1831 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 1831 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• Anastasio Bustamante  - President of Mexico
• Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete  - Archbishop of Mexico

Governors

• Chiapas: José Ignacio Gutiérrez
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila: Ramón Músquiz/José María Viesca/José María de Letona/Ramón Músquiz
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Jalisco: José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo/José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León: Joaquín García
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
  • Querétaro: Manuel López de Ecala San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
  • Tamaulipas: Juan Guerra/Francisco Vital Fernandez Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

Events

As a result of a rebellion that Vicente Guerrero led against Anastasio Bustamante, Guerrero was captured and executed in Oaxaca, Mexico on 14 February.^[1]

Benito Juarez, who later served as the president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, first entered politics as a liberal.^[2]

Popular culture

Literature

• José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published.

Notable births

• 12 September  - Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (died 1869)

Notable deaths

• 31 January  - Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma died in Mexico City (born 1767)
• 14 February  - Vicente Guerrero, leader of Mexican War of Independence and 2nd President of Mexico, assassinated (b. 1782)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Database search - Gendering Latin American Independence . 2024-05-08 . www.nottingham.ac.uk.
2. Web site: Garcés . L. (Luis) . Force . Peter . Bustamante . Carlos María de . Magazine . Century . Iturbide . Agustín de . Tanner . Henry Schenck . Blanco . R. . Handy . Levin C. . Brady . Matthew B. . Independence from Spain to President Porfirio Díaz - The Mexican Revolution and the United States Exhibitions - Library of Congress . 2024-05-08 . www.loc.gov . en.
3. Web site: 14 de febrero de 1831, fallece Vicente Guerrero. Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional. Spanish. 30 May 2019. February 14, 1831, Vicente Guerrero died.