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 |
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