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Mexican War of Independence

1810 CE – 1821 CE · 11 years

Father Miguel Hidalgo's 'Grito de Dolores' in 1810 launched Mexico's independence movement. After a decade of guerrilla warfare, Agustín de Iturbide united royalist and rebel forces to achieve independence and briefly made himself emperor of Mexico.

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Mexican War of Independence on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Mexican Insurgents (Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide)
  • Spanish Colonial Government

Key moments

Defining events in the Mexican War of Independence.

  1. 1810 Battle of Guanajuato
  2. 1811 Battle of Calderón Bridge
  3. 1812 Siege of Cuautla

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1810 CE and 1821 CE.

1810 CE Argentine War of Independence 1810 CE Chilean War of Independence 1810 CE Venezuelan War of Independence 1810 CE Colombian War of Independence 1812 CE War of 1812

And in the rest of the world

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

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