History Mexico

Area : 759531 sq.mi

Population : 106345034 hab.

In brief

Visa :: No
Vaccinations :: No
Currency :: Nuevo peso
Capitale :: Mexico
Languages :: Spanish

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Weather Mexico

Tijuana 17°C 22°C 24°C 23°C
Mexico 30°C 28°C 29°C 29°C
Guadalajara 31°C 32°C 31°C 33°C
Monterrey 35°C 35°C 35°C 36°C
Toluca 23°C 22°C 22°C 22°C
Torreon 33°C 36°C 37°C 36°C
Acapulco 33°C 32°C 32°C 32°C
Chihuahua 33°C 34°C 34°C 36°C
Piedras Negras 36°C 31°C 36°C 37°C
Culiacan 36°C 37°C 37°C 37°C
Mazatlan 28°C 30°C 30°C 30°C
Puerto Vallarta 27°C 29°C 28°C 29°C
Hermosillo 35°C 36°C 38°C 39°C
Merida 35°C 34°C 35°C 35°C
Cancun 30°C 30°C 30°C 31°C
Villahermosa 37°C 34°C 34°C 35°C

History

historyDates

30,000 years BC: human presence on Mexican land.
5,000 years BC: first corn and bean cultivation.
2,500 / 1,500 BC: the appearance of pottery and the end of the archaic period.
1,500 / 600 BC: the Olmec civilisation was the first great Meso-American civilisation.
2nd-8th century: Teotihuacan civilisation.
3rd-10th century: Maya civilisation in the south of Mexico and Guatemala.
15th century: Aztec empire domination.
1519: Cortez touches ground in Veracuz. Beginning of Spanish conquest.
1521: Tenochtitlan is seized, end of the Aztec empire.
1810: beginning of the war for independence.
1821: proclamation of independence by Agustin de Iturbide.
1833-1855: dictatorship of General Santa Anna. Loss of Texas, California and Arizona.
1864: conquest of Mexico by Napoleon III. Reign of archduke Maximilien de Habsbourg, before he was executed in 1867.
1872-1911: dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, beginning of industrialization.
1911-1923: Mexican revolution: 1 million people die.
1919: Assassination of Emiliano Zapata.
1923: assassination of Pancho Villa.
1926-1934: dictatorship of General Plutarco Elias Calles.
1926-1929: the 'cristeros' rebellion: the civil war between seculars and fanatic Christians ends with tens of thousands of people dead.
1934: Lazaro Cardenas is elected president. The country regains stability.
1968: Olympic Games in Mexico City. Students' demonstrations, massacre of Three-Culture square.
1981-1987: oil crisis, economic recession.
1985: earthquake in Mexico, 20,000 dead.
1994: Zapatista Indian uprising. Ernesto Zedillo is elected president.
2000: presidential elections. After more than 70 years of unshared power, the IRP, Institutional Revolutionary Party, is beaten by the opposition candidate of the PAN (centre-right wing), Vincent Fox.
2006: victory of conservative Felipe Calderon for president.

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