* 1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

* 1902 – Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.

* 1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.

* 1977 – 28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.

Lengthy Cold War-associated civil conflicts that ground to a halt include the wars of Guatemala ( 1960 – 1996 ), El Salvador ( 1979 – 1991 ) and Nicaragua ( 1970 – 1990 ).

An early Classic ( 460 – 480 AD ) period Mayan tomb from the site of Rio Azul, Guatemala, had vessels with the Maya glyph for cacao on them with residue of a chocolate drink.

* 1941 – World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.

* 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

* 1982 – Río Negro massacre in Guatemala.

* 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22, 000.

The Guatemalan region of Mesoamerica was dominated by the Maya civilization ( 2, 000 BC – AD 250 ), before the Spanish arrived in the 16th century ; although most of the great, Classic-era ( AD 250 – 900 ) Maya cities of the Petén Basin region, in the northern lowlands of Guatemala, had been abandoned by the year AD 1, 000 ; however, the states in the Guatemalan central highlands, flourished until the arrival of Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish Conquistador who began subjugating the Indian states of Guatemala in 1525.

Conquered Guatemala was part of the Spanish Empire for approximately 300 years, when it became independent in 1821, when it was part of the Mexican Empire ( 1821 – 23 ) until becoming fully independent in the 1840s.

In the late 20th-century, Most Guatemala emerged from a 36-year civil war ( 1960 – 96 ), which re-established representative democracy in 1996.

Guatemala gained independence from Spain on September 15, 1821 ; it briefly became part of the Mexican Empire and then for a period belonged to a federation called The United Provinces of Central America, until the federation broke up in civil war in 1838 – 1840 ( See: History of Central America ).

In 1944, General Jorge Ubico ’ s thirteen-year dictatorship ( 1931 – 44 ) of Guatemala was overthrown by the October Revolutionaries, a group of Guatemalan nationalists — politically dissident military officers, university students, and liberal professionals — who were politically empowered, by the almost-simultaneous revolutions that deposed superannuated dictatorships in Venezuela, Cuba, and El Salvador.

Among the most important figures of the federal era include the first democratically elected president in Honduras, Dionisio de Herrera, a lawyer, whose government, begun in 1824 established the first constitution, Gen. Francisco Morazán, Federal President 1830-1834 and 1835 – 1839, whose figure embodies the ideal American Unionist, and José Cecilio del Valle, editor of the Declaration of Independence signed in Guatemala on September 15, 1821 and Foreign Minister of Mexico in 1823.

In the decades of 1840 and 1850 Honduras participated in several failed attempts to restore Central American unity, such as the Confederation of Central America ( 1842 – 1845 ), the covenant of Guatemala ( 1842 ), the Diet of Sonsonate ( 1846 ), the Diet of Nacaome ( 1847 ) and National Representation in Central America ( 1849 – 1852 ).

The earliest known usage of nixtamalization was in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala around 1500 – 1200 BC.

* 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.

* The Temple of the Jaguar Priest is constructed in Tikal National Park, Guatemala.

Highly prominent projects are many temples at Angkor, Cambodia, starting in 1990, including Preah Khan and Phnom Bakheng ; the Château de Chantilly in Chantilly, France ; many structures in Rome, including the Temple of Hercules, Santa Maria Antiqua, and the House of Augustus ; several sites on Easter Island ; various sites at ancient Luxor in Egypt ; Lalibela in Ethiopia ; San Ignacio Miní in Argentina ; the ancient Maya city of Naranjo, Guatemala ; the Segovia Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain ; as well as 25 projects in Venice, Italy, over 20 years.

Estrada's Temple of Minerva, Guatemala City, c. 1905.

Awareness in the United States of the conflict in Guatemala, and its ethnic dimension, increased with the 1983 publication of the " testimonial " account I, Rigoberta Menchú ; Rigoberta Menchú was later awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in favor of broader social justice.

* I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala.

And thousands who are Middle Easterner descendants: Arabs, Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians, Europeans, Armenians, Italians, Greeks and Turks came to Guatemala after World War I.

* Yax Nuun Ayiin I, king of Tikal ( Guatemala ) ( approximate date )

Alvarado was subsequently appointed governor of Guatemala by Charles I of Spain and remained governor of Guatemala until his death.

I was involved in assassination plots and conspiracies to overthrow several foreign governments including Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.

The historic Declaration of Esquipulas I which was adopted by the presidents of the Central American states in the city of Esquipulas ( Guatemala ) on 25 May 1986 included the following declaration: " It is necessary to establish and complement activities that support understanding and cooperation with institutional structures.

Between its founding and April 1984, the tribunal pronounced two advisory opinions on Western Sahara and Eritrea and held eight sessions ( Argentina, Philippines, El Salvador, Afghanistan I and II, East Timor, Zaire and Guatemala ).

The rainfall values for Francelia were moderate to severe, amounting to a peak of in Achiguate Reference Point I, Guatemala.

The closest rival to Angkor, the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, was between in total size.

It was not only the Greeks and Romans that produced graffiti: the Mayan site of Tikal in Guatemala also contains ancient examples.

Northern Guatemala has particularly high densities of Late Pre-classic sites, including Naachtun, Xulnal, El Mirador, Porvenir, Pacaya, La Muralla, Nakbé, El Tintal, Wakná ( formerly Güiro ), Uaxactún, and Tikal.

* The oldest known Mayan stele is erected at the capital Tikal ( Guatemala ).

Image: 5287_aquaimages. jpg | White-nosed coati at Tikal, Guatemala

Maya inscriptions note an individual nicknamed by scholars as " Spearthrower Owl ", apparently ruler of Teotihuacan, who reigned for over 60 years and installed his relatives as rulers of Tikal and Uaxactun in Guatemala.

The closest rival to Angkor, the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, was between in total size.

Tikal is approximately north of Guatemala City.

Nearby attractions include the ancient Maya ruins of Caracol, Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, El Pilar, Tikal ( Guatemala ).

Linking the buildings, as well as to other cities in the area such as Chichén Itzá and Tikal in modern-day Guatemala, are ancient roads left by the Maya called sacbes.

Coba must have maintained close contacts with the large city states of Guatemala and the south of Campeche like Tikal, Dzibanché or Calakmul.

The Nim Li Punit population is thought to have been aligned with Mayan settlements such as Tikal in the Petén Basin region of Guatemala.

* Tikal Futura, a shopping, business and hotel complex in Guatemala City

Tikal Jets Airlines, La línea aérea de Guatemala, was an airline based in Guatemala.

In November 1998 it changed ownership to become the Guatemalan National Airline, at that time Tikal Jets had been very successful with constant growth, becoming one of the leader businesses in Guatemala.

The season was filmed in the Yaxhá-Nakúm-Naranjo National Park near the more popular Tikal National Park, located in northern Guatemala.

Hippies following the so-called " Gringo Trail ", of Isla Mujeres, Tulum, Caye Caulker, Tikal and Lake Atitlan in Guatemala passed through the island ( many of them making use of the easily available marijuana ).

The production then moved on to Lake Atitlan, Tikal, and to Guatemala City.

It serves national and international air traffic for the areas of Flores, Santa Elena, and San Benito, as well as all the Mayan sites like Tikal or Yaxhá and destinations like Guatemala City, Belize and Cancún.

* San Bartolo ( Maya site ) near Tikal in Guatemala