Timeline of Mexico City

Prior to 19th century

• 1325 – Tenochtitlán founded by Aztecs.
• 1521 – City captured and sacked by Spanish forces led by Cortés.
• 1524 – México Tenochtitlán municipality established.
• 1527 – Spanish Royal Audiencia of Mexico established.
• 1537 – Mint built.
• 1539 - Printer Juan Pablos active.
• 1543 – Convento Grande de San Francisco painting school established.
• 1551 – Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico founded.
• 1588 – San Ildefonso College founded by Jesuits.
• 1592
• * Consulado established.
• * Alameda Central park created.
• 1629 – Flood.
• 1645 – Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.
• 1690 – Church of San Bernardo consecrated.
• 1692 – Uprising against Spanish rule.
• 1720 – Church of La Profesa dedicated.
• 1736 – Palace of the Inquisition built.
• 1752 – Teatro Principal built.
• 1766 – House of the Marquis of Uluapa built.
• 1776 – National Pawn Shop opens.
• 1777 – Sacro y Real Monte Pío de Animas founded.
• 1778
• * School of fine arts founded.
• * La Enseñanza Church consecrated.
• 1785 – Palace of Iturbide built.
• 1790 – Population: 112,926.

  19th century

• 1813 – School of Mines built.
• 1824 – Federal District created.
• 1826 - El Iris literary magazine in publication.
• 1831 - El Cocinero Mexicano published.
• 1833 – National Institute of Geography and Statistics established.
• 1847
• * August 19–20: Battle of Contreras.
• * September 8–15: Battle for Mexico City.
• 1848 – February 2: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, ending the Mexican–American War.
• 1863
• * "French troops occupied Mexico City."
• * La Merced Market buildings constructed.
• 1865 – Drogueria de la Profesa in business.
• 1866 – National Conservatory of Music founded.
• 1868 - La Concordia restaurant in business.
• 1875 – Arbeu Theatre opens.
• 1887
• * Fabrica Linera established.
• * Monument to Cuauhtémoc erected.
• 1888 – Posada printer in business.
• 1891 – El Palacio de Hierro in business.
• 1900
• * Prison built.
• * Population: 344,721.

  20th century

• 1903 – Mexico City Banking Co. established.
• 1905 – General Hospital of Mexico opens.
• 1907 – Post office built.
• 1910 – El Àngel monument erected on Paseo de la Reforma.
• 1917 – Excélsior newspaper begins publication.
• 1918 – Teatro Esperanza Iris opens.
• 1919 – Academia Mexicana de la Historia established.
• 1921 – Secretariat of Public Education headquartered in city.
• 1928
• * Federal District of Mexico City divided into 80 boroughs.
• * Teatro Ulises active.
• 1930 – La Aficion newspaper begins publication.
• 1932 – Teatro Orientación founded.
• 1934 – Palacio de Bellas Artes inaugurated.
• 1937
• * Taller de Gráfica Popular established.
• * Hotel Majestic opens in the Portal de Mercaderes.
• 1940
• * 21 August: Leon Trotsky assassinated.
• * Palacio Chino opens.
• 1941 – Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building constructed.
• 1943
• * Colegio Nacional founded.
• * Tepeyac Teatro opens.
• 1945 – Bimbo Bread in business.
• 1947 – Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos begins operation.
• 1948 – New Federal District building constructed.
• 1950 - Population: 2,233,709.
• 1952 – National Auditorium opens.
• 1954 – Ciudad Universitaria campus built in Coyoacán.
• 1957 – July 28: Earthquake.
• 1960 – Cine Latino opens.
• 1962
• * Library of the Congress of Mexico established.
• * El Día newspaper begins publication.
• 1964 – Museum of the City of Mexico and National Museum of Anthropology inaugurated.
• 1966 - Estadio Azteca opens.
• 1968
• * October 2: Tlatelolco massacre.
• * October: 1968 Summer Olympics held.
• 1969
• * First line of Mexico City Metro opens.
• * Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
• 1971
• * June 10: Corpus Christi massacre.
• * Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros opens.
• 1978
• * Templo Mayor excavated.
• * Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
• 1980
• * Cuestion newspaper begins publication.
• * El Parnaso bookshop in business.
• 1982
• * Central de Abasto built.
• * National Museum of Art opens.
• 1985 – September 19: 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
• 1986 – Franz Mayer Museum opens.
• 1990 – Population: 8,235,744; metro 15,047,685.
• 1992 – Supreme Court built.
• 1993 – Cafebrería el Péndulo bookshop/cafe opens.
• 1995 – World Trade Center Mexico City opens.
• 1997 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas elected Head of Government of the Federal District.
• 2000 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador becomes Head of Government of the Federal District.

  21st century

• 2001 – Pujol in business.
• 2003 – Policia de Barrio program established.
• 2004 – :es:Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco|Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco established.
• 2005
• * Mexico City Metrobús begins operating.
• * Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez becomes interim Head of Government of the Federal District, succeeded by reinstated Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
• 2006
• * Marcelo Ebrard elected Head of Government of the Federal District.
• * Centro Cultural Bella Epoca bookshop opens.
• 2008 – November 4: Plane crash in Las Lomas.
• 2010 – Population: 8,851,080; metro 20,116,842.
• 2012
• * Homeless World Cup football contest held.
• * Miguel Ángel Mancera becomes Head of Government of the Federal District.
• 2013 – January 31: Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion.

  in English

Published before 20th century

• Published in 20th century

• Frieden, Bernard. The search for housing policy in Mexico City. Town Planning Review. 36
• Lourdes Beneria and Martha Roldan. 1987. The Crossroads of Class and Gender: Industrial Homework, Subcontracting, and Household Dynamics in Mexico City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• La Capital: The Biography of Mexico City, Jonathan Kandell. New York: Random House, 1988
• Diana Davis. Social Construction of Mexico City. Journal of Urban History. 24, 364-415

• Published in 21st century

• In Spanish