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Northern New Spain: A Research Guide (1981) by Thomas C. Barnes, Thomas H. Naylor, and Charles W. Polzer, p. 94. (in Spanish) List of viceroys and other colonial rulers at the Mexican government site (in Spanish) Cronología de los Gobernantes de México 1325–2000 (Powerpoint) (in Spanish) List of Spanish colonial officials before the viceroyalty
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Spanish settlers founded major cities such as Mexico City, Puebla, and Guadalajara, turning New Spain into a vital part of the Spanish Empire. The discovery of silver in Zacatecas and Guanajuato significantly boosted the economy, leading to conflicts like the Chichimeca War .
1492–1499 Christopher Columbus, as Governor or Viceroy of the Indies. 1499–1502 Francisco de Bobadilla, as Governor of the Indies. 1502–1509 Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as Governor of the Indies. 1509–1518 Diego Colón, as Governor of the Indies until 1511, thereafter as Viceroy of the Indies. 1526 Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo ...
Viceroyalty of New Spain: Mexico City: 1535–1821 Achieved independence as Mexico: Viceroyalty of Peru: Lima: 1542–1824 Achieved independence as Peru: Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata: Buenos Aires: 1776–1810 Achieved independence as Argentina: Viceroyalty of the Indies: Santo Domingo: 1492–1535 Became the Viceroyalty of New Spain
Juan José Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza, 1st Count of Venadito, OIC, OSH, KOC (3 February 1754 – 11 January 1835) was a Spanish Navy officer, nobleman and colonial administrator who served as the viceroy of New Spain from 20 September 1816 to 5 July 1821 during the Mexican War of Independence.
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca [a] [b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
On the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico, on Aug. 13, 1521, the documentary "499" from Rodrigo Reyes tackles colonialism's shadow.
Viceroys of New Spain — the Spanish viceroys ruling the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain (1542–1824) Governing the principle territories in North America , and also the Spanish East Indies and Spanish West Indies .