Porfirio Díaz

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    Porfirio Díaz

    Born in The city of Oaxaca
  • Studies

    Porfirio studied physics, mathematics, logic, grammar, rhetoric and Latin
    In this last subject he achieved high grades, so due to the need to get money for his family, he began giving Latin classes to Guadalupe Pérez, son of Mr. Marcos Pérez.
  • Second French intervention in Mexico

    Second French intervention in Mexico
    He participated in the second French intervention in Mexico
  • Appointed major general

    Appointed major general
    Benito Juárez named him Division General
  • Puebla

    He take´s the city of Puebla
  • Plan of Tuxtepec

    Plan of Tuxtepec
    It was a plan prepared by Porfirio Díaz to remove Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
  • President

    President
    Díaz assumed the presidency of the country on an interim basis between November 28, 1876 and December 6, 1876, and for the second time from February 17, 1877 to May 5, 1877.
  • Death

    His health began to seriously deteriorate and later, in June 1915, his doctor ordered him complete rest, so he had to stop his daily morning walks through the Bologna forest.