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Pancho Villa

Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923)

10 dated entries naming Pancho Villa, drawn from 8 separate years between 1878 CE and 1923 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1878June 5 – Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923)source

20th century

  • 1911May 8 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa launches an attack against government troops in Ciudad Juárez without Madero's permission; the government troops surrender on May 10.source
  • 1913March 13 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa returns to Mexico from his self-imposed exile in the United States.source
  • 1913October 1 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa's troops take Torreón after a 3-day battle, when government troops retreat.source
  • 1915June 3 – Mexican Revolution: Troops of Álvaro Obregón and Pancho Villa clash at León; Obregón loses his right arm in a grenade attack, but Villa is decisively defeated.source
  • 1916March 15 – United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa; the 13th Cavalry regiment enters Mexican territory.source
  • 1916March 8–9 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away.source
  • 1917January 28 – The United States ends its search for Pancho Villa.source
  • 1919April 25 – Pancho Villa takes Parral, Chihuahua, in Mexico, and executes the mayor and his two sons.source
  • 1923July 20 – Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (assassinated) (b. 1878)source

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