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Early Months of 1810
Hidalgo introduced new industries to Dolores: tile making, tanning, carpentry, wool weaving and others. Hidalgo and Allende met. Allende introduced Hidalgo to a coterie of friends and his wife Josefa Ortiz (La Corregidora). They set the date of the uprising to be December 8 although the word spread out and soon the Spaniards knew their plan. -
The Spanish Know
Spanish authorities searched the house of Epigmenio Gonzalez in Queretaro. They found bountiful arms and ammunition, and ordered the arrest of the panic-stricken owner. -
Grito Independencia de Mexico
Mexican Independence Day. At 2 am Hidalgo arrived at the priest’s house, Aldama found Allende there also. The three realized that orders for their own arrest had probably been issued and decided to strike out for independence at once. Hidalgo ran the church bells and declared independence. -
Gunajuato Battle
Hidalgo began his approach to Guanajuato. Hundred of workers from surrounding mines joined him. Hundreds of workers were cut down by the intendant’s artillery. Riaño led a group of soldiers outside the wall to position them strategically. At the end of the war, millions of gachupines were dead. -
mexico city battle
Hidalgo had a army of about eighty thousand marching on Mexico City. The battle took place on oct. 30 at the Monte de las Cruces. There Hidalgo proved that sheer numbers could overcome small, well-equipped, and disciplined professional army. -
Hidalgo's Army
Guadalajara fell to the insurgents unopposed. The royalist troops from south caught up with the rebels. Again Hidalgo and Allende had the numerical superiority, but General Calleja conducted his operations superbly and was aided by a battlefield accident. A spanish altilery shot hit a rebel ammunition wagon, and the resulting explosion caused a grass fire in Hidalgo's army. -
Hidalgo's death
This was the day that Hidalgo was executed. Hidalgo’s corpse was decapitated, and his head fastened to a pole, was displayed on the charred wall of the granary in Guanajuato as an object lesson to potential rebels. -
Morelos Captured
Morelos was captured by an enemy detachment and escorted to Mexico City. There he was tried for treason and as Hidalgo he was executed by a firing squad. -
Plan de Iguala
There was a conference held in order to issue the Plan de Iguala. -
End of War
Iturbide triumphantly enters into Mexico City and marks the end of eleven years of war.
