1680    The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.

1848    The United States annexes New Mexico.

1850    The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

1868    Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.

1879    Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.

1881    Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.

1912    New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.

1917    World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

1941    American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

1960    Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at {{convert|102800|ft|m}}, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

1962    The New Mexico Supreme Court in the case of Montoya v. Bolack, 70 N.M. 196, prohibits state and local governments from denying Indians the right to vote because they live on a reservation.

1976    The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.

1982    Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of ''Columbia'' at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.