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Don Juan de Oñate by John Houser


"As to the Spanish stock of our Southwest, it is certain to me that we do not begin to appreciate the splendor and sterling value of its race element. Who knows but that element, like the course of some subterranean river, dripping invisibly for a hundred or two years, is now to emerge in broadest flow and permanent action?"—Walt Whitman
 
 

        Nuevo Mexico 1598-Present

                         Statehood 1912

España
 
1598-1821
223 years
 Mexico

1821 - 1848
27 years
 
United States

1848 - Present

 

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

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 colonize New Mexico

Spanish Colonial Era in New Mexico

1598 First colony in New Mexico established at San Juan de los Caballeros

1607 Santa Fe founded

 

 Significant Dates in New Mexico Hispanic Culture

and 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 Independence

12 1912 New Mexico Statehood

14 1847 Taos insurrection begins - Gov. Bent assassinated

16 1793 Birth of Padre Antonio Martinez

22 1599 Battle of Ácoma with Spanish settlers

25 1625 Enthronement of La Conquistadora