History of New Mexico
and the Southwest
Dr. Roy E. Howard
New Mexico Association for
Bilingual Education
1598
Thanksgiving
Juan de Oñate has Thanksgiving
Dinner at Socorro on the Rio Grande
with the Pueblo People, April 30
1680
Pueblo
Revolt
The Pueblo Revolt casts out Spanish
influence for thirteen years
1810
Mexican
Revolution
September 16: Miguel Hidalgo
initiates freedom from Spain for our
part of New Spain
1848
Mexican
War
July 4: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo:
the U.S. promises rights of language,
religion, education to those who stay
in the North
1862
Cinco
de Mayo
General Ignacio Zaragoza leads the
townspeople and Indian tribes to
victory over the French Invaders at
Puebla
1866
Emancipation
19 June - The slaves of New Mexico
and Texas learn of the Emancipation
Proclamatio
1867
End
of French
Intervention
19 June - Benito Juárez executes
Emperor Maximiliano, restoring the
democratically elected government
to México
1868
Long
Walk
18 June - The Navajo people leave
Fort Sumner (Hwééldi) for the long
walk to return to Dinétah within the
sacred mountains
1868
Navajo
Treaty
1 July - the U.S. Government signs a
treaty with the Navajo Nation,
recognizing sovereignty and
promising support
1898
The

Phillipines
12 June - The Phillipines is liberated
from Spanish control (becomes
independent in 1948)
Other countries include Cuba, Puerto
Rico, Marianas Islands, etc.
1912
Statehood
January 6, President Taft signs
Proclamation admitting New Mexico
as a state into the Union
1948
The
Right to Vote
Miguel Trujillo (Isleta Pueblo) takes
action to secure voting rights for NM
Indians
2001
September

11
Foreign attacks on America awaken
the Nation to a sense of history, with
a subsequent increase of unity,
sacrifice, patriotism, and
preparedness.
September Dates
 11,
2001 Attack on America
 14, 1812 Star Spangled
Banner (attacked by England)
 16, 1810 Viva la Independencia
(New Mexico’s War for Independence)
 18,
1783 U.S. Constitution
More Dates
 30
April, 1598 (The first Thanksgiving)
 5 May, 1862 (Mexico attacked by France)
 1 June, 1868 (Navajo treaty with U.S.)
 18 June, 1868 (Navajo leave Ft. Sumner)
 19 June, 1866 Slaves learn of Emancipation)
 19 June, 1867 (End of French Intervention)
 4 July, 1848 (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
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