Mexico
280 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Mexico, 1810 CE to 2020 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.
19th century
72 entries, 1810 CE to 1891 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century
- 1810Guillermo Castro – soldier, rancher, and magistrate, was born near Coyote, Alta CaliforniaMexicosource
- 1821September 28 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is ratified.Mexicosource
- 1829July 5 – Ignacio Mariscal, distinguished lawyer, diplomat and Liberal member.Mexicosource
- 1830April 6 – The Law of April 6, 1830 was passed encouraging Mexican settlement and forbidding American settlement within Coahuila y TejasMexicosource
- 1830Magin Catalá – Franciscan missionary in Santa Clara, CaliforniaMexicosource
- 1831José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published.Mexicosource
- 1835October 2 – Texas Revolution – Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.Mexicosource
- 1835March 23 – The Mexican Academy of Language is established.Mexicosource
- 1836June 9 – Manuel de Aspiroz, statesman, Senator, and diplomat was born in Puebla, Puebla (died 1905)Mexicosource
- 1839May 3 José Antonio Mexía – politician executed in Acajete, Veracruz (born 1800)Mexicosource
- 1842March 5 – Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio, and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution.Mexicosource
- 1843April 30 – May 16 – Naval Battle of Campeche: Naval Battle between the Mexican Navy versus the Texas Navy and the Yucatán Navy. The battle featured the most advanced warships of its day.Mexicosource
- 1846July 7 – Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.Mexicosource
- 1847February 22 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Buena Vista: 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the next day.Mexicosource
- 1848January 26 – Justo Sierra (writer)Mexicosource
- 1854April 22: Nicolás Bravo, 11th Mexican President (b. 1786)Mexicosource
- 1857March 15 - President Comonfort signs the law adopting the metric systemMexicosource
- 1862May 18 – Battle of Barranca SecaMexicosource
- 1863June 16 – Francisco León de la BarraMexicosource
- 1864October 3 – A destructive earthquake causes severe damage and 20 deaths southwest of Veracruz.Mexicosource
- 1867March 9 - The Republican army, commanded by General Porfirio Díaz, laid siege to the Imperial forces in Puebla. Díaz established his headquarters on Cerro de San Juan, while the Imperial defenders held the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe.Mexicosource
- 1867January 9 - Jesús González Ortega was arrested in Zacatecas by General Auza on the orders of Benito Juárez.Mexicosource
- 1884January 11 — Clara Oriol de la Huerta, First Lady of Mexico (1920) (d. 1967)Mexicosource
- 1888June 15 – Ramón López Velarde, poetMexicosource
- 1891September 15 – Garza Revolution: 60-80 followers of Catarino Garza crossed the Rio Grande from Texas into Mexico. Most are Mexican-Americans recruited locally.Mexicosource
20th century
200 entries, 1911 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century
- 1911April 7–May 10 – Battle of Ciudad Juarez (1911)Mexicosource
- 1914December – Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata occupy Mexico CityMexicosource
- 1915July 2 – Porfirio Díaz, 29th President of Mexico (died in France) (b. 1830)Mexicosource
- 1918August 27 – Battle of Ambos NogalesMexicosource
- 19199 November – Virginia Salinas de Carranza, wife of President Venustiano CarranzaMexicosource
- 1920December 14 – Gen. Benjamín Hill, Secretary of War, dies in suspicious circumstances. (b. 1877)Mexicosource
- 1928Mexico at the 1928 Summer OlympicsMexicosource
- 1933August 4 – 1933 Florida–Mexico hurricane: Having passed over Florida, the storm regains hurricane status on August 4, a day before striking northern Mexico with winds of 90 mph. It damages buildings and crops in Tamaulipas, while heavy rains lead to flooding that kills at least 31 people, particularly affecting the city of Monterrey.Mexicosource
- 1938March 18 – Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.Mexicosource
- 1950Algodoneros del Unión Laguna win the Mexican League.Mexicosource
- 1954The Museo Regional de la Ceramica, Tlaquepaque is established in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco.Mexicosource
- 1955The Tigres del México win the Mexican League.Mexicosource
- 1959September 10 – MASA is founded when the state-owned investment bank, SOMEX, acquires the private company, Sheppard Hnos.Mexicosource
- 1960September 21: President Adolfo López Mateos nationalizes the electrical system.Mexicosource
- 1962March 21: Beginning of the 1962 Mexico City radiation accidentMexicosource
- 1970May 23: Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal established.Mexicosource
- 1971List of Mexican films of 1971.Mexicosource
- 1973January 30: The 7.5 Ms Colima earthquake causes 56 deaths, 390 injuries, and a non-destructive tsunami in Mexico.Mexicosource
- 1979February 5: Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán established.Mexicosource
- 1980List of Mexican films of 1980.Mexicosource
- 19831982–83 Mexican Primera División seasonMexicosource
- 1985April 9 – Carlos Manzo, politician (d. 2025).Mexicosource
- 1989Music group Café Tacuba is founded.Mexicosource
- 1993Musical bands La Gusana Ciega and Hocico are founded.Mexicosource
- 1994December 21 – The Popocateptl volcano spewed gas and ash, which was carried as far as 25 km away by prevailing winds. The activity prompted the evacuation of nearby towns and scientists to begin monitoring for an eruption.Mexicosource
21st century
8 entries, 2000 CE to 2020 CE
- 2000April 15: Pope John Paul II names Eduardo Patino and Hipolito Reyes Larios as bishops of the newly created dioceses of Córdoba and Orizaba in the state of Veracruz.Mexicosource
- 2001Mexico launches the e-México initiative, aiming to provide nationwide Internet access and offer online educational, health, and government services. The project receives no funding in 2001.Mexicosource
- 2002March 18 – The Monterrey Consensus from the International Conference on Financing for Development begins in Nuevo Leon.Mexicosource
- 20032003 Pan American Race Walking Cup from San Diego, California, United States to Tijuana, Baja California.Mexicosource
- 2004May 23: The Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo bomb 3 banks in Cuernavaca, Morelos,Mexicosource
- 2019December 26 – An unnamed female giraffe was born in Chapultupec Zoo, Mexico City. Jirafifíta was born there in March 2019.Mexicosource
- 2020January 9 – Salomón Andrés López Adams, first grandchild of President López Obrador, born in Houston, TexasMexicosource
- 2020July 1 – Teodoro Zedillo de la Vega, tenth grandchild of former president Ernesto Zedillo.Mexicosource