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French Intervention in Mexico

1861 CE – 1867 CE · 6 years

Napoleon III installed Austrian Archduke Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico while the U.S. was distracted by its Civil War. After French withdrawal, Maximilian was captured and executed, restoring Juárez's republic. The Battle of Puebla (Cinco de Mayo) is celebrated to this day.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Mexican Republic (Benito Juárez)
  • French Empire (Napoleon III) & Mexican Empire (Maximilian I)

Key moments

Defining events in the French Intervention in Mexico.

  1. 1862 Battle of Puebla
  2. 1863 Siege of Puebla
  3. 1867 Siege of Querétaro

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1861 CE and 1867 CE.

1861 CE American Civil War 1861 CE Battle of Bull Run 1862 CE Battle of Shiloh 1862 CE Battle of Antietam 1862 CE Battle of Fredericksburg

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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