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1521
1521-1820
Mexico forms part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. -
Independence
The war for Mexican independence had its antecedent in the invasion of France to Spain in 1808 and extended from the Grito de Dolores, on September 16, 1810, until the entrance of the Trigarante Army to Mexico City, on September 27. of 1821. -
1824
Mexico becomes a federal republic after the ouster and exile of Emperor Augustin de Iturbide. Central American provinces secede, becoming the countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. -
"La Reforma"
1855-72 - "La Reforma" period, characterised by liberal reforms limiting the power and landholdings of the Catholic Church. -
Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was an armed conflict that began in Mexico on November 20, 1910. Today, it is often referred to as the most important political and social event of the twentieth century in Mexico. -
Venustiano Carranza is murdered.
President Venustiano Carranza is murdered. Civil war follows. -
The PRI
The PRI
1929 - The National Revolutionary Party is formed. In 1946 it is re-named the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. -
Student demonstration in Tlatelolco
The Tlatelolco massacre was the killing of students and civilians by military and police on October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco. . The massacre occurred roughly 10 days before the opening of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. -
Fox election victory
He served as president of Mexico from December 1, 2000 to November 30, 2006. His election marked the end of a 71-year period in which all Mexican presidents were members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party or the parties that gave origin to this one. He was expelled from the National Action Party in 2013. -
PRI returns to power
2012 July - The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Enrique Pena Nieto wins presidential election. -
2013
Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, head of the brutal Zetas drugs cartel, is arrested in the highest-profile arrest since President Pena Nieto adopted a policy of targeting local bosses rather than big names. -
2014
Vigilante groups launch an offensive against the Knights Templar drugs cartel in the state of Michoacan -
2014 August
Mexico's Congress approves sweeping reforms to the country's energy sector that will open the market to foreign oil firms -
2015
Authorities issue arrest warrants for 45 suspects - including a former mayor -
2016
Visiting Pope Francis urges a stadium packed with members of the clergy not to give up in the face of violence, drug trafficking and corruption.
