Enlightenment · North America · Politics

1692

Diego de Vargas Reconquers New Mexico

1692

Twelve years after the Pueblo Revolt, the Spanish captain Diego de Vargas led a small column back into New Mexico and, after a year of negotiation and occasional bloodshed, reestablished Spanish rule at Santa Fe. The Pueblo had their religion and lands restored in part; imperial rule returned on modified terms.

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Before: 1691: Massachusetts Witch Hysteria Precedent
After: 1693: College of William and Mary Founded

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1691: Massachusetts New Charter
After: July 27, 1694: Bank of England Founded

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.