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1598 - Juan de Onate appointed first Spanish governor

1608-10 - The founding of Santa Fe

1680 - The Pueblo Revolt / Spanish St. Lawrence Day Massacre

1692 - de Vargas reestablishes Spanish control of New Mexico

1706 - Founding and naming of Albuquerque .

1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - New Mexico becomes a U.S. territory .

1862 - The US Civil War battles at Glorietta Pass and Velarde .

1863-68 - The Indian Wars and the "Long Walk" .

1878 - Railroad arrives in New Mexico.

1912 - New Mexico admitted as a state .

1943-45 - creation of the Atomic bomb and the Atomic Age.

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On January 6, 1912 New Mexico became the 47th state in the United States of America.

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