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340 1525—Hanging of Tetlepanquetzaltzin by Cortéz.

1526—September 19, Bishopric of Puebla established, seat at Puebla.

1528—Establishment of the government under the Audencia.

1520-—July 6, Cortéz made Marques del Valle de Oaxaca.

1530—Guadalajara founded.

1531—December 9, vision of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego.

December 12, Juan Diego gathered the flowers from where the Virgin stood. The feast of Guadalupe.

July 25, Querétaro became a Christian city.

1533—Toluca founded.

1535—The first Viceroy arrived in Mexico.

June 2, Bishopric of Oaxaca established, seat at Oaxaca.

First printing press brought to the country and first book printed in Mexico.

1536—August 20, corner stone of the Cathedral at Puebla laid.

1530—March 19, Bishopric of Chiapas established, seat at San Cristobal.

1541—May 18, Valladolid, now Morelia, founded.

1542—San Miguel founded.

1545—January 31, Archbishopric of Mexico established, seat at City af Alexico.

1540—September 8, discovery of silver at Zacatecas.

1547—-December 2, Cortéz died in the town of Castelleja de la Questa, in Spain.

1548—January 20, Zacatecas founded.

July 31, Bishopric of Guadalajara established, seat at Guadalajara.

1552—First inundation of the City of Mexico, and the dyke of San Lazaro built.

1553—Silao founded.

1557—Guanajuato founded.

The Patio process for the amalgamation of silver invented by Bartolomé de Medina at Pachuca.

1562—August 15, Bishopric of Yucatan established, seat at Merida.

1508—English driven off the island of Los Sacraficios near Vera Cruz.

1570—August 16, the Inquisition established in Mexico.

Celaya founded.

1573—Corner stone of the Cathedral laid.

1574—Twenty-one Lutherans burned by order of the Inquisition.

1576—Leon founded.

1583—San Luis Potosí founded.

1586—An English ship captured near Acapulco.

1587—Sir Francis Drake captured a Spanish ship with a rich cargo, off California.

1596—Monterey founded.

1600—The City of Monterey founded.

1603—Building of the Aqueduct of Chapultepec commenced.

1604—-Church on the Pyramid of Cholula dedicated.