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Conflict Americas

Mexican–American War

1846 CE – 1848 CE · 2 years

The United States invaded Mexico in a war of territorial expansion, capturing Mexico City in 1847. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded California, New Mexico, Arizona, and more — halving Mexico's territory.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United States
  • Mexico

Key moments

Defining events in the Mexican–American War.

  1. 1846 Battle of Palo Alto
  2. 1847 Battle of Buena Vista
  3. 1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo
  4. 1847 Fall of Mexico City

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine Civil Wars

1814 CE – 1880 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Comanche Wars

1706 CE – 1875 CE

Landmark · Americas

Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1846 CE and 1848 CE.

1848 CE Italian Wars of Unification 1848 CE First Schleswig War 1848 CE St. George's Cathedral

And in the rest of the world

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

St. George's Cathedral Landmark · Africa 1848 CE – still standing Republic of Kraków Polity · Europe 1815 CE – 1846 CE Kanem–Bornu Wars Conflict · Africa 700 CE – 1846 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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