Christopher Columbus travels to new lands and in October 12^th reaches San Salvador Island, Bahamas.

Second journey of Columbus. The first transatlantic travel carrying slaves takes place.

The Treaty of Tordesilla imposes a dividing line between Spain and Portugal for the exploration of new lands. It also sets limits that will prevent Spain to engage in slave trade from African coasts for the first centuries of the Spanish colonization.

Many African assistants arrive along with the troops of Hernán Cortés. Among them is Juan Garrido, who claims to have been the first person to sow wheat in the New Spain.

Gaspar Yanga heads and important rebellion of slaves in the sugar plantations of Cordoba, Veracruz.

The rebellion of slaves headed by Yanga is suppressed. Negotiations with the Vice-Regal government begin.

Riot of Africans and Afrodescendants, 1’500 “blacks” stone the Vice-Regal palace and the house of the owner of a female slave that died beaten to death. The revolt is suppressed violently, 29 men and 7 women die in the gallows at the main square.

French merchants settle in the island of Madagascar in the east coast of Africa.

The Vice-Regal government concedes on the settlement of San Lorenzo de los Negros de Cerralvo, today known as Yanga, Veracruz.It is one of the first towns of free slaves in America.

Cultural exchange between different groups increases. Africans and Afrodescendants occupy the second place in population numbers after the Indigenous people.

Juan Correa is born in Mexico City, an Afrodescendant that would become one of the most relevant baroque painters of his time. Among his most important artworks is the sacristy of the Metropolitan Cathedral he painted with Cristóbal de Villalpando.

The Kingdom of Congo is taken by the Portuguese.

The West African slave trade increases.

In order to regulate slavery in the French Caribbean, France enacts the “Code Noir” that states recommendations on how to treat enslaved people.

Slave riot at the sugar haciendas of Cordoba, Veracruz.

Due to an uprising, in 1735 the town of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Morenos de Ampa is founded.

José de Gálvez arrives to Veracruz, he was in charge of promoting and applying the Bourbon Reforms in the New Spain.

The Society of Jesus is expelled form the New Spain and other Vice-Royalties.

The slave trade steeply increases in other countries of America. In a merchant ship at least two thirds of the enslaved die. The merchants get big profits but the world public opinion starts to turn against that system of subjugation.

Charles III enacts the Royal Pragmatic concerning marriages. It imposes obstacles for “unequal” marriages, especially with persons of African origin.

Revillagigedo Census, the first population census of the New Spain.

The Cry of Dolores marks the beginning of the independence process of Mexico. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, in Valladolid, today known as Morelia, issues a proclamation abolishing slavery.

After the death of Hidalgo, Morelos, an Afrodescendant, becomes leader of the rebellion.

The Constitution of Cádiz is published restricting the recognition of persons of African origin as citizens.
Vicente Guerrero, an Afrodescendant from Tixtla, leads pro-independence guerrillas in the south of Mexico.

Morelos makes public Los Sentimientos de la Nación, this text eliminates the “quality” grading of people.

After the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba the Independence of Mexico consummates.

Vicente Guerrero becomes the second president of Mexico and decrees the abolition of slavery.

Definitive law on the abolition of slavery.

Mascogo or Black Seminoles settlement in Coahuila.

Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán publishes La población negra de México.

Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán publishes Cuijla. Esbozo etnográfico de un pueblo negro.

The program Nuestra Tercera Raíz is created by the Office of Popular Cultures of the National Council for Arts and Culture.

Opening of the Museum of the Afromeztizo Cultures in Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero.

In El Ciruelo, Costa Chica of Oaxaca, the first Gathering of Black Communities takes place. The seminar for Populations of African Origins in Mexico is established in the National Institute of Anthropology and History.

World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, South Africa.

International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition promoted by the un and UNESCO.

During its 122nd period of session, celebrated from February 23 to March 11, 2005, the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights created the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons of African Descent and against Racial Discrimination.

The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Populations carried out the Survey of Identification of Afrodescendant Communities in Mexico.
In October, in Charco Redondo, municipality Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, Oaxaca, various organizations agree to self-denominate as Afromexicans for institutional purposes in accordance to their relationship with the government.

International Year for People of African Descent promoted by the un.
In August, the first World Summit of Afrodescendants takes place in La Ceiba, Honduras.

In September takes place the First National Forum for Afromexican and Afrodescendant Population in Mexico by the National Council to Prevent Discrimination, the National Institute of Anthropology and History and other public institutions; in it, representatives from Afromexican communities and Afrdescendant leaders of Latin America participate.

The Constitution of the Free Sovereign State of Oaxaca recognizes in article 16th the rights of Afromexican towns and communities.

The Constitution of the Free Sovereign State of Guerrero includes in Section II the recognition of the rights of Afromexican communities.

International Decade for People of African Descent promoted by the un.

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography introduces for the first time a question about African descent self-identification in an official statistical instrument. The Inter-Census Survey 2015 (inegi) stated that 1.4 million people self-identify as black, Afromexican or Afrodescendant.

August 23rd, The historic center of Mexico City is declared site of memory of Slavery, African People and Afrodescendants.

The Political Constitution of Mexico City in Article 11, section N, recognizes the right of Afrodescendants and considers them subjects of priority attention.
March 25th, Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero is declared site of memory of Slavery, African People and Afrodescendants.
December. San Juan de Ulúa Castle and Yanga in Veracruz are declared sites of memory of Slavery, African People and Afrodescendants.
November 11th, The Inter-American Commission for Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Intolerance comes into force.

In January 7 the first Center of Coordination for the Afromexican People by the National Institute of Indigenous Populations is created in Pinotepa Nacional.
9th of August, the decree stating the reform of Article 2 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States is published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. In it, the Afromexican towns and communities are recognized as part of the multi-cultural roots of the nation and are granted specific rights.
In November, Mexico ratifies the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance.

January 24th. UNESCO adopts January 24th as the World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture at the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference in 2019. This date coincides with the adoption of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance in 2006 by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
March 6th. In Santa María Cortijo, the first House for the Advancement of Afromexican Women opens.
March 15th. The Population and Housing Census 2020 begins, it includes a question on self-identification as Afrodescendant. According to the collected data, about 2.5 million people self-identify as Afromexican, Black or Afrodescendant.