| 1591 | Father Gonzalo de Tapia founds
the first Jesuit mission in New Spain, beginning of the order's
northwest missionary empire.
Philip II reigns in Spain, Elizabeth I in England. |
| 1607 | The English at
Jamestown. |
| 1608 | The French at Quebec. |
| 1645 | Father Andrés
Pérez de Rivas publishes a chronicle of Jesuit missionary
triumphs; Jesuits in Sonora River Valley among Pimas Bajos and
Ópatas.
Sir William Berkeley governs in Virginia. |
| 1680 | The Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico revolt. |
| 1682 | La Salle down the Mississippi
to its mouth. |
| 1687-1711 | Father Eusebio Francisco
Kino as apostle to the Pimas Altos. |
| 1700 | Accession of Philip V, first
Bourbon king of Spain. |
| 1732 | Resident Jesuit missionaries
installed at Guevavi and San Xavier del Bac in Hispanic Arizona.
Georgia's charter conferred. |
| 1751 | The Pimas Altos
rebel. |
| 1753 | Presidio of Tubac founded.
Concordat between Madrid and Rome gives the Spanish king virtual control
over the Church in Spain. |
| 1754 | Outbreak of the French and
Indian War. |
| 1759 | Accession in Spain of Charles
III, enlightened despot.
Portugal expels the Jesuits. |
| 1763 | By the Treaty of Paris the
Mississippi becomes a common border of the Spanish and English empires;
exit France.
Pontiac rebels. |
| 1765 | Visitor General José de
Gálvez arrives in New Spain.
Parliament levies the Stamp
Act. |
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