TIMELINE:
Brief History of Hispanic Settlement in New Mexico
Moors Occupy Spain
711 Spain invaded by Moors from North Africa; 781 years of occupation follow
1492 "La Reconquista" (reconquest) of Granada, Spain; Moors and Jews driven out of southern Spain
Spanish Exploration of the Caribbean and Mexico
1492 Columbus voyages to the Americas
1519 Cortés arrives in Valley of Mexico
1521 Conquest of Tenochtítlan (Aztecs) by Cortés
1521-1561 Spanish consolidation of Mexico, consisting of expeditions and
settlements
Spanish Exploration of New Mexico
1528-1536 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition shipwrecked near Galveston, Texas; survivors traverse New Mexico ( Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes, Alonso del Castillo Moldonado, and Estebanico)
1539 Fray Marcos de Niza expedition
1540-1542 Coronado expedition to New Mexico
1581 Rodríguez, Chamuscado expedition to New Mexico
1582 Beltrán, Espejo expedition to New Mexico
1590 Castaño de Sosa expedition to New Mexico
1595 Leyba, Umana expedition to New Mexico Juan de Oñate contracted to settle New Mexico
Spanish Provincial Era in New Mexico
1598 First settlement in New Mexico established at San Juan de los Caballeros - the Knights of Saint John
1607 Santa Fe founded
Significant Dates in New Mexico Hispanic Culture
and History
SIGNIFICANT DATES IN NEW MEXICO HISPANIC HISTORY
January
1 Año Nuevo - New Year's Day - Día de los Manueles
6 Día de Los Reyes Magos (Spanish or Little Christmas)
6 1822 NM Celebrates Mexican Independance
12 1912 New Mexico Statehood
14 1847 Taos insurrection begins - Gov. Bent assassinated
16 1793 Birth of Padre Antonio Martinez
21 Martin Luther King’s Birthday
22 1599 Battle of Ácoma with Spanish settlers
25 1625 Enthronement of La Conquistadora
February
2 Día de la Candelaria (do not wash clothes lest your house burns)
3 1847 Battle of Taos with U.S. troops
6 Ash Wednesday
18 Presidents Day Observed
?? Legisature’s Hispanic Day
13 1888 Death comes for Archbishop Lamy
18 1878 Lincoln County War begins
21 1862 Civil War Battle of Valverde
24 1500 Birth of King Charles I (HRE Charles V) of España
27 1865 Birth of Élfego Baca
28 1786 Comanche Peace Treaty signed by de Anza and Ecueracapa
March
7 1539 Fray Marcos de Niza enters New Mexico
14 1780 Bernardo de Gálvez captures Mobile from British forces
17 Día de San Patricio (Patron of Irishmen)
16 Palm Sunday
19 Día de San José (Spanish Fathers' Day)
21 Good Friday - Viernes Santo
22 Holy Saturday - Sabado de Gloria - Día de las Glorias
23 Pascuas Floridas - Easter Sunday
26 1862 Civil War Battle of Glorieta
April New Mexican Hispanic History Month
1 April Fools Day
3 Día de San Ricardo (A great saint)
8 1704 Death of Don Diego de Vargas
8 1888 Birth of Dennis Chavez
10 1650 First Taos Trade Fair held
21 El Paso Dedication
28 NMHCPL Thanksgiving Banquet
15 1542 Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca completes trek of Southwest
16 1605 Don Juan de Oñate inscribes his name at El Morro
19 1829 Death of Pedro B. Pino - Only NM Delegate to Spanish Cortes
21 1695 La Villa de la Santa Cruz de la Cañada founded
21 1875 Death of Padre José Manuel Gallegos
22 1451 Birth of Queen Isabel I La Catolica of España
22 1540 Coronado Expedition to NM begins
24 1833 Birth of Rafael Chacón
26 1706 La Villa de Alburquerque founded
26 Founders’ Day Parade
27 1610 Villagrá Epic Historia de la Nueva Mexico published
28 1610 La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís founded (assigned date - actual date not known)
30 1598 El Reino de la Nueva Mexico founded - Entrada of Oñate - First Thanksgiving - El Camino Real extended.
May
1 May Day
10 Día de San Isidro (Patron of NM farmers)
11 Mothers’ Day
15 Las Golondrinas Blessing of the fields St. Isidore
17 Día de San Pascual (Patron of NM cooks)
20 1506 Death of Cristobal Colón (Christopher Columbus)
26 Día de San Felipe Neri (Patron of Alburquerque)
26 Memorial Day
June
3 1626 Death of Don Juan de Oñate
7 Fiestas de San Felipe
15 Fathers’ Day
23 1540 Coronado enters New Mexico
23 1694 Velasco/Farfán (de Vargas) colonists enter Santa Fé
24 Día de San Juan (St. John the Baptist’s Day - Día de los Juanes) First day for swimming in NM rivers.
24 1552 Birth of Don Juan de Oñate observed
July
4 1776 The Spanish ensure American Independence Day
4 1776 Dominguez/Escalante Expedition begins to blaze Old Spanish Trail
5 1843 Second expedition of Tejanos surrenders
7 1540 Coronado reaches Cibola
11 1598 NM Founded at San Juan de los Caballeros
12 1541 Coronado reaches Quívira
14 1881 Billy the Kid is killed
25 Día de Santiago (Patron saint of Spanish people and NMHCPL)
26 Día de Santa Ana (Patron of horsewomen)
August
9 1851 Archbishop Lamy and Vicar Machebeuf arrive in Santa Fe
10 Día de San Lorenzo (Patron of cooks and restauranteurs)
10 1680 St. Lawrence Day Massacre -
10 Remembrance of the 400+ Martyrs of New Mexico
11 1623 Don Juan de Oñate exonerated by Rey Felipe IV de España
11 1837 Revolt of El Cantón de la Cañada with Mexico
18 1846 NM Territory begins - Kearny enters Santa Fe
22 1846 Kearny Proclamation
25 1451 Birth of Cristobal Colón (Christopher Columbus)
September
1 1794 La Villa de San Miguel del Bado founded
1 Labor Day
3 1779 Don Juan Bautista de Anza defeats Cuerno Verde at Greenhorn. CO.
5-21 NM State Fair
5 Santa Fe Fiestas begin
9 Zozobra burned
10 1693 Velasco/Farfán (de Vargas) Colonists leave Cd. Mexico
15 National Hispanic Month begins
16 1826 Mexican Independence - NM under Mexican rule
October
4 Día de San Francisco de Asís (Patron of Santa Fe & Archdiocese)
4 Balloon Fiesta starts
9 Columbus Day observed (Dia de Christobal Colon)
10 1841 First Tejano Expedition surrenders at Anton Chico
12 1492 Columbus Discovers America - Día de la Hispanidad
18 1818 Birth of Manuel Antonio Cháves (El Leoncito)
30 1815 Birth of Padre José Manuel Gallegos
30 1884 Élfego Baca standoff
31 Holloween
November
1 Día de Todos Santos
2 Día de Todas Almas
8 1643 Birth of Don Diego de Vargas
11 Veterans Day
25 1542 NM Proto-martyrdom of Fray Juan de la Cruz at Tiguex
26 1504 Death of Queen Isabel I La Catolica of España
27 American Thanksgiving
December
9 1853 Death of Manuel Armijo
11 1598 Zaldívar Massacre at Ácoma
12 Día de NSD Guadalupe (Patron of New Mexico)
16 1693 Don Diego de Vargas and returning colonists enter Santa Fe - reconquista complete
19 1788 Death of Don Juan Bautista de Anza at Arispe, Sonora, Mexico.
24 1600 Las Casas colonists arrive in New Mexico
25 Día de Navidad o Pascuas Nevadas
25 1846 U.S./Mexican War Battle of Brazitos
