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Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 232

1325-03-18 - According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date. The event is depicted on the Mexican coat of arms.
1519-03-13 - Cortez lands in Mexico
1519-09-02 - 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1519-09-05 - 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs
1519-11-08 - 1st meeting of Montezuma & Hernando Cortes in Mexico
1520-07-14 - Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes & Tlascala's vs Aztecs
1521-08-13 - Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs
1522-10-15 - Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico
1536-06-06 - Mexico begins it's inquisition
1540-02-25 - Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico
1576-01-20 - The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almansa.
1659-12-08 - Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco.
1693-07-25 - Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México.
1790-12-17 - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
1792-06-21 - Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC
1810-09-16 - Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event
1811-07-30 - Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.
1813-11-06 - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
1821-01-17 - Mexico permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
1821-02-24 - Mexico gains independence from Spain
1821-08-23 - Mexico declares independence
1821-09-27 - Mexican Empire declares its independence
1821-09-27 - Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1822-01-05 - Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1822-07-25 - Gen Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st emperor of Mexico
1822-12-12 - Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1823-01-03 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1823-07-01 - United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
1824-10-04 - Mexico becomes a republic
1826-12-16 - Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1829-08-25 - Pres Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1834-01-03 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
1836-03-02 - Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1836-03-06 - Battleof the Alamo: 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight during Texas Revolution
1836-04-21 - Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico
1836-12-28 - Spain recognizes independence of Mexico
1837-10-01 - "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)
1838-11-30 - Mexico declares war on France
1842-03-05 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
1845-03-28 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1845-06-04 - Mexican-US war starts
1846-01-01 - Yucatan declares independence from Mexico
1846-04-25 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
1846-05-03 - Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
1846-05-08 - 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
1846-05-09 - Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
1846-05-13 - US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins
1846-05-24 - Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War
1846-09-25 - US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
1847-01-24 - 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Col Price
1847-02-22 - Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army
1847-02-23 - Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
1847-02-28 - US defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento
1847-03-07 - US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
1847-03-29 - 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847-09-08 - US under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
1847-09-12 - Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
1847-09-13 - American-Mexican war: US Gen Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
1847-09-14 - US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
1848-04-18 - American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
1848-05-19 - Mexico gives Texas to US, ending the war
1848-07-06 - Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo
1851-01-15 - Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera
1854-01-18 - Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico
1854-07-13 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
1855-08-09 - Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1857-09-16 - Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
1858-04-15 - Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists
1858-05-04 - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1859-03-18 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
1859-04-06 - US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform
1861-01-01 - Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
1861-01-11 - Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform
1862-05-05 - French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
1862-07-27 - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico
1863-04-30 - Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1863-06-07 - Mexico City captured by French troops
1864-04-10 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico
1864-05-29 - Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1867-01-11 - Benito Juárez becomes the Mexican president again.
1867-03-12 - Last French troops leave Mexico
1867-06-19 - Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
1874-09-03 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1877-06-01 - US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1880-10-15 - Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
1881-06-24 - 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico
1889-07-11 - Tijuana in Mexico becomes a city
1907-11-07 - Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
1910-11-20 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1911-03-07 - US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
1911-05-18 - Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
1911-05-25 - Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz
1911-11-06 - Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico
1911-11-28 - Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
1913-02-09 - -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
1913-02-16 - President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
1913-02-19 - Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
1913-10-26 - Huerta elected president of Mexico
1914-03-09 - US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"
1914-04-09 - Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 331

1651-11-12 - Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)
1731-09-09 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787)
1753-05-08 - Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence
1765-09-30 - José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1783-09-27 - Agustin I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23)
1786-09-10 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
1786-09-29 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
1794-02-21 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico (1833-36)
1802-07-26 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (d. 1855)
1806-03-21 - Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)
1824-01-08 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861)
1829-03-24 - Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)
1829-07-05 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1830-09-15 - Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico (1877-1911)
1832-07-06 - Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico
1832-10-16 - Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexico, writer/diplomat
1834-11-13 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco)
1840-06-07 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
1849-08-27 - Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Nocturno)
1851-02-02 - José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
1853-12-14 - Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)
1859-12-29 - Venustiano Carranza, pres of Mexico (1915-20)
1862-02-05 - Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexico, composer
1870-08-27 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet
1871-04-03 - Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio)
1873-01-01 - Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
1873-10-30 - Francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)
1877-09-25 - Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)
1878-04-26 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
1878-06-05 - [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1879-08-08 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
1880-02-17 - Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
1881-09-28 - Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang)
1882-01-10 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1882-02-28 - Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher
1882-12-08 - Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)
1883-11-23 - Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico, painter (Epic of Culture in New World)
Painter Diego Rivera (1886-12-08) 1886-12-08 - Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo (En el Arsenal ), (d. 1957)
1887-10-06 - MartinLuis Guzman, Mexico, novelist (Eagle & the Serpent)
1887-10-22 - John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions
1888-06-15 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
1889-05-17 - Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel)
1890-12-30 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
1895-02-14 - Nigel Bruce, Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
1895-09-08 - Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
1895-11-17 - Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966)
1896-12-29 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile)
1897-01-16 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
1897-04-24 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
1899-02-06 - Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
1899-06-13 - Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)
1899-08-26 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
1899-11-04 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan)
1899-12-31 - Silvestre Revueltas, Santiago Papasquiaro Mexico, composer (Sensemaya)
1900-09-29 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
1901-02-20 - Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
1902-01-26 - Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz)
1902-04-17 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)
1902-09-27 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president (1946-52)
1903-08-27 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)
1903-12-10 - George J Lewis, Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr (Don-Zorro)
1904-03-26 - Emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)
1904-07-30 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
1906-03-26 - Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
1906-11-29 - Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man's Family)
1907-07-06 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera
1908-01-12 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
1908-05-08 - Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
1910-02-03 - Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria)
1910-05-26 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
1911-02-20 - Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
1911-03-12 - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico
1911-03-20 - Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1911-08-12 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)
1911-11-30 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
1912-05-09 - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
1912-06-29 - Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango)
1914-03-31 - Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1914-04-08 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1915-04-21 - Anthony Quinn, Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia)
1915-09-19 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
1917-02-17 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
1918-05-16 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro Paramo)
1918-05-30 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
1918-09-05 - Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor (d. 1992)
1919-04-17 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer
1919-05-17 - Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (d. 2007)
1919-08-24 - Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
1920-06-16 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
1920-07-29 - Rodolfo Acosta, Chihuahua Mexico, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw)
1922-01-17 - Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico
Writer Jack Kerouac (1922-03-12) 1922-03-12 - Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues)
1923-07-23 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001)
1923-11-13 - Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
1924-01-16 - Katy Jurado, Mexico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
1924-08-29 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
1925-03-16 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
1925-06-15 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
1928-07-27 - Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
1929-03-12 - Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 36 of 35

1922-05-13 - "Latin Lover" silent actor Rudolph Valentino (27) weds film costume and set designer Natacha Rambova (25) in Mexicali, Mexico
1924-11-26 - Comic actor Charlie Chaplin (35) weds "The Kid" actress Lita Grey (16) in Mexico
1952-10-18 - Latin actress Maria Felix (38) weds actor and singer Jorge Negreta (40) in Mexico
1955-09-18 - Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (27) weds Peruvian economist Hilda Gadea (34) in Mexico
1960-06-04 - "Last Tango In Paris" actor Marlon Brando (36) weds Mexican-American actress Movita Castaneda (42)
1964-09-24 - Actress Jayne Mansfield (31) weds film producer and director Matt Cimber in Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico
1970-10-31 - "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (34) weds singer Michelle Phillips (26) in Mexico
1993-11-27 - Actress Teri Garr (44) weds building contractor John O'Neil (42) at the Twin Dolphins Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
1995-02-19 - "Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (27) weds rocker Tommy Lee (32) in Cancun, Mexico
2000-12-02 - Mexican singer Thalia (29) weds co-owner of Casablanca Records Tommy Mottola (51) at St. Patrick
2002-06-15 - "American Pie" actress Shannon Elizabeth (28) weds actor Joe Reitman (34) in Jalisco, Mexico
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar (2002-09-01) 2002-09-01 - Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar (35) weds actor Freddie Prinze Jr. (36) at El Careyes Resort in Mexico
2003-11-01 - "Showgirls" actress Elizabeth Berkley (31) weds artist Greg Lauren (33) at Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2004-04-24 - Model-actress Ali Landry (30) weds TV personality Mario Lopez (30) at the exclusive Las Alamandas resort outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2004-05-23 - Singer-guitarist Michelle Branch (21) weds musician Teddy Landau at Isla Pardito, Mexico
2005-05-07 - "Growing Pains" actress Alan Thicke (58) weds model Tanya Callau at The One and Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2005-05-10 - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) in Costa Careyes, Mexico
2005-05-10 - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) weds British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) in Costa Careyes, Mexico
2005-12-10 - Gustavo Rojo's daughter and actress Ana Patricia Rojo (31) weds Andres Puentes Jr at the San Jose del Calvario church in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2005-12-17 - "Modern Day Drifter" country singer Dierks Bentley (30) weds Cassidy Black in Mexico
2006-01-27 - Mexican Latin Grammy Award singer Ana Barbara (35) weds Jose Maria Fernandez in Mexico
2006-02-11 - Mexican telenovela actor Guillermo Capetillo (47) weds model Tania Amezcua in Mixcoac, Mexico
2006-04-08 - Former Miss USA and "Eve" actress Ali Landry (32) weds film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde (28) in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2006-04-23 - "Rascal Flatts" guitarist Joe Don Rooney (30) weds Playboy's 2005 Playmate of The Year Tiffany Fallon (31) in an intimate ceremony held on the beach at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2006-06-09 - Actor Oliver Hudson (29) weds actress Erinn Bartlett (33) at One & Only Palmilla in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2006-09-12 - NBA basketball star Tracy McGrady (27) weds CleRenda Harris at the sandy beach in Los Cabos, Mexico
Musician & Songwriter Seal (2005-05-10) 2006-11-07 - NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon (38) weds Belgian model and actress Ingrid Vandebosch (36) at the Hacienda de San Antonio Resort in Colima, Mexico
2007-02-05 - "Rudo y Cursi" Mexican actor Diego Luna (28) weds actress and model Camila Sodi (21) in Mexico City
2007-04-14 - "Rocky" film series actor Carl Weathers (59) weds award-winning producer Jennifer Peterson on a seaside wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2007-04-21 - Pop singer sensation Anastacia (38) weds her bodyguard Wayne Newton at the Quinta Real Huatulco in Huatulco, Mexico
2007-06-16 - "Two and a Half Men" actor Jon Cryer (41) weds entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner (40) at the Chapel at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2007-09-14 - "Fantastic Four" actor Ioan Gruffudd (33) weds actress Alice Evans (36) in a small ceremony at the One and Only Palmilla Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico
2008-04-19 - New York Giants NFL quarterback Eli Manning (27) weds Abby McGrew (24) at the One & Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2008-10-26 - World's fattest man Manuel Uribe (43) weds Claudia Solis (38) in Monterrey, Mexico
2010-11-06 - "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis (37) weds CBS News Entertainment Reporter Christina McLarty on a civil wedding in Mexico
2012-05-12 - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Mercedes McNab (30) weds real estate developer Mark Henderson at the CostaBaja resort in La Paz, Mexico

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 143

1548-06-03 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)
1596-12-08 - Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
1639-08-04 - Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1678-08-05 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
1695-04-27 - Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44
1811-07-27 - Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed
1811-07-31 - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
1815-12-22 - Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards
1829-03-02 - Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
1831-02-14 - Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
1843-03-21 - Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786)
1851-07-05 - Juanita, Mexican, lynched by California gold diggers
1854-04-22 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1855-08-07 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)
1861-04-11 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
1867-06-19 - Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies
1873-12-06 - Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24
1876-06-20 - Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79
1876-06-21 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79
1880-01-08 - [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60
1880-10-14 - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1893-02-13 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
1913-02-22 - Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
1915-06-18 - Eufemio Zapata, brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata, killed by Sidronio Comancho
1915-07-02 - Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
1918-07-25 - Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), dies
1919-04-10 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1919-05-24 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
1920-03-20 - Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
1921-06-19 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), dies at 33
1922-11-21 - Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1923-07-20 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
1927-01-19 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
1927-01-19 - Empress Carlotta of Mexico (b. 1840)
1928-06-12 - Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies
1928-07-17 - Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated
1940-01-05 - Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
1940-10-05 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
1941-08-02 - Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70
1944-06-25 - Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (b. 1906)
1948-04-24 - Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65
US WW1 Commander John J. Pershing (1948-07-15) 1948-07-15 - John J. Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1949-09-07 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
1950-12-25 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47
1952-03-01 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (b. 1873)
1953-12-05 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)
1954-07-13 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47
1955-10-13 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)
1957-02-04 - Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies
1957-04-15 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
1957-11-24 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, dies at 70
1959-06-30 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1959-12-27 - Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70
1962-11-01 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
1963-06-18 - Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912)
1965-04-18 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (b. 1917)
Painter Diego Rivera (1957-11-24) 1966-12-18 - Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico
1969-02-21 - Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
1969-09-22 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59
1970-11-06 - Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1900)
1971-07-11 - Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
1972-12-02 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1973-06-29 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
1974-01-06 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1974-01-13 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
1974-05-13 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (b. 1902)
1974-08-07 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925)
1974-08-20 - Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
1976-04-14 - José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914)
1978-08-02 - Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
1979-07-15 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1982-08-12 - Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
1983-05-14 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
1983-12-07 - Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
1988-08-08 - Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1988-11-22 - Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908)
1989-10-23 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
1990-11-05 - Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65
1991-06-24 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies at 91
1991-09-02 - Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies
1992-05-16 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b, 1960)
1992-09-22 - Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
1993-04-20 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81
1993-05-13 - Borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
1993-05-13 - Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
1993-05-24 - Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
1994-03-23 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
1994-03-24 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated
1994-05-15 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88
1994-09-28 - Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48
1995-01-04 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1995-03-31 - Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
1997-06-21 - Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican labour leader (b. 1900)
1998-04-19 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
1999-03-19 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926)
1999-06-07 - Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer (b. 1942)
2000-05-08 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
2000-09-23 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
2001-06-03 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (b. 1915)
2001-06-11 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)