Timeline of The Conquest
| Date | Event | Modern department (or Mexican state) |
|---|---|---|
| 01521-01-011521 | Conquest of Tenochtitlan | Mexico |
| 01522-01-011522 | Spanish allies scout Soconusco and receive delegations from the K'iche' and Kaqchikel | Chiapas, Mexico |
| 01523-01-011523 | Pedro de Alvarado arrives in Soconusco | Chiapas, Mexico |
| 01524-02-01February 1524February – March 1524 | Spanish defeat the K'iche' | Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and El Quiché |
| 01524-02-088 February 1524 | Battle of Zapotitlán, Spanish victory over the K'iche' | Suchitepéquez |
| 01524-02-1212 February 1524 | First battle of Quetzaltenango results in the death of the K'iche' lord Tecun Uman | Quetzaltenango |
| 01524-02-1818 February 1524 | Second battle of Quetzaltenango | Quetzaltenango |
| 01524-03-01 March 1524 | Spanish under Pedro de Alvarado raze Q'umarkaj, capital of the K'iche' | El Quiché |
| 01524-04-1414 April 1524 | Spanish enter Iximche and ally themselves with the Kaqchikel | Chimaltenango |
| 01524-04-1818 April 1524 | Spanish defeat the Tz'utujil in battle on the shores of Lake Atitlán | Sololá |
| 01524-05-099 May 1524 | Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Pipil of Panacal or Panacaltepeque near Izcuintepeque | Escuintla |
| 01524-05-2626 May 1524 | Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Xinca of Atiquipaque | Santa Rosa |
| 01524-07-2727 July 1524 | Iximche declared first colonial capital of Guatemala | Chimaltenango |
| 01524-08-2828 August 1524 | Kaqchikel abandon Iximche and break alliance | Chimaltenango |
| 01524-09-077 September 1524 | Spanish declare war on the Kaqchikel | Chimaltenango |
| 01525-01-011525 | The Poqomam capital falls to Pedro de Alvarado | Guatemala |
| 01525-03-1313 March 1525 | Hernán Cortés arrives at Lake Petén Itzá | Petén |
| 01525-10-01 October 1525 | Zaculeu, capital of the Mam, surrenders to Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras after a lengthy siege | Huehuetenango |
| 01526-01-011526 | Chajoma rebel against the Spanish | Guatemala |
| 01526-01-011526 | Acasaguastlán given in encomienda to Diego Salvatierra | El Progreso |
| 01526-01-011526 | Spanish captains sent by Alvarado conquer Chiquimula | Chiquimula |
| 01526-02-099 February 1526 | Spanish deserters burn Iximche | Chimaltenango |
| 01527-01-011527 | Spanish abandon their capital at Tecpán Guatemala | Chimaltenango |
| 01529-01-011529 | San Mateo Ixtatán given in encomienda to Gonzalo de Ovalle | Huehuetenango |
| 01529-09-01 September 1529 | Spanish routed at Uspantán | El Quiché |
| 01530-04-01 April 1530 | Rebellion in Chiquimula put down | Chiquimula |
| 01530-05-099 May 1530 | Kaqchikel surrender to the Spanish | Sacatepéquez |
| 01530-12-01 December 1530 | Ixil and Uspantek surrender to the Spanish | El Quiché |
| 01533-04-01 April 1533 | Juan de León y Cardona founds San Marcos and San Pedro Sacatepéquez | San Marcos |
| 01543-01-011543 | Foundation of Cobán | Alta Verapaz |
| 01549-01-011549 | First reductions of the Chuj and Q'anjob'al | Huehuetenango |
| 01551-01-011551 | Corregimiento of San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán established | El Progreso, Zacapa and Baja Verapaz |
| 01555-01-011555 | Lowland Maya kill Francisco de Vico | Alta Verapaz |
| 01560-01-011560 | Reduction of Topiltepeque and Lacandon Ch'ol | Alta Verapaz |
| 01618-01-011618 | Franciscan missionaries arrive at Nojpetén, capital of the Itzá | Petén |
| 01619-01-011619 | Further missionary expeditions to Nojpetén | Petén |
| 01684-01-011684 | Reduction of San Mateo Ixtatán and Santa Eulalia | Huehuetenango |
| 01686-01-2929 January 1686 | Melchor Rodríguez Mazariegos leaves Huehuetenango, leading an expedition against the Lacandón | Huehuetenango |
| 01695-01-011695 | Franciscan friar Andrés de Avendaño attempts to convert the Itzá | Petén |
| 01695-02-2828 February 1695 | Spanish expeditions leave simultaneously from Cobán, San Mateo Ixtatán and Ocosingo against the Lacandón | Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango and Chiapas |
| 01696-01-011696 | Andrés de Avendaño forced to flee Nojpetén | Petén |
| 01697-03-1313 March 1697 | Nojpetén falls to the Spanish after a fierce battle | Petén |
Read more about this topic: Spanish Conquest Of Guatemala
Famous quotes containing the word conquest:
“The only fruit which even much living yields seems to be often only some trivial success,—the ability to do some slight thing better. We make conquest only of husks and shells for the most part,—at least apparently,—but sometimes these are cinnamon and spices, you know.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)