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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Basic timeline of Guatemala
This post is a basic timeline of Guatemala. There are 12 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- Mayan civilization (2000 BC - 1697 AD)
- Spanish conquest of Guatemala (1524-1667)
- Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala (1609-1821)
- First Mexican Empire (1821-1823)
- Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841)
- Los Altos (1838-1840, 1848-1840)
- Caste War of Yucatan (1847-1915)
- Battle of La Arada (1851)
- Guatemalan Revolution (1944-1954)
- Coup d'état (1954)
- Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996)
- Guatemala earthquake (1976)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Guatemala at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Guatemala.)