At around 1810, he was studying at the Colegio de San Gregorio, in Mexico City, a school run by the Catholic Church, and which was also known to have housed extensive Nahuatl documents.
[3] After Mexican independence in 1821, there was debate on whether the Colegio de San Gregorio would continue to be a religious school, and Chimalpopoca was in favor of keeping it as such.
[4] In 1849, shortly after the Mexican American War, Chimalpopoca served as president of the Board of Public education for the ayuntamiento in Mexico City.
[6] In 1856, as part of La Reforma the liberal Mexican government through the Ley Lerdo, forced 'corporate entities' to dispose of their lands and sell them to individuals.
[9] He gave a speech before an indigenous crowd, which was later published in the press, celebrating the defeat of the liberals at the hands of the French, praising the Empire, and emphasizing the importance of religion for the nation.
[15] The regime of Maximilian was propped up by the French army, and when Napoleon III withdrew the troops and the Republican forces had success on the battlefield, the Empire was doomed.