Mexico City
City
Capital of Mexico, built on the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan; capital of New Spain until 1821.
Held by
- 1789 – August 24, 1821 Viceroyalty of New Spain
- September 27, 1821 – April 9, 1864 Mexico
- April 10, 1864 – June 19, 1867 Second Mexican Empire
- since June 19, 1867 Mexico
Capital of
- August 18, 1521 – August 24, 1821 Viceroyalty of New Spain
- April 10, 1864 – June 19, 1867 Second Mexican Empire
- Mexico
Events here 13
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 Mexican-American War
- August 19–20, 1847 Battle of Contreras
- August 20, 1847 Battle of Churubusco
- September 8, 1847 Battle of Molino del Rey
- September 8–15, 1847 Battle for Mexico City
- September 12–13, 1847 Battle of Chapultepec
- February 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- December 8, 1861 – June 21, 1867 Second French intervention in Mexico
- February 9, 1913 Ten Tragic Days
- October 2, 1968 Tlatelolco massacre
- December 11, 2006 Mexican drug war
- January 2009 – August 10, 2010 2009 swine flu pandemic
- November 30, 2018 United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement