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
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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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