Mexico City: All Data
Mexico City is a city in Mexico. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Mexico City: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1429 AD
Capital of Aztec Empire
1519 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1520 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1521 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Tenochtitlan, part of Spanish wars of colonization in the Americas
1600 AD
Capital of Spanish America
1821 AD
Capital of First Mexican Empire
1822 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Mexico, part of First Mexican Empire
1823 AD
Capital of Provisional Government of Mexico
1824 AD
Capital of First Mexican Republic
1835 AD
Capital of Centralist Republic of Mexico
1846 AD
Capital of Second Federal Republic of Mexico
1847 AD
Mentioned in Event: Scott's invasion of Mexico's heartland
1847 AD
Mentioned in: Battle for Mexico City, part of Scott's invasion of Mexico's heartland
1847 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Contreras, part of Mexican-American War
1847 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Molino del Rey, part of Mexican-American War
1847 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Churubusco, part of Mexican-American War
1863 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Invasion (Second French intervention in Mexico)
1864 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Invasion (Second French intervention in Mexico)
1864 AD
Capital of Second Mexican Empire
1867 AD
Mentioned in Event: French withdrawal (Second French intervention in Mexico)
1867 AD
Capital of United Mexican States
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: Phase 3: The Huerta regime
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Phase 4: Civil War Constutionalists vs Villistas and Zapatistas
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Autonomous city of Mexico City, part of United Mexican States