Mexico

1820After another uprising, the viceroy sends Agustín de Iturbide to cut a deal with the rebels but the latter, though, joins the insurgent forces. Together they put out the Iguala Plan and the three warranties: preservation of the Catholic Church, independence of Mexico, and unification of Spanish and Mexican on a friendly basis in return for the proclamation of the independence. The people carried out a massive uprising to back the proposal. The viceroy was forced to resign.

1813The Congress releases a formal Declaration of Independence, free from Spanish rule. However, the struggle went on and faded out at the same time.

1811Hidalgo was executed on a firing squad along with his closest henchmen.

1810Miguel Higalgo, famously known as Priest Hidalgo, organized the first uprising by tolling the church bells during the Dolores campaign and waving a flag with the Guadalupe Virgin embroidered in it. He was proclaimed Captain-general with 20,000 men under his command, whose voices used to be heard when shouting, “Long live forever our Holy Mother of Guadalupe! Long live forever America! Down with bad governments!

1810Hidalgo takes over the city of Guanajuato, capital of the province bearing the same name, and Mexico’s second-best urban area in wealth and development.

1600From the 16th to the 18th Centuries, several reigns walked up and down the throne, some for progress, whereas others were simply sowing the seeds of discontent in the population with continuos abuses and cruel practices.The emancipation of the British colonies and the ideas generated by the French Revolution made longing for independence bloom.

1535After a long array of abuses and crimes committed against the indigenous natives by former administrations, the first-ever viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza, arrives in New Spain. Mendoza was labeled as an energetic, skilled man who paid special attention to the indigenous natives. The printing press is introduced and the first book is published. This viceroy singled himself out for his devotion to sick people who came down on the 1545 Plague.

1524This institution was created with full-fledged jurisdiction over the West Indies. Alongside the Castile Council, these were the only bodies entitled with legislative functions that always supported the Court in its many moves. In 1834, the West Indies Council was dissolved.