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Feb 18, 1519
Cortes sails from Havana and lands in Mexico.
The expedition to Mexico. When Cortés finally sailed for the coast of Yucatán on February 18, 1519, he had 11 ships, 508 soldiers, about 100 sailors, and—most important—16 horses. In March 1519 he landed at Tabasco, where he stayed for a time in order to gain intelligence from the local Indians. -
Period: 1520 to 1521
Montezuma dies and Cortes lays siege to Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire.
Montezuma's decision to welcome Cortés into his city reflected his strength and intelligence, not his weakness. Years of reports of Spaniards along the coastline suggested they were in the Americas to stay. Even defeating Cortés outright would only delay the inevitable negotiations that must be made with the newcomers. -
1527
Bishopric of Mexico created.
In 1527 the Roman Catholic Church was established in Mexico when the dioceses of Tlaxcala and Mexico were created. The Archdiocese of México was created first as a diocese in 1530 and upgraded to an archdiocese in 1546. -
Haiti declares independence from France
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of l'Overture's generals and himself a former slave, led the revolutionaries at the Battle of Vertieres on November 18, 1803 where the French forces were defeated. -
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Mexico fights for independence from spain
The unified military force entered Mexico City in triumph in September 1821 and the Spanish viceroy Juan O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, ending Spanish rule. -
Central American provinces declare independence from Mexico
he Central American congress declared independence from Mexico and established the United Provinces of Central America, later known as the Federal Republic of Central America, which existed until its dissolution in 1841 after the First and Second Central American Civil Wars. -
Mexico becomes republic / federl constitution
Content of the Mexican Constitution of 1824. The 1824 constitution was made up of seven titles and 171 articles. In its content, it established that Mexico was a federalist republic of popular representation, made up of 19 states, four territories, and a Federal District that would function as the capital of the nation -
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War between Mexico and the US
The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip. -
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Benito Juarez brings reform to mexico
Juárez had passed a set of laws called the Reform Laws, which made all Church land and buildings the property of the State. This cut the power and influence of the Church, which had been very powerful until then. -
War between US and Spain
The immediate cause of the Spanish-American War was Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain. Newspapers in the U.S. printed sensationalized accounts of Spanish atrocities, fueling humanitarian concerns -
Panama Canal opens
The US took over the project in 1904 and opened the canal in 1914. The US continued to control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal Zone until the Torrijos–Carter Treaties provided for its handover to Panama in 1977. After a period of joint American–Panamanian control, the Panamanian government took control in 1999. -
Fidel Castro becomes the dictator of Cuba
After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's prime minister. -
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua establish the Central American Common Market
Beginning with a treaty signed by all five countries in 1960 the CACM sought to reduce trade barriers, stimulate exports, and encourage industrialization by means of regional cooperation. -
Mexican president nationalizes the banking industry
The most significant case in modern history of private banks nationalization or expropriation by a Latin American government took place on September 1, 1982, in Mexico, when Mexican president José López Portillo issued a decree whereby Mexican private commercial banks were nationalized. -
Luis Donaldo Colosio is assasinated during his campaign to become president of mexico
At 5:05 PM PST, on 23 March 1994, at a campaign rally in Lomas Taurinas, a poor neighborhood of Tijuana, Baja California, Colosio was shot in the head with a . 38 Special that was originally purchased in San Francisco.