New Spain · event 9 of 9

1692

The corn riot. A harvest failure and grain shortage bring a crowd that burns the viceroy’s palace and the city hall on the Zócalo.

The New Spain era

  1. 13 August 1521
  2. 1524
  3. 1531
  4. 1535
  5. 1553
  6. 1573
  7. 1607
  8. 1629
  9. 1692

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