1550-08-22 01:59:47
The Valladolid debate
A debate between Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda regarding the rights and treatment of indigenous peoples in the Spanish empire.
1750-03-02 21:55:54
The Bourbon Reforms
A series of 18th-century acts tightening Spanish imperial rule.
1810-06-13 06:48:32
The Grito de Dolores
"The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of/from Dolores") was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence, uttered on September 16, 1810, by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato, Mexico."
1847-08-22 01:59:48
Mexican-American War
Known in Mexico as the American Intervention in Mexico.
1876-09-10 20:21:58
The Porfiriato
The Presidency of Porfirio Díaz
1896-08-23 19:34:24
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court declares that "separate but equal" accommodations are constitutional, thereby upholding segregation.
1909-08-16 16:26:01
NAACP founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded to combat discrimination, promote social justice, and support the advancement of African Americans.
1910-09-01 00:00:00
Mexican Revolution
Constitutional crisis and revolution (1910-11), failed presidency of Francisco Madero and coup d’état (1911-13), opposition alliance and toppling the dictator (1913-14), civil war and constitutionalist victory (1914-17), consolidation of the “revolutionary” state (1917-2?).
1910-09-13 18:27:21
Plan of San Luís de Potosí
Félix Madero’s call to overthrow Díaz.
1911-10-17 21:49:27
Treaty of Ciudad Juárez
Díaz resigns presidency, new elections to be held.
1913-07-04 14:07:07
Decena trágica
9-19 February, 1913: “The ten tragic days” of street-fighting in Mexico City resulting from a coup attempt and culmination in the forced resignation and execution of Madero.
1913-10-11 20:12:59
Plan of Guadalupe
Carranza’s call to overthrow Huerta
1914-09-01 00:00:00
Convention of Aguascalientes
Meeting of anti-Huerta forces, which leads to war between Convencionalistas (forces loyal to Zapata and Villa, opposed to Carranza) and Constitucionalistas (forces loyal to Carranza, Obregón, asserting supremacy of Mexico City government and the Constitution).
1916-07-31 06:32:49
Great Migration
Nearly two million black Americans migrate to the North in order to escape the harsh economic and social conditions of the South.