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| Year |
Year |
to
year |
fact |
President |
Place |
| -1500 |
-1500 |
|
tribes
living in huts with palm leaves |
|
|
| 250 |
250 |
850 |
Maya
Civilization |
|
|
| 450 |
450 |
|
Copan founded |
|
|
| 1400 |
1400 |
1400 |
1400 |
1400 |
|
| 1450 |
1450 |
1450 |
1450 |
1450 |
|
| 1495 |
1495 |
|
Colon begins
using indians as trading goods |
|
|
| 1500 |
1500 |
1500 |
1500 |
1500 |
|
| 1502 |
1502 |
|
July 30,
1502 Colon at Guanaja, finds merchant on two boats, Paya, interprets
for Colon until they reach Patuca River. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1502 |
|
Sept 12.
Colon lvs Trujillo, heads S
to Gracias a
Dios |
|
Trujillo |
| 1503 |
1503 |
|
Queen Isabel
allows slaving raids for Caribs |
|
|
| 1508 |
1508 |
|
Juan Diaz de
Solis & Vicente Yanez de Pinzon probably touched the coast. |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1509 |
1509 |
1513 |
Lucayas
& Lesser Antilles depopulated by slaving |
|
|
| 1510 |
1510 |
1510 |
1510 |
1510 |
|
| 1510 |
1516 |
|
Local
indians decimated in Espanola, leading to slaving raids in the Lucayas,
then Lesser Antilles, next Bay Islands |
|
|
| 1516 |
1516 |
|
Indians
being exported, also group of 300 Bay Island Payas reached Havana,
mutinied, sailed home, defeated Spaniards holding more people in island. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1516 |
|
Diego
Velasquez sends licensed slavers to Bay of Honduras, inc. Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
2nd slaving
raid on Bay Islands took at least 500 people. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1516 |
1526 |
Spanish
Slaving raids on the Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1516 |
|
King
Ferdinand dies, Cardinal Cisneros in power, advocates Indian reform
movement, leads to African slavery in New World |
|
|
| |
1516 |
|
Spanish
priest brings bananas to Carribbean from India |
|
|
| 1517 |
1517 |
|
Francisco
Hernandez de Cordova finds "2 islas de Guanajas" on trip to Yucatan,
Diego Velasquez want him to slave, he refuses to on moral grounds |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1520 |
1520 |
1520 |
1520 |
1520 |
|
| |
|
|
Espanola
decrees all indians on "non-christian" islands may be slaved. End of
reform movement. |
|
|
| 1523 |
1523 |
|
expedition
by Gil Gonzalez Davila discovers the Gulf of Fonseca aft. Bishop
Rodrigues de Fonseca |
|
Choluteca |
| 1524 |
|
|
Cristobal de
Olid founds Villa de Triunfo de la Cruz, may 3, 1524 |
|
|
| |
1524 |
|
6
expeditions, Gonsalez Davila wanted to rule it |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Gil Gonzales
Davila founds Puerto Cortes as Villa de la Natividad de Nuestra Senora
by King Carlos V. |
|
Puerto
Cortes |
| |
1524 |
|
6 expeditions, Cristobal de Olid sent
from Cuba by Cortes, later beheaded by others |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1524 |
|
6 expeditions, Cortes sends Francisco de
Las Casas to take over from Olid |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1524 |
|
6
expeditions, Cortes goes himself next |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1524 |
|
6
expeditions, also Pedro de Alvarado from Guatemala |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1524 |
|
6 expeditions, also Hernando de Soto from
Nicaragua |
|
Trujillo |
| 1525 |
|
|
Francisco de
las Casas founds Trujillo, May 18,1525 |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1525 |
|
Cortes
arrives in Trujillo, his account records2 more slaving raids on Bay
Islands, orders Rodrigo de Merlo to stop it. |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Slaving ends
in the Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Hernan
Cortes founds Villa de Natividad, Sept. 8, 1525 |
|
|
| ?? |
?? |
|
Governor
Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st gov of Honduras, killed before he left
Panama. Hondurasis succesor finds a mexican rival leading to fight |
Vasco Nunez
de Balboa |
Panama |
| 1526 |
1526 |
|
Governor
Hernando de Saavedra set up, cousin of Cortes |
Hernando de
Saavedra |
|
| |
1526 |
|
Cortes
returns to Mexico in April |
|
Mejico |
| |
|
|
Bartolome de
Celada founds Villa de la Frontera de Caceres in Olancho near Catacamas May
12, 1526 |
|
|
| |
1526 |
|
October -
first Royal Governor |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
|
| 1527 |
|
|
Salcedo
reports religious ties to the mainland, 2 years after slaving ends. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Salcedo sets
out for the Freshwater Sea, to control Nicaragua, Honduras has anarchy. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Francisco de
Cisneros, Salcedo's Lt. Left in charge, underequiped, gets overpowered
by his enemies. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Salcedo
sends Capt. Diego Mendez de Hinostrosa from Leon to control things, big
mess, a few months later he is arrested and the regidor Vasco de
Herrera appointed in his stead. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Herrera
organizes raid to Olancho, without cause or pretext. Returns with 3
shiploads of slaves. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
One
Franciscan priest in Trujillo area doing conversions. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| 1528 |
|
|
Oct. 2,
1528. Cedula real incorporates Bay Islands into the province of
Honduras. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Bay
Islands |
| 1529 |
|
??? |
Cristobal de
Pedrozza is 1st bishop of diocese of Honduras. in Trujillo, known as
"protector of the Indians of Hondurasonduras" |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Feb, 1529
Salcedo returns to Trujillo from Nicaragua with 209 slaves.Orders
release of Diego Mendez, but doesn’t punish Herrera. Mendez
appeals to Panama, mad at Salcedo |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Salcedo
promises irate settlers to lead expedition to the Naco valley where
gold was thought to exist. Drags his feet, but revolt brewing, leads
120 foot, 60 horse and enough indians to work the mines. Sail from
Puerto Caballos, 20 leagues inland to area. |
Diego Lopez
de Salcedo |
Trujillo |
| 1530 |
1530 |
1530 |
1530 |
1530 |
|
| 1530 |
1534 |
|
Jan 3, 1530
Governor Salcedo dies. Herrera, Diego Mendez and treasurer Andres de
Cereceda all want Governorship |
Herrera
& Cereceda |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Herrera & Cereceda wrangle, join
as joint partners, threaten Diego de Mendez with death to keep him
quiet. |
Herrera
& Cereceda |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Expedition
from Trujillo founds Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion in Naca valley. |
Herrera
& Cereceda |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Captain
Alonso Ortiz + 60 men take possesion of valley of Jutigalpa, 12 leagues
from Trujillo. |
Herrera
& Cereceda |
Trujillo |
| 1531 |
|
|
Oct 8, 1531
Diego Mendez gets 40 men, conspire within the church. 2 Hours after
sunset, run into square. Cereceda + others run to square, find Herrera
with dagger wound in side, rope around his neck. They rescue him, he
dies a few hours later.Cereceda escapes rioters, heads home, meets
Diego Mendez on horse w lance & dagger. Cereceda says he will
resolve whether to make Diego next gov and crowd allows him to enter
home. |
Anarchy-
Diego Mendez |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Cereceda sends secret letter to Diego
Diaz a brother of Vasco de Herrera, who is putting down an insurrection
in Olancho.Diego Mendez declares himself govenor, tries to take over
everything, books and all. |
Anarchy-
Diego Mendez |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Diego sends
man to Olancho, convince the men to join with him, they desert, leave
Diego Diaz. He returns to Trujillo, is arrested at the church door. |
Anarchy-
Diego Mendez |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Cereceda
finds 18 men. They strike to capture Diego de Mendez that same night.
Half are wounded, one rebel killed. Next day, Diego de Mendez sentenced
to be beheaded and quartered. Most revolters were not killed, but
sentenced to loss of office, imprisonment, or confiscation of property.
2 left to Bay Islands?, returned 2 months later after hearing of
clemency, dragged from church and executed. |
Cereceda |
Trujillo |
| 1532 |
1534 |
|
Alvarado
writes letter to Charles V that he wants to build a fleet of 12 ships,
400 men to go to Peru. Pizarro conquers it while fleet is built.(nr
Istapa, Nicaragua) |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Oct 29, 1532
New governor Cap. Diego de Albitez. Arrives with 2 ships. Driven onto
beach by storm 6 leagues from port. 30 drown. He escapes by swimming.
Rescued next day by search party from Trujillo. Older fellow, he dies 9
days later. |
Diego de
Albitez |
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Nov 8, 1532
approx. Diego de Albitez dies. |
Cereceda |
Trujillo |
| |
|
?? |
Alvarado
takes fleet to Golfo de Fonseca, gale looses 2, sails to Realejo
(called then Puerto de la Posesion, Nicaragua. |
|
Trujillo |
| 1534 |
1534 |
|
Honduras on
edge of collapse. Broken into 2 provinces- Higueras= western part,
Honduras the rest. |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1534 |
|
First
license to settle in Bay Islands is issued |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Andres
de Cereceda founds Villa de Buena Esperanza de Naco, in Valle de Quimistan |
|
|
| 1535 |
|
|
Cristobal
de la Cueva founds Choluteca as Villa de Jerez de la Frontera de la cuidad de Choluteca. |
|
Choluteca |
| 1536 |
1536 |
|
Alvarado fm
Guatemala intervenes to prevent Higueras being abandoned, introduces
Encomienda system in H. |
|
|
| |
|
|
Pedro de
Alvarado founds San Pedro Sula, June 27, 1536 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Gonzalo de
Alvarado and Juan de Chavez found Gracias a Dios (dept. de Lempira) |
|
Gracias
a Dios |
| |
|
1536 |
French
appear in the Caribean |
|
|
| |
|
1537 |
French sail
into Bay of Honduras |
|
|
| 1537 |
1537 |
1539 |
Lempira
revolts, 30,000 warriors; killed when he was 38 or 39 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Alonso de
Caceres founds Comayagua as Santa Maria de Comayagua |
|
Comayagua |
| |
1537 |
|
Lempira
revolts from fortified hill aka Penol de Cerquin, Gracias |
|
|
| 1538 |
1538 |
|
major mines
in Gracias, near Guatemala |
|
|
| 1539 |
1539 |
|
Governor
Francisco de Montejo |
Francisco de
Montejo |
|
| |
|
|
60,000 pesos
+ 40,000 pesos stolen removed from mines in Comayagua. |
|
Comayagua |
| |
|
|
Comayagua
founded by Caceres, as a colony, becomes city in Dec, 1557 |
Francisco de
Montejo |
Comayagua |
| |
|
|
Governor
Francisco de Montejo captured and ransomed by French |
|
|
| |
1539 |
|
still some
Lempira fighting, He was murdered in 1538 durin a truce. |
|
|
| |
|
|
Encomienda
system reaches Trujillo |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Alvarado
goes to Honduras, replaces Monteja with Alonso de Caceres as his
representitive. |
Alonso de
Caceres |
|
| 1540 |
1540 |
1540 |
1540 |
1540 |
|
| |
|
|
Alonso de
Caceres founds San Jorge de Olancho |
|
|
| |
1540 |
1550 |
1540s mining
shifts to Rio Guayape, leads to rise of Comayagua |
Alonso de
Caceres |
|
| 1541 |
|
|
Dec, 1541
Death of Alvarado in Santiago. |
|
|
| 1542 |
1542 |
|
New Laws of
the Indies - end of the encomienda system, new system = repartimiento |
|
|
| |
1542 |
|
Father
Cristobal de Pedraza is first bishop of Honduras |
|
Comayagua |
| 1543 |
|
|
Las Casas
states that slaving raids on Bay Islands took 150,000 people, but it's
quite exagerated. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1544 |
1544 |
|
Gracias, in
west H set up as seat of power for C.America |
|
|
| |
|
|
Pedraza
reports 60 houses on Guanaja, 150+ on Utila |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1545 |
1545 |
|
1,500 black
slaves in Honduras |
|
|
| |
|
|
Father
Cristobal de Pedraza is first bishop of Honduras, encourages african
slaves as means to keep indians alive. |
|
|
| |
1545 |
|
as many as
2,000 african slaves in Honduras |
|
|
| 1547 |
1547 |
|
Trujillo
largest town in H has 50 spaniards, other 6 have less than 30 each. |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
7 towns in
Honduras: Trujillo, Gracias a Dios, Comayagua, San Pedro del Puerto de
Caballos, San Jorge de Olancho, Buena Esperanza, San Juan del Puerto de
Caballos. |
|
|
| |
|
|
Royal edict
puts end to practice of selling papal bulls to indians- exhorbitant
prices to hear confessions, etc. by the approx 40 friars brought by
Pedraza. |
|
|
| 1548 |
1548 |
|
Governor
Andres de Cereceda "6,000 indians sold to Peru" |
Andres de
Cereceda |
|
| 1549 |
|
|
June, 1541
Royal cedula orders not to use indians as pack animals unless they are
paid, but this is generally ignored. |
|
|
| 1550 |
1550 |
1550 |
1550 |
1550 |
|
| 1552 |
1560 |
|
Cerrato: 90%
of indian population of Honduras & Bay Islands has not been
babtized. |
|
|
| 1557 |
|
|
Dec, 1557
Comayagua raised to level of city. |
|
Comayagua |
| |
|
approx. |
Convento de
los Mercenarios founded in Tegucigalpa at same time as those of
Tencoa?, Gracias & Comayagua. |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| 1560 |
1560 |
1560 |
1560 |
1560 |
|
| 1560 |
1560 |
|
mining
begins to decline in 1560s |
|
|
| 1561 |
|
|
Church in
Comayagua raised to cathedral rank |
|
Comayagua |
| |
|
??? |
Geronimo de
Corella, a Jeronimite made bishop of Comayagua after Pedraza dies. |
|
Comayagua |
| 1563 |
1563 |
|
Cedula sets
border between G and Hond. |
|
|
| 1564 |
|
1639 |
British
buccaneers
use Bay Islands while
they raid Spanish shipping. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1569 |
1569 |
|
silver
found, leads to Tegucigalpa |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| 1570 |
1570 |
1570 |
1570 |
1570 |
|
| 1570 |
1570 |
|
Honduas
subordinate to the kingdom of Guatemala |
|
|
| 1572 |
|
|
Alonso de la
Cerda becomes bishop of Comayagua |
|
Comayagua |
| 1573 |
|
|
Comayagua
declared capital of the Department of Honduras |
|
Comayagua |
| 1575 |
|
|
Earthquake
in Guatemala |
|
Guatemala |
| 1576 |
|
|
Earthquake
in Guatemala |
|
Guatemala |
| |
|
circa |
1st church
in Tegucigalpa was
Iglesia del Senor
Arcangel San Miguel de Teguucigalpa. Made of wood, destroed by fire in
1746. Stood where Banco Central & Palacio Legislative stood. |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| |
|
|
Mosquitia
conveyed by royal cedula to Diego Garcia de Palzios, he apts Capt.
Diego Lopez to take it over. |
|
Mosquitia |
| |
|
|
Andrew
Barker starts out to raid Honduras with 2 ships. He's killed. Ships
sail to Trujillo, take it, find wine & oil, no treasure. |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
English
buccanners start gathering near Cabo Gracias a Dios to plan raids, etc. |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1577 |
|
|
Earthquake
in Guatemala |
|
Guatemala |
| 1578 |
|
?? |
Trujillo
captured and pillaged by Dutch pirate Van Horn, 2/3 of town destroyed
by accidental fire. |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1578 |
|
Silver found
in Teguc |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| |
|
|
Tegucigalpa
founded as Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| |
|
|
First burial
in new church in Tegucigalpa |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| 1580 |
1580 |
1580 |
1580 |
1580 |
|
| 1581 |
|
|
Dec 1581
violent eruption of Volcano west of Santiago, no lives lost. |
|
Guatemala |
| 1582 |
|
|
Valverde has
census of tribute paying Indians shows pop down for Utila, stable on
Guananja, total no of married indians is 135 |
|
Bay
Islands |
|
|
|
First
mention of an Encomienda on the Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1584 |
1584 |
|
silver boom
peaks in Honduras |
|
|
| 1585 |
|
1586 |
Numerous
earthquakes at Santiago, lives lost, much destruction |
|
Guatemala |
| 1587 |
|
|
Earthquake
in Santiago, 15 lives lost, 50 buildings down. |
|
Guatemala |
| 1587 |
|
|
Boats of 700
tons have already been built at Realejo, pacific coast of Nicaragua. |
|
Nicaragua |
| 1588 |
|
1612 |
Gaspar de
Andrade, a Franciscan, made bishop of Comayagua |
|
Comayagua |
| 1589 |
1589 |
|
Franciscan
convent formed in Tegucigalpa, La Iglesia de San Francisco |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| 1590 |
1590 |
1590 |
1590 |
1590 |
|
| 1592 |
1622 |
|
Trujillo
& Puero Caballos attacked by pirates. Much taken |
|
Trujillo |
| 1594 |
1622 |
|
Dutch enter
the Caribbean |
|
|
| 1595 |
|
|
French
attempt raid on Puerto de Caballos, but are defeated |
|
Trujillo |
| 1596 |
|
|
Trujillo and
Puerto de Caballos attacked by Sherley & Parker. The latter is
sacked. |
|
Trujillo |
| 1600 |
1600 |
1600 |
1600 |
1600 |
|
| 1602 |
1622 |
|
Comayagua
has convents of La Merced, San Francisco, & Juan de Dios |
|
Comayagua |
| 1604 |
1622 |
|
Puerto
Caballos port abandoned for Santo Tomas de Amatique |
|
Puerto
Caballos |
| 1608 |
1622 |
|
Trujillo
gets all its food from the Bay Islands at this time. |
|
Trujillo |
| 1610 |
1610 |
1610 |
1610 |
1610 |
|
| 1611 |
|
|
Pedro de
Alvarado founds Juticalpa. |
|
|
| 1613 |
1622 |
1645 |
Oct 1613
Alonso Galdo made bishop of Comayagua. Travels province, finds 7,000
people as population in about 1614. |
|
Comayagua |
| 1620 |
1620 |
1620 |
1620 |
1620 |
|
| 1621 |
1622 |
1636 |
Dutch
capture 547 Spanish ships, for 118Million Guilders worth |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1622 |
1622 |
|
Francisco
Vasquez records missionary trip from Trujillo into Paya ter, east of
Trujillo, he goes to Bay Islands for 4 interpreters. |
|
Trujillo |
| |
|
|
Missionaries
Cristobal Martinez de la Puerta & Juan Vaena + 5 interpreters
sail from Trujillo to Gracias a Dios, go inland, find natives wishing
to be christians. Vaena returns to Guatemala to find help to do so. |
|
|
| 1623 |
|
|
Vaena
& Benito Lopez return, 700 have been baptized, 7 villages. Go
to Guabas region, baptize 5,000 more. Attacked by rival indians called
Albatumas. Missionaries murdered. Large Spanish force recovers bodies,
takes them to Trujillo. |
|
|
| 1629 |
|
|
Bishop Galdo
asks for some Jesuits for Comayagua, is refused |
|
Comayagua |
| 1630 |
1630 |
1630 |
1630 |
1630 |
|
| 1630 |
1622 |
|
Puritan
Party in England organizes the Providence Company which colinizes some
West Indian islands. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
British-Spanish
Treaty of 1630 negotiations under way when Puritans settle Santa
Catalina (Providence) Island without British approval. |
|
|
| |
|
|
Dec. 1630
British give rights to Providence Island to Puritans. |
|
|
| 1631 |
|
|
British
Decree increases area to include Tortuga Island. |
|
|
| 1636 |
|
|
Thomas Gage
describes trip through western Honduras from Trujillo to Santiago. |
|
Mosquitia |
| |
|
|
Comayagua
now called Nueva Valladolid by Spanish |
|
Comayagua |
| 1638 |
1622 |
1642 |
British est.
Scotch-english immigrants from Maryland & Virginia agricultural
colony on Roatan, Bay Islands, renamed Rich Island after Lord Henry
Rich, Earl of Holland |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1622 |
|
Period of
intensifying conflict between Spanish & British in western
Caribbean. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1639 |
1622 |
|
Avila
& Lugo mention some Bay Island Words, report "Dutch" burn the 4
towns, churches first. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Avilo
& Lugo also determine if moving natives from Islands will stop
the pirates from using them as a base of operations |
|
|
| |
|
|
400 indians
in 4 settlements on Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1640 |
1640 |
1640 |
1640 |
1640 |
|
| 1640 |
1622 |
|
missionaries
sail from Trujillo to Cabo Gracias a Dios |
|
Trujillo |
| 1641 |
|
|
October,
1641 Bay Islands orders depopulation of indians, sent to Trujillo, to
stop pirates. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1642 |
|
|
British
William Jackson attacks Trujillo with 1,500 men, 16 ships. Ransoms many
prominent citizens. Lvs, winter in Roatan |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
May, 1641
Spanish occupy Providence Island, drive out english settlers, some go
to Roatan (Rich) Island. |
|
|
| |
|
|
Civil War in
England severs ties with West Indies |
|
|
| |
|
|
Spanish
attempt to convince indians to leave the Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1642 |
|
Bay Islands
taken from Spanish, garrisoned by British pirates |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Bay Islands
retaken by Spanish. Both sides leave it to the few remaining indians. |
|
|
| 1643 |
1643 |
|
Trujillo
attacked by British, almost abandoned for over a century |
|
Trujillo |
| |
1643 |
|
Trujillo
captured and pillaged by Dutch, abandoned until 1789 |
|
Trujillo |
| 1645 |
|
|
Bishop Galdo
of Comayagua dies, position vacant until 1647 |
|
Comayagua |
| 1646 |
1643 |
|
British on
Bay Islands attack Coast almost every month |
|
Trujillo |
| 1647 |
|
|
Juan Merlo
de la Fuente becomes bishop of Comayagua |
|
Comayagua |
| 1648 |
|
|
British on
Bay Islands attack Coast recorded |
|
|
| 1650 |
1650 |
1650 |
1650 |
1650 |
|
| 1650 |
1650 |
|
Villalva & Toledo combine forces
from Havana, Guatemala & Honduras attack English camp at Port
Royal, Roatan w 400 men. Overun Br, spend 9 days rounding up the
indians and send them Golfo Dulce, head of Bay of Honduras, later raids
get all the indians. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Carib
Indians mostly confined to islands of Grenada and St. Vincent |
|
|
| |
|
1741 |
buccanners
on Bay Islands prevent permanent occupation |
|
|
| 1655 |
1660 |
|
British
occupy Jamaica, start more piracy on Spansih. |
|
Jamaica |
| 1660 |
1660 |
1660 |
1660 |
1660 |
|
| 1660 |
1660 |
|
Printing
Press in Guatemala |
|
Guatemala |
| |
1660 |
|
British have
logging in Belize |
|
Belize |
| 1661 |
1661 |
|
Xicaques,
near Tegucigalpa make frequent raids on Olancho. Capt. Bartolome de
Escota captures many. Asks for priests to convert them. |
|
|
| 1665 |
|
|
British
convoy anchored at Roatan Morgan, Morris & Jackman |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1670 |
1670 |
1670 |
1670 |
1670 |
|
| 1670 |
1676 |
|
Treaty of
Madrid gives British rights to colonies they've established in the
Mosquitia. |
|
Mosquitia |
| |
|
|
British also
make treaty with the Mosquito indians. |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1676 |
1676 |
|
University,Guatemala
opens first university |
|
Guatemala |
| 1680 |
1680 |
1680 |
1680 |
1680 |
|
| 1681 |
1681 |
|
Henry Morgan
the pirate burned Panama city. |
|
|
| 1683 |
|
|
Vilage of
Jocolo, are ex-Bay Islanders provisioning Spanish ships at Golfo de
Honduras. |
|
|
| 1687 |
1687 |
1723 |
Miskito
chief crowned as King Jeremy I by Gov of Jamaica - Kingdom of Mosquitia |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1689 |
1689 |
|
exedition to
Yoro finds 40 villages of Jicaque indians outside of Spanish control |
|
|
| 1690 |
1690 |
1690 |
1690 |
1690 |
|
| 1690 |
1690 |
|
1690 approx,
Comayagua has 144 families, Teg has 135 |
|
|
| 1697 |
|
|
Peace of
Ryswick restores island of San Cristobal to Spain. No more english
pirate raids on the coast. |
|
|
| 1700 |
1700 |
1700 |
1700 |
1700 |
|
| 1702 |
1702 |
|
Jeremy I
attacks San Pedro Sula |
|
San
Pedro Sula |
| 1710 |
1710 |
1710 |
1710 |
1710 |
|
| 1713 |
1714 |
|
Treaty
between Britain & Spain |
|
|
| 1714 |
1714 |
|
6 ranchers
in Yoro and Olancho own over 1000 head of cattle each. |
|
|
| 1715 |
|
|
Treaty
between Britain & Spain |
|
|
| 1720 |
1720 |
1720 |
1720 |
1720 |
|
| 1720 |
|
|
Treaty
between Britain & Mosquitos |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1721 |
|
|
Treaty
between Britain & Spain |
|
|
| 1723 |
1723 |
|
British
raiders attack sp. Flotilla 9 of 180 left alive |
|
|
| 1724 |
|
approx. |
Tegucigalpa
has churches: Arcangel
San Miguel de
Tegucigalpa, Nuestra Senora de Concepcion de los naturales de
Tegucigalpa (now main square parking lot), Nuestra Senora de las
Mercedes, Nuestra Sra. De la Dolores, San Sebastian de los Indios (op
Post Office, destroyed in 1809 earthquake), San Diego de Alcala (today
San Francisco), Nuestra Senora de Concepcion de los naturales de
Comayaguela, also Ermita de El Calvario, & Convents of:
Mercedarios, Franciscanos & Hermanos de San Juan de Dios ( as
hospital where Moda de Paris is today((1950?)). |
|
|
| 1725 |
1725 |
1825 |
approx. Jose
Miguel Gomez born- first painter in Honduras, last painted in 1805 |
|
|
| 1730 |
1730 |
1730 |
1730 |
1730 |
|
| 1730 |
1730 |
|
1730s
revival of mining industry |
|
|
| 1739 |
|
|
War of
Jenkin's Ear - British vs Spanish in Europe, leads to British invasion
of Roatan |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1740 |
1740 |
1740 |
1740 |
1740 |
|
| 1740 |
1740 |
|
Aug 30,
1740-cedula to build San Fernando de Omoa |
|
|
| |
|
|
Gov of
Jamaica mentions using sambos (Mosquitos) to help harrass the Spanish.
100 English in the area. Col. Robert Hodgson sent on special ission to
do something |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1742 |
1742 |
|
Iglesia de
San Francisco rebuilt by Bishop Antonio Lopez de Guadalupe whose mummy
is in the Catedral de Comayagua |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| |
1742 |
1749 |
British
military settlement on Roatan |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
1742 |
|
June 23,
1742 British land at New Port Royal, Roatan. Large scale map of Roatan
made. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1744 |
|
|
Spanish
begin negotiations to get rid of English on Roatan |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Col Robert
Hodgson made superintendent of the Mosquito Shore. |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1746 |
|
|
Wooden
cathedral in Tegucigalpa destroyed by fire |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| 1748 |
|
|
Treaty of
Aix-la-Chapelle - Br & Sp restore conquered territory,
including Bay Islands. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1749 |
|
1779 |
Br &
Sp relations in Bay of Honduras relaxed. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| |
|
|
Nov, 1749
British withdraw from Roatan. Lt. Col Caulfield |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1750 |
1750 |
1750 |
1750 |
1750 |
|
| 1750 |
1750 |
|
British
raiders attack, kill Gov of Costa Rica |
|
Costa
Rica |
| |
1750 |
|
Spanish
threaten to drive British from Mosquitia. |
|
Mosquitia |
| 1751 |
|
|
Feb, 1751-
last of english on Roatan have been chased off the island. |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1752 |
1752 |
|
Omoa
started, takes 25 years to complete |
|
North
Coast |
| |
1752 |
|
Omoa started
by Vazquez de Sotomayor, prez of Guatemala |
|
North
Coast |
| 1755 |
1755 |
|
Omoa finished |
|
North
Coast |
| 1756 |
|
|
Tegucigalpa
starts construction of new cathedral |
|
Tegucigalpa |
| 1757 |
|
|
Palazuelos
visits Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1758 |
|
|
Lopez visits
Bay Islands |
|
Bay
Islands |
| 1759 |
1759 |
|
Black River
english pop est to be 3,706 |
|
Belize |