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Francisco Villa was born on June 5, 1878.
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He was forcibly recruited by the federal army in 1901. -
In 1910 Villa joined Francisco Madero's uprising against the dictator of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz. -
November 17, 1910. Villa excelled in the battles against the federal army. -
In 1912 Victoriano Huerta condemned Villa to death, but Madero sent him to jail. -
In November 1912 Villa escaped from prison and fled to the United States. -
After the assassination of Madero in 1913, Villa returned to Mexico and formed the Northern Division against Victoriano Huerta. -
In December 1913 Villa became governor of the state of Chihuahua. -
In June 1914 he won a decisive victory over Huerta. -
In December 1914 Villa and Emiliano Zapata, defeated by Carranza, fled to the northern mountains. -
On January 8, 1914, he left the office of Governor -
On February 16, he suffers an assassination attempt by William S. Benton. -
in January 1916, Villa invaded the border town of Columbus. -
September 15, 1916, the following day, Villa surprisingly took Chihuahua. -
Durante 1919 Villa reanuda su actividad guerrillera y ataca algunas ciudades de Chihuahua, como Moctezuma e Hidalgo del Parral. -
June 15, 1919 in an attempt to take the city Juarez is defeated by the Carrancistas. -
In the first months of 1920, Villa occupied Ciudad Lerdo and Gómez Palacio. -
Villa left his military post on June 26, 1920. -
July 20, 1923 Villa dies ambushed in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua.