Latin America Timeline

By k4te
  • Period: 1 CE to 500

    Teotihuacan

  • Period: 500 to 1200

    Mayan civilisation

  • Period: 1200 to 1521

    Aztec civilisation

  • Period: 1200 to 1533

    Incan civilisation

  • 1492

    Columbus "discovers" America

  • Period: 1502 to 1520

    Reign of Montezuma

  • 1519

    Hernan Cortes arrives to explore Central America

  • 1531

    Francisco Pizarra and Diego de Almagro explore Peru

  • Period: 1532 to 1533

    Reign of Atahuallpa

  • 1572

    Christianity and the Jesuits arrive

  • Mexican War of Independence

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    Mexican-US Civil War

  • Period: to

    The Mexican Revolution

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    The Cuban Revolution