Pancho villa

Pancho Villa was born Doroteo Arangol in Durango

Jun 5, 1878

Pancho Villa was born Doroteo Arangol in Durango on June 5, 1878,

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Period: Jun 5, 1878 to Jul 20, 1923

at age 16, he killed a man who had raped his younger sister.

Jun 10, 1894

By the time he was 20, Villa had moved northward to Chihuahua, working on and off as a miner in Parral while selling stolen cattle in Chihuahua (official government biographies list his occupation then as "wholesale meat-seller")

Jul 10, 1898

Pancho Villa was arrested for stealing mules and assault.

May 10, 1902

According to Frank McLynn, until 1910 Villa would alternate episodes of banditry with more legitimate pursuits

Jun 18, 1910

recruited Francisco Villa in 1910 to support Madero with the Plan de San Luis which started the first part of the Mexican Revolution with the armed movement of 20 November 1910

Nov 20, 1910

Villa's hatred of Huerta became more personal and intense after when Huerta ordered the murder of Villa's political mentor.

May 7, 1913

Villa's dominance in northern Mexico was broken in 1915 through a series of defeats he suffered at celeaya and Agua Prieta at the hands of lvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles.

Jan 5, 1915

After Villa's famous raid on Columbus in 1916, the US Army General John J. Pershing tried unsuccessfully to capture Villa in a nine-month pursuit that ended when Gen. Pershing was called back as the United States entry into World War I was assured.

Feb 14, 1916

Villa retired in 1920 and was given a large estate which he turned into a "military colony" for his former soldiers

Apr 12, 1920

In 1923, he decided to re-involve himself in Mexican politics and as a result was assassinated, most likely on the orders of Obregon

May 23, 1923

On Friday, Villa was killed while visiting Parral

Jul 20, 1923