Major conflict1550 – 1590 · 40 years
Chichimeca War
Bajío · Mexico
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
Longest and most difficult Spanish conquest-era conflict in northern Mexico. Chichimeca resistance on the Bajío frontier lasted 40 years despite superior Spanish forces.
Belligerents2
- Spanish Empire
- Chichimeca peoples
ON THE MAPSpanish Empire (Americas)
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: Chichimeca War (1550 – 1590). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/americas-chichimeca-war-1550 · Sources & methodology