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Pearson's Magazine publishes "Creelman interview" with President Díaz, stating that Mexico is ready for democracy and a new leader.
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Francisco Madero persuades Pascual Orozco and Francisco "Pancho" Villa to join the revolution.
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Francisco Madero writes "Plan of San Luis Potosí" in San Antonio, Texas, calling for all Mexicans to rise up against the dictator on November 20, 1910.
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Emiliano Zapata leads uprising of villagers in Morelos for land and water rights. Simultaneously armed revolts begin in other parts of Mexico.
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Orozco and Villa capture Ciudad Juárez (sister city to El Paso)
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Francisco Madero elected President of Mexico.
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Pascual Orozco leads rebellion in Chihuahua, after losing gubernatorial election. General Victoriano Huerta, representing Madero, defeats Orozco and arrests Pancho Villa.
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Huerta leads coup against Madero, who is deposed, arrested and jailed.
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President Madero and Vice President Pino Suárez are shot to death. Huerta declares himself President of Mexico.
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United States declares itself against Huerta.
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Venustiano Carranza, governor of Coahuila, is declared First Chief in the fight against Huerta ("The Usurper") and including both Villa and Zapata. Alvaro Obregón leads Carranza's army.
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United States forces occupy Veracruz
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Huerta resigns as President and flees to Europe on a German ship.
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Zacatecas captured by Villa's "División del Norte."
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World War I starts in Europe. United States leaves Veracruz.
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United States recognizes Venustiano Carranza as provisional President of Mexico.
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Pancho Villa sacks Columbus, New Mexico in retaliation for the United States' recognition of his enemy Carranza. Eight U.S. soldiers and 10 U.S. civilians killed.
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General John J. Pershing leads a force into Mexico in a futile search for Villa.
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Mexico adopts the Constitution of 1917, claiming rights over the subsoil, instituting new regulations to benefit organized labor and decreeing sanctions against the Catholic Church.
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United States declares war on Germany.
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Zapata slain in ambush.
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Obregón announces his campaign for the presidency.
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Obregón declares himself in revolt against Carranza, whose support collapses.
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Carranza murdered.
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Obregón elected President.
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Obregón sworn in as President. The Revolution is over.
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First murals appear in Mexico.