Tequixquiac - History

History

Sacrum bone found in Tequixquiac is considered a work of prehistoric art. The town was inhabited in 35,000 BCE by primitive men who had crossed the Bering Strait from Asia. These people were nomadic, hunting large animals such as mammoths and gathering fruits as evidenced by archaeological evidence found at the site. One of the most salient discoveries of primitive art in America was found in here, called the Tequixquiac Bone, which had no purpose but which merely reflected the ideological sense of the artist who carved the piece of bone from a camelid around 22,000 years BCE. The first indigenous settlers of Tequixquiac were the Aztecs and Otomi, who decided to settle here permanently for the abundance of rivers and springs. They were engaged mainly in agriculture and the breeding of domestic animals.

In 1152, the Aztecs, on their way to the Valley of Mexico from Tula-Xicocotitlan to Tequixquiac, decided to settle for a short time at a place called Tepetongo.

In 1168, the village of Tequixquiac was founded, which had approximately 250 houses scattered the length and breadth of the nearby hills. Tequixquiac village was conquered by the Aztecs under the rule of Emperor Chimalpopoca.

During the colonialization after the fall of Tenochtitlan, Hernán Cortés rewarded his soldiers with parcels of land and one of them was Tequixquiac that was given to two Spaniards, one of whom was Martín López, builder of the launches in taking Tenochtitlan, and the other Andrés Núñez was being split in two, their children inherited after his death. Tequixquiac Corregimiento Zitlatepec belonged at this time the Viceroy Luis de Velasco to regulation mandates the protection of indigenous people.

In the territory of Tequixquiac, Apaxco and Hueypoxtla had deposits of limestone, through grants awarded to the Spanish introduced a thriving industry using Indian labor, decimating the population in conditions of extreme poverty and forced labor. They gathered the scattered families tlaxcaltecas by Francisco Lopez de Tlaltzintlale by the year 1552 to strip them of their land and these were distributed through grants to Spanish real.

The Spanish empire seeking to justify their acts through the Christian mission. The Franciscans arrived in New Spain in 1524 but before they arrived some clerics to evangelize the Indians built a chapel in each encomienda. In 1168, the village was founded Tequixquiac, which had approximately 250 houses scattered throughout the Lomer o nearby. Tequixquiac village was conquered by the Aztecs, under the rule of Emperor Chimalpopoca. With the help of the Franciscan friars of the temple was built Santiago Apostol, to reach the rank of parish. Parroquia de Santiago Apostol in Tequixquiac.

The Church of Santiago Tequixquiac became a parish in 1590. The construction of the building was carried out at different stages; the parish was a large atrium space with a cross in the center atrial carved stone, with indigenous and Christian symbols in the four corners chapels in the pits and an open chapel with beautiful columns on the facade and two extraordinarily jambs carved stone hands Indians who left part of his philosophy embodied in this one. The temple was dedicated to Santiago Apostol, because some families Galicia, Asturias Andalusia and Leon were definitivamte in the region.

At the beginning of the political jurisdiction of Tequixquiac covered the current territory of Tlapanaloya without the people to be integrated into the eighteenth century. For some time I add Apaxco because it did not for an economic infraestrctura jurisdiction. During the independence movement came to the news by Tequixquiac dances and arrieria as the media. Tequixquiac was among the first peoples of that province was constituted as a municipality on November 29, 1820 by joining the independence of Mexico on the basis of the Constitution of Cadiz.

Bando Municipal For the December 17, 1823, he published Tequixquiac the form of government that would govern the country. 'Mexican nation adopts for its government as representative of People's Federal Republic,' published in the same way the oath to the Constitution of the United Mexican States in October 1824.

By Decree No. 41 of April 8, 1825, was added to Zumpango: Hueypoxtla and Tequixquiac belonging andalusia Tetepango party, based on the law at the same time, the prefect of Tula and separates Tequixquiac haciendas de Tena and corners of the municipality of Guadalupe Atitalaquia. For the year 1830 comes the news of the attempted revolution in Mexico City.