. -
USA
The US sends troops to Bosnia in a peace keeping mission -
Mexico
Intermediate federal elections in which for the first time the official party loses its absolute majority in the Congress of the Union. -
USA
US bombs Afghanistan and Iraq following bombings to US embassy’s -
Mexico
Pope John Paul II visits the country for the fourth time. -
Canada
Heads of state and government of countries of the Americas meet in Canada at the Summit of the Americas where they reaffirm their commitment to establish the largest free trade zone in the world by the year 2005 -
USA
Two hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center in New York. A third plane crashed against the Pentagon. The attacked killed over 3000 people -
USA
US and the UK bomb Afghanistan after their government failed to hand Osama Bin Laden to them. -
USA
President Bush declares the US will wage war against anyone who produces weapons of mass destruction -
Canada
Canada says "no" to joining the war in Iraq -
USA
US and UK declare war on Iraq and send troops to invade it. -
Canada
Elections - The Liberals under the leadership of Prime Minister Paul Martin are elected for a fourth term. The results of the election give the Liberals a minority government, the first in 25 years. -
Canada
Toronto policeman's remark that women can avoid rape by avoiding dressing like ''sluts'', prompts a global phenomenon: a slutwalk protest. Canada becomes the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses. -
Canada
One person is killed in a shooting at a victory rally in Montreal for the separatist Parti Quebecois, which is projected to win provincial polls in Quebec. -
Canada
Canada launches a mission to map the Arctic seabed, in support of its its bid to extend its territory up to the North Pole. Canada joins the US-led coalition carrying out air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq. Two Islamist-inspired terrorist attacks - one in Quebec and one at Parliament Hill in Ottawa - leave two Canadian soldiers dead. -
Canada
Supreme Court rules that doctors can provide medical help in euthanasia cases, reversing a ban imposed in 1993. Liberals under Justin Trudeau, the son for former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, return to power with a large win over the Conservatives. -
USA
US pulls back troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. -
Canada
Canada signs a free trade agreement with the European Union. -
Canada
French-Canadian student Alexandre Bissonnette is charged over the shooting of six Muslims at a mosque in Quebec. The government says it will pay compensation to thousands of indigenous people who were taken from their families as children to be brought up by primarily white middle-class families decades ago. -
Canada
The US, Canada and Mexico reach a new trade deal to replace the current North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) gives the US greater access to Canada's dairy market, and allows extra imports of Canadian cars. -
Mexico
Federal elections in Mexico in 2018 whose winner was the elected candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador.