"Date","Event"
"1577","Alberto del Canto founds the village of Santa LucÃ­a, (now Monterrey)."
"May 31, 1579","Philip II of Spain orders the establishment of a new kingdom in the Americas."
"1581","Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva founds the Nuevo Reino de LeÃ³n (New Kingdom of LeÃ³n)."
"December 15, 1777","Pope Pius VI creates the episcopate of Nuevo LeÃ³n in the bull Relata semper"
"October 29, 1810","News of the Grito de Dolores arrive to Monterrey"
"May 7, 1824","Nuevo LeÃ³n is designated a Mexican state."
"March 5, 1825","First constitution of the state of Nuevo LeÃ³n approved."
"January 17, 1840","Republic of the Rio Grande: Nuevo LeÃ³n declares itself independent of MÃ©xico along with Coahuila and Tamaulipas."
"November 6, 1840","The Mexican army defeats the separatists."
"September 20, 1846","The United States Army begins the siege of Monterrey."
"February 1848","The United States Army leaves the territory."
"February 19, 1856","Republic of the Sierra Madre: Nuevo LeÃ³n annexes Coahuila and again announces secession from Mexico."
"April 3, 1864","Monterrey is declared capital of Nuevo Leon. Separatists defeated."
"June 1991","Nuevo LeÃ³n opens its frontier with Texas, by building the now modern border-crossing point of Colombia (bridge also called \"Solidaridad\"). [1],[2]; see bridge III in: [3]."

