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Mexico City

capital and largest city of Mexico

19 dated entries naming Mexico City, drawn from 19 separate years between 1325 CE and 2025 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1325March 13 – (approximate date) – Tenochtitlan, the predecessor of Mexico City, is founded by the Mexica, led by Tenoch, on an island in Lake Texcoco.source
  • 1390Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), is built.source

16th century

  • 1503May 24 – The coronation of Moctezuma II as ruler of the Aztec Empire takes place at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, part of modern-day Mexico City.source
  • 1539The first printing press in North America is set up in Mexico City.source
  • 1550March 12 – Acapulco is founded by 30 families sent from Mexico City.source
  • 1551September 21 – The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico is founded in Mexico City (Mexico), being the second officially established university in the Americas.source

17th century

  • 1624November 3 – Rodrigo Pacheco becomes the Viceroy of New Spain after arriving in Mexico City.source
  • 1660September 16 – Juan Francisco Leiva y de la Cerda arrives in Mexico City as the new Viceroy of New Spain.source
  • 1692June 8 – During a famine in Mexico City, an angry mob torches the Viceroy's palace and ignites the archives; most of the documents and some paintings are saved by royal geographer Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.source

18th century

  • 1737Our Lady of Guadalupe is designated the patron saint of Mexico City.source

19th century

  • 1821September 27 – The Army of the Three Guarantees enters Mexico City, and the following day the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain is proclaimed, following the Mexican War of Independence.source
  • 1825August 22 – The National Mexican Rite is created in Mexico City.source
  • 1834January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.source
  • 1845April 7 – An earthquake destroys part of Mexico City, along with the nearby towns of Tlalpan and Xochimilco.source
  • 1858June 19 – A six-minute earthquake destroys much of Mexico City and devastates Texcoco.source

20th century

  • 1966May 29 – Sports stadium Estadio Azteca officially opens in Mexico City in advance of the 1968 Summer Olympics.source
  • 1968October 18 – U.S. athlete Bob Beamon breaks the long jump world record by 55 cm / 21 ins at the Olympics in Mexico City. His record stands for 23 years, and remains the second longest jump in history.source
  • 1986June 29 – Argentina defeats West Germany 3–2 in the final to win the 1986 World Cup at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.source

21st century

  • 2025September 10 – A liquid petroleum gas truck overturns and explodes at an overpass in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others.source

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