| Year |
History |
| 1540 |
Coronado set out to conquer
Cibola with 300 men, 1,000 horses, 6 friars, captured two Tiwa Pueblos |
| 1573 |
Royal Ordinance of King
Phillip II protected Indians from conquest |
| 1582 |
Antonio de Espejo
approached Puaray Pueblo which Coronado had attacked, Indians fled |
| 1598 |
Juan de Onate led 400
soldiers, friars, colonists; forced Pueblos to swear vassalage to
Spain, declared the region a Franciscan missionary province which he
divided into seven districts; Tiwa rebelled along with Acoma and
Tompiro, villages destroyed, 500 enslaved but later escaped |
| 1607 |
Onate removed from
governorship |
| 1609 |
New governor Pedro de Peralta
founded Santa Fe, built palace with Pueblo labor, disregarded
protection laws |
| 1628 |
Numerous churches built, 30
friars added, native religions banned |
| 1635 |
Taos priest killed and his
vestments used in a Native ceremony |
| 1640 |
Severe drought, thousands died |
| 1663 |
Severe drought for several
years, thousands died |
| 1680 |
Pueblo Revolt against Spanish
led by San Juan Tewa Pope, 500 Spanish slaughtered in siege of Santa
Fe, Piro Pueblos fled with the Spanish to Texas |
| 1694 |
Spanish attack under Vargas
killed 84, 361 prisoners removed to Santa Fe, reconquest destroyed
Patoqua, Jemez reoccupied Gyuiswa |
| 1696 |
Tiwa killed 26 in rebellion,
took refuge with Apache and Navajo |
| 1699 |
Picuris Pueblo took refuge
with Eastern Apache but were enslaved, |
| 1700 |
Comanche and Ute raids began |
| 1706 |
Enslaved Picuris rescued by
Spanish |
| 1709 |
Isleta Pueblo reestablished |
| 1720 |
Trade fairs began with nomadic
tribes |
| 1742 |
Sandia Indians returned to
build a new pueblo near their old one |
| 1777 |
Gov. Juan Bautista de Anza
arranged peace between Pueblos and all nomadic tribes except Apache |
| 1821 |
Mexican Independence, violence
fanned by Mexican slaving raids |
| 1846 |
Mexican-American War, small
garrison at Taos |
| 1913 |
Pueblo land claims recognized |
