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Period: Sep 16, 1519 to
Mexican Independence
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Period: Sep 16, 1519 to
Spanish arrived in Mexico
In 1519 by Hernan Cortes. -
May 20, 1520
Mexico arrived
Spanish soldiers killed a group of Aztec nobles in the templo mayor in tenochtitlan during the celebration of Toxcatl. -
Jun 29, 1520
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Moctezuma II, the tlatoani of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance, was killed. -
Jun 30, 1520
La Noche Triste
The Spaniard Hernán Cortés lost several hundred men in a fighting escape from Tenochtitlan. -
Jul 7, 1520
Battle of Otumba
Combined Spanish and Tlaxcala forces seriously defeated a vastly superior Aztec force at Otumba de Gómez Farías. -
Aug 13, 1521
Fall of Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was taken by Spanish forces. The tlatoani Cuauhtémoc was taken prisoner. -
War of Spanish succession
The Treaty of Utrecht was signed, under which Great Britain, Savoy, Portugal, and the United Provinces recognized Philip V of Spain of the House of Bourbon as king of Spain, ending the war. In exchange, Philip renounced the right to pass the throne to his heirs. -
Philip abdicated in favor of his son Louis I of Spain
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Louis died of smallpox
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The Society of Jesus was expelled from New Spain.
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Mexican independence
Mexican independence started! -
Grito de Dolores
The Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla encouraged his congregation to revolt against the Spanish crown in a speech made at Dolores. -
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Mexian Independence
Mexican Independence started and ended! -
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
Insurgent forces under Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende defeated Spanish troops at Ocoyoacac. -
Mexican War of Independence
The Spanish colonel Agustín de Iturbide and the insurgent leader Vicente Guerrero together issued the Plan of Iguala at a meeting in Iguala, under which Mexico was to become an independent, Catholic constitutional monarchy. -
Mexican War of Independence
The armies under Iturbide and Guerrero were consolidated into Iturbide's control in the Army of the Three Guarantees. -
Mexican War of Independence
Iturbide and Spanish viceroy Juan O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, recognizing the independence of Mexico in personal union with Spain.
