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relatively close degree of consanguinity with 

 practically all the members of the other families. 

 However, some of these famihes by 1945 had 

 become extinct in Quiroga in the male line; and 

 there were individuals who were unrelated except 

 for marrjdng women of these families, since this 

 group of leading families was far from endogamous. 

 A brief example of the intermarrying of leading 

 famihes is provided by the siu-names of the 



1522-28/29.... 



152&-1810 



1533-35 



spouses of the children of Colonel J. Jesiis Villa- 

 nueva (by three wives) : 



J. Jesus Villanueva Tovar married Marfa Soledad 

 Villasenor Ramos. 



Federico Villanueva Ortiz married Maria Guadalupe 

 Torres. 



Maria Jesus Villanueva Ortiz married Crispin Villa- 

 senor. 



Rdmulo Villanueva married Maria Rosario Ruiz. 



CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE 



1534. 

 1545. 

 1576- 

 1586. 



1603 



1681-82. 



1692-96. 

 1742 



1780. 

 1786. 

 1803- 

 1806. 

 1811- 



1820/25.. 



1822 



Ca. 1831. 

 1833-36- 



1837-46 



1842-53 



Ca. 1843 or 

 earlier. 



1845 



1850 



Ca. 1850- 

 1852 



1853. 



Spanish Conquest; Cortez encomienda. 



Cocupao tributary to the crown. 



Visit of Quiroga; Pueblo Hospital de 



Santa Fe de La Laguna founded. 

 Royal title granted to Pueblo de San 



Diego de Cocupao. 

 Most deadly plague in history of the 



Pdtzcuaro Basin. 

 Second most deadly plague in the Pdtz- 



cuaro Basin. 

 Visit of inspector-general Fray Alonso 



Ponce to Tzintzuntzan; Franciscan 



convent in Cocupao probably founded 



after this date. 

 Congregation of San Diego, Sanambo, and 



Zirandangacho. 

 Measurement of the legal town site of 



Cocupao. 

 Great famine in northern Michoacdn. 

 Rough census of families by Villasenor y 



Sdnchez. 

 Second greatest snowfall in history of 



Michoacdn; Tzintzuntzan secularized. 

 Most severe famine on record for Michoa- 

 cdn. Cocupao secularized. 

 Alexander von Humboldt passed through 



Capula and Pdtzcuaro. 

 March 25, one of three most severe earth- 

 quakes in the area. 

 Padre Antonio Torres burned Cocupao to 



the ground. 

 Ayuntamierito installed in Cocupao. 

 Lejarza estimate of population. 

 Public primary school for boys established. 

 Cholera epidemic; burying in churches 



prohibited; revolt. 

 No ayunlamienlo in Cocupao. 

 Juan de Dies Torres parish priest. 

 Post office and tax collector's office in 



Cocupao. 

 April 7-8, destructive earthquake. 

 New cemetery inaugurated; great cholera 



epidemic. 

 Chapel of San Miguel built in El Calvario. 

 Cocupao raised in rank to Villa de Cocupao 



de Quiroga. 

 Quiroga area constituted an independent 



parish. 



1854 General Pueblita pronounced for the Plan 



de Ayutla in Quiroga. 



1854-61 MiUtary disturbances caused by Plan de 



Ayutla, Ley Lerdo, 1857 constitution, 

 and reform laws. 



1856 December 29, third greatest snowfall in 



local history. 



1857-58 Modern water system installed in Quiroga. 



1858 January 1, fountain and statue of America 



inaugurated in Plaza Principal; June 

 19, strongest earthquake felt locally cast 

 down upper member of bell tower of 

 parish church. 



1859-60 Civil register initiated; much opposition 



by local priest. 



1860-64 Period of much construction of streets, 



bridges, and buildings; first street signs 

 posted; portales Hidalgo, Allende, Mata- 

 moros completed (1861-62). 



1861 Quiroga expanded westward through 



acquisition of Plaza Vieja-Atzitzindaro 

 district. 



1862-67 Period of French Intervention; in Michoa- 

 cdn November 1863 to February 1867. 

 Virulent epidemics of typhus and ty- 

 phoid. 



1863 May 1, squadron of cavalry raised forced 



loan in Quiroga to support Republican 

 troops under Colonel Garnica. 



1865 March 13, Republican troops under 



General Manuel Garcia Pueblita, Colonel 

 Rafael Garnica, and Colonel Jesiis 

 Villanueva attacked French troops under 

 Captain Jaime Beguerisse, and after 

 fighting from dawn to sunset gained 

 possession of the town. 



1866 November 25, 20 prisoners were shot by 



Mexican Imperialist troops in Quiroga. 



1867-73 Second important period of construction; 



many streets extended and paved; 

 Plaza de los Mdrtires inaugurated; clock 

 tower begun; bridges constructed in 

 eastern part of town; water system ex- 

 panded and fountain inaugurated in 

 Plazuela de Mina. 



1867-71 Reregistry of land titles for first time since 



1843. 



1868-89 Francisco de P. Plasencia, parish priest. 



