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Oxcutzcab was a town dating back to Pre-Columbian times. With the fall of Mayapán in the 1440sCenturies: 14th century 15th century 16th century Decades: 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s Years: 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449 Events and Trends 1440s. Oxcutzcab became a regional capital ruled by the Xiu family. After the Spanish conquest of YucatánThe Spanish Conquest of Yucatan was a long and involved process taking some 170 years to complete. The Maya had no single leader (like the Inca of Peru), but instead lived in numerous independent states, some of which fiercely resisted foreign domination. it was re-established as a SpanishThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc colonial town in 1550Events February 7 Julius III becomes Pope The first book in Slovenian, Cattechismus and Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tubingen, Germany. Nostradamus' first almanac is written. Helsinki, the capital of Finland is; the native temples were demolished and a large FranciscanFranciscans is the common name used to designate a variety of mendicant religious orders of men or women tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. The official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum Minorum (Order of the "Lesser Brot church built.

Oxcutzcab was granted the legal status of a city in the early 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended. In 1847Events January 4 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. January 13 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California. January 16 John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory. the city was sacked in the Caste War of YucatánThe Caste War of Yucatan ( 1847- 1901) began with the revolt of native Maya people of Yucatan ( Mexico) against the population of European descent (called Yucatecos) in political and economic control. A lengthy war ensued between the Yucateco forces in th. In 1879 the city was linked to the capital of Mérida by railroad. In the 1990 census the population was 17,189.

In the middle of each August, the city hosts a "Festival of Oranges".