| Year |
History |
| 1528 |
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was
told of rich agricultural pueblos north of Texas along the Rio Grande |
| 1539 |
After viewing a Zuni pueblo from
an distance, Fray Marcos de Niza started the Seven Cities of Cibola
rumor |
| 1540 |
Coronado set out to conquer
Cibola with 300 men, 1,000 horses, 6 friars |
| 1573 |
Royal Ordinance of King Phillip
II protected Indians from conquest |
| 1580 |
Visited by Francisco Sanchez
Chamuscado |
| 1582 |
Visited by Antonio de Espejo |
| 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 |
| 1607 |
Onate removed from governorship |
| 1609 |
New governor Pedro de Peralta
founded Santa Fe, built palace with Pueblo labor, disregarded protection
laws |
| 1629 |
Franciscan mission established
at Hawikuh |
| 1630 |
Severe drought |
| 1632 |
Killed missionaries, fled to
Taaiyalone for three years |
| 1663 |
Severe drought for several
years, thousands died |
| 1670 |
Apache raid on Hawikuh, burned
church, killed missionary |
| 1680 |
Pueblo Revolt against Spanish
led by San Juan Tewa Pope, 500 Spanish slaughtered in siege of Santa Fe |
| 1694 |
Spanish attack under Vargas
killed 84, 361 prisoners removed to Santa Fe, tribe in single village |
| 1699 |
Church established |
| 1703 |
Killed missionary, fled for two
years |
| 1720 |
Trade fairs began with nomadic
tribes and prosperity resulted |
| 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 |
| 1823 |
Capitalizing on disorganized
Mexican rule, start of 20 years of slaving and scalping by Navajo, Ute,
Apache, and Comanche |
| 1863 |
Kit Carson began Navajo roundup,
some starvation due to crop failure, continued Mexican slaving |
