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Events relating to mexico
Cortes and his tiny force capture Montezuma, ruler of the mighty Aztec empire, in his palace at Tenochtitlan
Cortes loses control of Tenochtitlan and has to escape in haste with his men during 'the Sorrowful Night'
After a little more than a year Cortes recaptures Tenochtitlan and finally establishes Spanish control over Mexico
The conquistadors, settling on land granted to them after the conquest, begin the long process of European emigration to America
The Aztec Virgin of Guadalupe appears to an Indian near Mexico City and tells him she is 'one of his kind'
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado penetrates far north and west of Texas in an expedition searching for gold
Spanish galleons assemble each year at Portobelo to deliver European goods and to ship home the metals of Latin America
The Philippines and its governor general are placed under the authority of the Spanish governor of New Spain, ruling from Mexico City
The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rise against the Spanish, killing 21 missionaries and some 400 colonists
The parish priest of Dolores sparks a rebellion against the Spanish authorities in Mexico with his Grito de Dolores
Rebels meeting for a conference in Chilpancingo proclaim a short-lived Mexican independence
The Spanish suppress the independence movement in Mexico with the capture and execution of its leader, Jose Maria Morelos
A reactionary movement led by Agustín de Iturbide wins new and lasting independence for Mexico
The Sante Fe Trail, from Missouri to New Mexico, is opened up by the US trader William Becknell
Agustin de Iturbide declares himself emperor of the new nation of Mexico, as Agustin I
Guatemala declares independence following the example of neighbouring Mexico
Antonio López de Santa Anna begins the first of five spells as president of Mexico
Sam Houston destroys a Mexican army near the San Jacinto river, completing the seizure of Texas from Mexico
William Hickling Prescott brings the Conquistadors dramatically to life in his 3-volume History of the Conquest of Mexico
President Polk sends a US army into Texas, provoking the Mexican-American War
William Hickling Prescott follows his great work on Mexico with a 2-volume History of the Conquest of Peru
A treaty signed in Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, gives the US six new states
California is admitted to the union just two years after being acquired from Mexico
US minister to Mexico James Gadsden secures a treaty by which the USA purchases from Mexico much of southern Arizona
Liberal leaders Juan Alvarez and Ignacio Comonfort launch a political programme in Mexico that becomes know simply as 'the Reform'
