1939
Is born to Rev. Manuel Urbina and Irene (Salce) de Urbina in Rodriguez, Nuevo Leon/Mexico.
1947
Immigrates to the United States.
1962
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Howard Payne University.
1963
Completes postgraduate coursework at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.
1967
Earns a Master of Arts from the University of Texas.
1967
Teaches as a professor of Latin American history at the College of the Mainland in Texas City, TX.
1974
Serves as a founder and faculty sponsor of the Mexico American Student Association in the College of the Mainland through 2014.
1976
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas.
1982
Completes postgraduate coursework at Cambridge University in England.
1982
Is named Hispanic of the Year by the Galveston County League of United Latin American Citizens.
1983
Earns a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston.
1983
Publishes his first book “The Impact of the Texas Revolution on the Government Politics and Society of Mexico, 1836-1846.”
1983
The aforementioned book is included in the National Archives of Washington, D.C. and Mexico City.
1985
Is chairman and chief executive officer of Urbina Publishing Co. Inc., in Houston, TX, and Mexico City, Mexico, and presently holds these roles.
1985
Serves as chairman and legal counsel of the Urbina Foundation in Houston, TX.
1988
Serves as the organizer of the National Reunion of Veterans of the Mexican Revolution.
1990
Serves as funder and curator of the Urbina Museum of History of Mexico, Houston, TX.
1996
Is featured in “The Mexican War in the United States Constitutional Law.”
1999
Has his work featured in “General Pancho Villa in International Law.”
2009
Publishes “The Impact of the Texas Revolution on the Government, Politics and Society of Mexico, 1836-1846.”