1831 in Mexico

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Map of Mexico in 1831

Events in the year 1831 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• Anastasio Bustamante – President of Mexico
• Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete – Archbishop of Mexico

Governors

• Chiapas: José Ignacio Gutiérrez
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila: Ramón Músquiz/José María Viesca/José María de Letona/Ramón Músquiz
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Jalisco: José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo/José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León: Joaquín García
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro: Manuel López de Ecala
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas: Juan Guerra/Francisco Vital Fernandez
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

Events

As a result of a rebellion that Vicente Guerrero led against Anastasio Bustamante, Guerrero was captured and executed in Oaxaca, Mexico on 14 February. ^[1]

Benito Juarez, who later served as the president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, first entered politics as a liberal. ^[2]

Popular culture

Literature

• José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published.

Notable births

• 12 September – Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (died 1869)

Notable deaths

• 31 January – Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma died in Mexico City (born 1767)
• 14 February – Vicente Guerrero, leader of Mexican War of Independence and 2nd President of Mexico, assassinated (b. 1782) ^[3]

References

1. "Database search - Gendering Latin American Independence". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
2. Garcés, L. (Luis); Force, Peter; Bustamante, Carlos María de; Magazine, Century; Iturbide, Agustín de; Tanner, Henry Schenck; Blanco, R.; Handy, Levin C.; Brady, Matthew B. "Independence from Spain to President Porfirio Díaz - The Mexican Revolution and the United States | Exhibitions - Library of Congress". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
3. "14 de febrero de 1831, fallece Vicente Guerrero" [February 14, 1831, Vicente Guerrero died] (in Spanish). Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional. Retrieved 30 May 2019.