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Jan 1, 1485
Aztec Sacrifice
Aztecs sacrifice 20,000 people to inaugurate the temple in Tenochtitilan -
Jan 1, 1520
Smallpoxes outbreak in Mexico
Many people in Mexico got smallpoxes. -
Jun 1, 1520
Cortez is defeated by the Aztecs
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Aug 1, 1521
Cortez defeats the Aztecs and conquers Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1538
Civil War erupts between followers of Almagro and followers of Pizarro
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Jan 1, 1548
Gonzalo Pizarro surrenders to Spanish King and is beheaded
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Jan 1, 1562
Portugese annilihate the rebellious Caete in Brazil while smallpox and plague spread among Indios of Brazil
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Jan 1, 1571
Inca leader Tupac Amaru rebels in Peru but is captured of beheaded
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Sao Revolt against the Jesuits
In 1661, the colonists of Sao Luis revolted against the Jesuits who protect Brazilian Indios from slavery, causing the expulsion of Vieria based on their religious beliefs in Christianity. -
Spain removes ban of all non-Spanish trade in Americas
A blockade was made during the "War of Succession", by England and Holland, Spain allowed French ships to trade with its American colonies and removes the ban of all non-Spanish trade in the Americas. -
War of Mascates
Large plantation landowners fought against Portuguese peddlers for control of the city of Recife. -
Treaty of Madrid
This treaty recognizes Brazil's borders and hands Sacramento to Spain in the return for Jesuit missions that have to be evacuted by the combined Spanish and Portuguese armies. -
Portugal expels all Jesuits from its colonies
Portugal expels the Jesuit people from all the colonies because they were continually getting suspected for many things like building an independent empire in the new world and knowing about an attempted assasination of the king. They were rid of everything Portugal related and kicked out. -
Treaty of Paris
The french surrenders Canada, Dominica, Grenada and eatern Louisiana and Florida to Britain after conquered those lands, Spain surrenders western Louisiana to France and Florida to Britian in the treaty. -
Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Britian defeats Spain at Cape St. VIncent and conquers Trinidad from Spain and cut pff trade between Spain and Spanish America. -
Haiti becomes the first independent state in Latin America
It's part of the Haitian revolution which included the slave revolt that lead to the founding of the state. -
Maximilian of Austria made emperor in Mexico
French emperor Napolean the third, got Maximilian of Austria to be emperor of Mexico. Mexican resistance caused Napolean to order French withdrawal. -
Eruption of Mt. Pelee, Martinique
Dubbed the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. 40,000 plus people were killed. -
Mexican Revolution under Zapata and Pancho villa leads to Civil War
The revolution broke out directed against President Porfiriodiaz. -
Bolivian Revolution
The Bolivian economy was decreasing rapidly. The MNR (Revolutionary Nationalist Movement) tryed to gain power by force. The outcome was 600 plus people died. -
Cubian missile crisis
Soviet Union and Cuba were on one side and U.S. was on the other. it was one of the major confrontations of the Cold War and was the closet to nuclear conflict. -
Che Guevara killed in Bolivia
He was an Argentine marxist Revolutionary, an author, a guerrilla, and he was important to the Cubian Revolution. -
Sendero Luminoso Guerrilla group founded in Peru
Shining path founded by Abimael Guzeman, off shoot of Communist party of Peru. -
Nevado Del Ruiz volcano erupts
Volcano in Columbia claims 25,000 lives.
