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Mexico

Mexico: Historical Dates

1200 BC-AD 900	Maya, Olmec, and Zapotec cultures thrived in Mexico, building many monuments that still stand today.
1300s	The Aztecs founded Tenochtitlán, the site of modern Mexico City.
1519	Hernán Cortés defeated large Aztec armies and founded Veracruz, the first Spanish settlement in Mexico.
1521	Cortés completed his conquest of the Aztec Empire.
1810	Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Mexican priest, instigated a revolt in the hopes of winning Mexico's independence.
1821	Mexico won its independence from Spain. Three years later it became a republic.
1836	The Mexican province of Texas became an independent republic after defeating General Antonio López de Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.
1846-1848	Mexico lost a war with the United States and was forced to cede huge amounts of territory.
1848	Revolution led to the declaration of the Second Republic.
1863	French troops occupied Mexico City. The next year, the French named Maximilian of Austria emperor of Mexico.
1867	Mexican forces regained control of the country and shot Maximilian.
1910	Francisco I. Madero led a revolution that ousted the dictator Porfirio Díaz from power the following year.
1913	Madero was assassinated and civil war broke out. The forces of Venustiano Carranza occupied Mexico City the following year, aided by the United States.
1929	The National Revolutionary party was formed. It quickly came to dominate Mexican politics.
1938	Mexico seized foreign oil properties and nationalized its petroleum industry.
1942-1945	Mexico's economy expanded dramatically during World War II to help meet Allied demands for war goods.
1968	The government crushed student protests during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
1993	Mexico, the United States, and Canada ratified the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1994	The Zapatista National Liberation Army (a group of Native American rebels from the southern state of Chiapas) declared war on the Mexican government. The group captured four towns before a cease-fire was declared and the government agreed to negotiations for social and political reforms.
1995	A crisis in the value of the peso seriously damaged the Mexican economy as Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León began his presidency.
1996	Zapatista National Liberation Army announced formation of a new civilian political organization to be called the Zapatista National Liberation Front (FZLN).