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The start of Mexican's Revolution
Porfirio Dîaz became president. He quenched all opposition by violence and intimidation. The poor and indgienous suffered enormously under the dictatorship. He made it into a debt-slavery state and their freedom of speech had got taken away. -
Díaz Resigns
Porfirio Díaz resigns and is sent to exile from Mexico. Vice President Fransico de la Barra becomes Intermim President as Madero insists of taking office after being elected -
Madero Takes Office
Madero called on voters to prevent the sixth reelection. He bankrolled the anti-reelectionist party and urged the Mexicans to rise up against Díaz. Madero is officially sworn in as president in this date in history. -
Tragic Days
This was a Coup d'état placed upon President Madero and Vice President Pino Suárez. In this time they were forced to resign from their positions in order to guarantee their safe release. Victoriano Huerta led this and assumed presidency after their resignations and later assasinations on the 22nd of Febuary. -
Victoriano Huerta Flees
Huerta led a revoultionary coup which led to madero being being deposed then assassinated. He was opposed by revoultionary forces. President Huerta resigns from his presidency and flees to Spain. -
Carranta Reforms
One of the main leaders of the Mexican Revoultion, whose victorious northern revoultionary Constitutionalist Army, defeated the counter -revoultionary regime of Huerta.President Carranza adds some reforms to the Plan of Guadalup that include land reforms, electoral forms, and worker's rights -
The Guerrilla
Zapatista Landscape The Guerrilla
is a painting done by Diego Rivera. This painting is characterized as a revolutionary movement to depict the Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata -
Constitution
The new Mexican constitution is completed -
Obregón for President
Álvaro Obregón announces himself to run for presidency of Mexico in the 1920 elections. -
Carranza Assasinated
Carranza was assasinated on May 21, 1920 in the town of Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla. Many consider this the end of the Mexican Revolution even though battles and disputes afterwards. -
Obregón Sworn In
Álvaro Obregón offical Inaguaration Day was November 30, 1920. This occurs after he is elected president of Mexico -
Villa Dies
in January 1916 and two months later attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing about 17 Americans. U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson then sent an expedition under Gen. John J. Pershing to that area. Because of Villa’s popularity and intimate acquaintance with the terrain of northern Mexico, however, and because of the Mexican government’s dislike of Pershing’s presence on Mexican soil, it proved impossible to capture Villa.Pancho Villa is assasinated along with some of his bodyguards. -
Bucareli Treaty
A treaty agreement between Mexico and the U.S. for those citizens who sustained losses during the Mexican Revoluion -
Cristero War
Calles sought to eliminate the power of the Catholic Church and organizations affiliated with it as an institution, and also suppress popular religious celebration in local communities. The massive, Popular rural uprising was tacitly supported by the Church hierarchy and was aided by urban Catholic support. US Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow brokered negotiations between the Calles government and the Church. The government made some concessions, the Church withdrew its support for the Cristero figh -
Founding of the NRP
The PNR ( Partido Nacional Revolucionario) was formed by President Calles after the assasination of President Obregón. -
Partido de la Revolución Mexicana
The Partido de la Revolución Mexicana or PRM was formed by President Cardenas and the PNR was dissolved.
