K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj
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Was a state in the highlands of modern-day Guatemala which was founded by the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) Maya.
Establishment
January 1001: The K'iche' conquest appears to have taken place around AD 1000, some four centuries earlier than had been supposed using calculations based on the indigenous accounts.
Chronology
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Were a series of expeditions and military campaigns by Spanish conquistadores and discoverers to conquer territories in central and southern America.
1.1.Spanish conquest of Guatemala
Was a protracted conflict where Spanish colonisers gradually incorporated the territory that became the modern country of Guatemala into the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain.
January 1523: In 1522 Spanish conquistador Cortés sent Mexican allies to scout the Soconusco region of lowland Chiapas, where they met new delegations from Iximche and Qʼumarkaj at Tuxpán. Both of the powerful highland Maya kingdoms declared their loyalty to the king of Spain.
February 1524: On 8 February 1524 Alvarado's army fought a battle at Xetulul, called Zapotitlán by his Mexican allies. Although suffering many injuries inflicted by defending Kʼicheʼ archers, the Spanish and their allies stormed the town and set up camp in the marketplace.
April 1524: Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that destroyed the K'iche' capital of Q'umarkaj in 1524. The K'iche' were a powerful indigenous group in the Quiche region of Spanish America.
April 1524: In 1524, the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado led the conquest of the K'iche' people in the territories of Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán, and El Quiché in present-day Guatemala. This marked a significant victory for the Spanish in their colonization of Spanish America.
April 1524: Iximché, the main city of the Kaqchikel Maya people, was conquered by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado in 1524. The Kaqchikels became Spanish vassals.
January 1226: Foundation of K'iche Kingdom of Q'umarkaj.
January 1451: During the reign of Kʼiqʼab, who was particularly warlike, the Kʼicheʼ kingdom expanded to include Rabinal, Cobán and Quetzaltenango, and extended as far west as the Okos River, near the modern border between the Chiapas coast of Mexico and Guatemalan Pacific coast. With Kaqchikel help, the eastern frontier of the kingdom was pushed as far as the Motagua River and south as far as Escuintla.
January 1451: Zaculeu was a fortified city of the Mam Maya civilization. The K'iche' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj was ruled by the famous K'iche' king, Tecún Umán. The conquest of Zaculeu by the K'iche' Kingdom marked a significant expansion of their territory in the Postclassic period.
January 1471: The Kʼiche experienced some military successes in this period, for example in the subordinations of the Rabinal and the peoples on the Pacific coast of Chiapas (Soconusco).
January 1501: Under the Aztec Tlatoani Ahuitzotl the Soconusco province which was then paying tribute to the Kʼicheʼ was conquered by the Aztecs.
Disestablishment
January 1525: The Kʼicheʼ capital, Qʼumarkaj, fell to Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
