Date | Event | Modern department (or Mexican state) |
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February – March 1524 | Spanish defeat the K'iche' | Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and El Quiché |
8 February 1524 | Battle of Zapotitlán, Spanish victory over the K'iche' | Suchitepéquez |
12 February 1524 | First battle of Quetzaltenango results in the death of the K'iche' lord Tecun Uman | Quetzaltenango |
18 February 1524 | Second battle of Quetzaltenango | Quetzaltenango |
March 1524 | Spanish under Pedro de Alvarado raze Q'umarkaj, capital of the K'iche' | El Quiché |
14 April 1524 | Spanish enter Iximche and ally themselves with the Kaqchikel | Chimaltenango |
18 April 1524 | Spanish defeat the Tz'utujil in battle on the shores of Lake Atitlán | Sololá |
9 May 1524 | Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Pipil of Panacal or Panacaltepeque near Izcuintepeque | Escuintla |
26 May 1524 | Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Xinca of Atiquipaque | Santa Rosa |
27 July 1524 | Iximche declared first colonial capital of Guatemala | Chimaltenango |
28 August 1524 | Kaqchikel abandon Iximche and break alliance | Chimaltenango |
7 September 1524 | Spanish declare war on the Kaqchikel | Chimaltenango |
1525 | The Poqomam capital falls to Pedro de Alvarado | Guatemala |
13 March 1525 | Hernán Cortés arrives at Lake Petén Itzá | Petén |
October 1525 | Zaculeu, capital of the Mam, surrenders to Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras after a lengthy siege | Huehuetenango |
1526 | Chajoma rebel against the Spanish | Guatemala |
1526 | Acasaguastlán given in encomienda to Diego Salvatierra | El Progreso |
1526 | Spanish captains sent by Alvarado conquer Chiquimula | Chiquimula |
9 February 1526 | Spanish deserters burn Iximche | Chimaltenango |
1527 | Spanish abandon their capital at Tecpán Guatemala | Chimaltenango |
1529 | San Mateo Ixtatán given in encomienda to Gonzalo de Ovalle | Huehuetenango |
September 1529 | Spanish routed at Uspantán | El Quiché |
April 1530 | Rebellion in Chiquimula put down | Chiquimula |
9 May 1530 | Kaqchikel surrender to the Spanish | Sacatepéquez |
December 1530 | Ixil and Uspantek surrender to the Spanish | El Quiché |
April 1533 | Juan de León y Cardona founds San Marcos and San Pedro Sacatepéquez | San Marcos |
1543 | Foundation of Cobán | Alta Verapaz |
1549 | First reductions of the Chuj and Q'anjob'al | Huehuetenango |
1551 | Corregimiento of San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán established | El Progreso, Zacapa and Baja Verapaz |
1555 | Lowland Maya kill Francisco de Vico | Alta Verapaz |
1560 | Reduction of Topiltepeque and Lakandon Ch'ol | Alta Verapaz |
1618 | Franciscan missionaries arrive at Nojpetén, capital of the Itzá | Petén |
1619 | Further missionary expeditions to Nojpetén | Petén |
1684 | Reduction of San Mateo Ixtatán and Santa Eulalia | Huehuetenango |
29 January 1686 | Melchor Rodríguez Mazariegos leaves Huehuetenango, leading an expedition against the Lacandón | Huehuetenango |
1695 | Franciscan friar Andrés de Avendaño attempts to convert the Itzá | Petén |
28 February 1695 | Spanish expeditions leave simultaneously from Cobán, San Mateo Ixtatán and Ocosingo against the Lacandón | Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango and Chiapas |
1696 | Andrés de Avendaño forced to flee Nojpetén | Petén |
13 March 1697 | Nojpetén falls to the Spanish after a fierce battle | Petén |