<Tr> <Td> 1610 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Palace of the Governors is built in Santa Fe, the new capital of Nuevo México . Today it is the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1680 </Td> <Td> Aug 10 </Td> <Td> An alliance of Puebloan peoples coordinated by Popé initiates a mass revolt against Spanish colonists occupying what is now northern New Mexico in an effort to abolish European influence in the area . More than 400 people are killed and the Spanish are unable to reconquer Santa Fe for another 12 years . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1692 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Santa Fe is formally repossessed by the Spanish after Diego de Vargas negotiates a peace with the Pueblo Indians . The following six years witness a difficult reinstatement of Spanish and Franciscan rule over the Pueblos, including another revolt in 1696, which is successfully countered by De Vargas and his forces . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1718 </Td> <Td> May 1 </Td> <Td> The Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, eventually the city of San Antonio, is founded in Spanish Texas to undermine French claims in the area . </Td> </Tr>

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