Category: History This Month

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) U.S. CONGRESS TO FRANCE: WITHDRAW! BIRTH OF A GREAT MURALIST FORTUNE HUNTER EXPLORES THE WEST AWARD FOR FOREIGNERS RED SHIRTS MASSACRE CHURCH-GOERS December 1, 1810 José María Mercado, a priest supporting Father Hidalgo’s call for independence from Spain, attacks the Pacific coast port of San Blas, capturing […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) HIDALGO RETREATS – BUT WHY? PRESIDENT WILLIAM WALKER?? THE DAY OF THE RAILROAD WORKER THE COUNTRY REVOLTS! THE DEATH OF DIEGO RIVERA 1, 1542 The Fourth Expedition to Asia departs from the Pacific coast port of Navidad (now known as Barra de Navidad) under the command of […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) MASSACRE IN MEXICO CITY. DISCONTENT AT PRESIDENT’S REELECTION GREAT NEW WORLD DISCOVERED! “DEAR KING, WE NOW CONTROL THE COUNTRY…” MOTHER ORDERS EMPEROR TO STAY PUT! U.S. GIVES BACK DISPUTED TERRITORY. October 1, 1542 The decision is made to refound the city of Guadalajara in its present location, […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) 7, 1949 MEXICO’S TOP MURALIST DIES. 15, 1810 CALL FROM PULPIT FOR INDEPENDENCE! 17, 1810 1000 PESOS FOR THEIR HEADS. September 1, 1880 Porfirio Diaz’s government awards the concessions for building railroad lines from Mexico City to the U.S. border. 1, 1925 The inauguration of the Bank […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) DOWN WITH DICTATORS! NO MORE RE-ELECTION! MEXICAN NIGHTINGALE DIES – NATION MOURNS FIRST U.S. AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO DEATH OF A GREAT LEADER. SPANISH INVASION! July 1, 1823. At the Congress of the United Provinces of Central America, held in Guatemala City, it is decided that Nicaragua and […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) ROUTE FROM PHILIPPINES BACK TO MEXICO FINALLY FOUND! ALGERIAN FORCES TAKE ACAPULCO. FIRST EUROPEANS VISIT AZTEC CAPITAL FLOODS THREATEN MEXICO CITY DOWN WITH MOCTEZUMA! THE EMPEROR IS EXECUTED! LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! June 1, 1565. Andrés de Urdaneta sets sail from the Philippine Islands on what eventually […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) May 1, 1552 A royal decree establishes four schools for natives in the province of Nueva Galicia (now Jalisco): in Guadalajara, Atoyac, Ahuacatlán and Juchipila. 1, 1917 Venustiano Carranza begins his term as President. During his three years in office (until 1920) fighting continues in much of […]

Index to Mexico this month (all 12 months) ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE ENCOUNTERS EVER. ZAPATA MURDERED AFTER MOCK BATTLE MAXIMILIAN ACCEPTS THE CROWN OF MEXICO EPIDEMIC KILLS EARLY FEMINIST MASSACRE AT VERACRUZ AS U.S. TRIES TO INVADE! April 1, 1536. Pánfilo Narváez’s expedition had been shipwrecked off the Florida coast in 1518. After 18 […]