Mexico Timeline

LIterary Club (INITIATION)

Sep 12, 1810

Miguel Hidalgo, Doña Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, Ignacio Allende, and Juan de Aldama plotted the sepration and uprising of New Spain. They set the date of December 8, 1810

Guachupines Plan (INITIATION)

Sep 13, 1810

Miguel Hidalgo and other involved were targeted for arrest . Informed Criollos of Guachupines Plan

Grito de Dolores (INITIATION)

Sep 16, 1810

Miguel Hidalgo stood in Dolores and gave the "Grito de Dolores", carrying the banner of Virgen de Guadalupe as emblem for their crusade.

Guanajuato (El Pipila) (INITIATION)

Sep 28, 1810

SIlver Miner worker joined Hidalgo to fight the spanish. El pipila set fire to the wooden gate of Alhondiga.

Monte de Las Cruces (INITIATION)

Oct 30, 1810

Hidalgo has an army of eighty thousand, the spanish had to retreat due to their outnumbered soldiers. Hidalgo ordered a retreat instead of a victory.

Rebels and Explosions (CONSOLIDATION)

Jan 12, 1811

Royalist troops caught up with the rebels. Spanish artillery shot ammuniation wagon , rebels fled.

Hidalgo Dies (CONSOLIDATION)

Jul 31, 1811

Hidalgo was executed by a firing squad in Chihuahua

Temalaca (RESISTANCE)

Nov 12, 1815

Jose Maria Morelos fought against the insurgents and was later executed

Plan de Iguala (CONSUMATION)

Feb 24, 1821

Plan stated that Mexico was a constitutional Monarchy. Agustin Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero were part of this.

Te Deum (CONSUMATION)

Sep 12, 1821

After 11 years of war, Iturbide marked the end of the war when he entered Mexico city