Year
|
incident
|
| 1502 |
On his fourth voyage Columbus meets a Mayan vessel in the in the bay of Honduras |
| 1519 |
Cortés lands on the island of Cozumel |
| 1525 |
Cortés meets king Can-Ek in the Itzá-capital Tayasal (today: Flores) on his tour through Mayaland to Honduras |
| 1697 |
The island city of Tayasal is completely destroyed by the Spaniards using an especially converted gunboat; the existence of the last independent Maya-kingdom came to an end. |
| 1712 |
Uprising of the Tzeltal-Maya in Chiapas |
| 1761 |
Uprising of yucatec Maya |
| 1820 |
Uprising of the Quiché-Maya of Totonicapán in Guatemala |
| 1847-1855 |
war in Yucatán, in which the Maya nearly succeed in conquering the whole peninsula |
| 1869 |
Uprising of the Tzotzil-Maya of Chamula in Chiapas |
| 1898 |
Uprising of the Kanjobal-Maya in San Juan Ixcoy (Guatemala) |
| 1901 |
Mexican troops conquer Chan Santa Cruz, the capital of the insurgent Cruuzob-Maya in today’s Mexican state Quintana Roo |
| 1944 |
Uprising of the Kaqchikel-Maya of Patzicia in Guatemala |
| 1978 |
Massacre of the guatemaltec armed forces an the Kekchi-Maya of Panzos |
| 1975-1986 |
Civil war in Guatemala, hundred thousands of Maya flee to Mexico. Armed forces and guerillas kill 40 000 Maya |
| 1992 |
Rigoberta Menchú, Quiché-Maya from Guatemala, gets the Nobel Peace Prize on October, 16 |
| 1993 |
The Maya population of Guatemala rises again to over six million for the first time since the Spanish invasion |
| 1994 |
Armed Uprising in Chiapas with participation of Maya |
| 1995 |
Talks between the insurgents and the Mexican government about social reforms |
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Source: Damals 7/96 |