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1846 in Mexico
Events in the year
1846 in Mexico
.
Incumbents
President âÂÂ
Mariano Paredes
President âÂÂ
José Mariano Salas
President âÂÂ
ValentÃÂn Gómez FarÃÂas
Governors
Aguascalientes
:
Felipe Nieto y del Portillo
/
Felipe Cosio
Chiapas
:
Jerónimo Cardona
Chihuahua
: ÃÂngel TrÃÂas ÃÂlvarez/Mauricio Ugarte/Cayetano Justiniani/José MarÃÂa Irigoyen RodrÃÂguez/ÃÂngel TrÃÂas ÃÂlvarez
Coahuila
: Rafael Vázquez/José MarÃÂa de Aguirre González/Santiago RodrÃÂguez del Bosquea
Durango
:
Guanajuato
:
Guerrero
:
Jalisco
: Antonio Escobedo/Juan Nepomuceno Cumplido/
José MarÃÂa Yáñez
/JoaquÃÂn Angulo
State of Mexico
:
Michoacán
:
Nuevo León
:
Pedro de Ampudia
Oaxaca
:
Puebla
:
Querétaro
:
Julián Juvera
San Luis PotosÃÂ
:
Sinaloa
:
Sonora
:
Tabasco
:
Tamaulipas
: Juan Martin de la Garza Flores/Manuel Núñez Ponce/Manuel Saldaña/Francisco Vital Fernandez
Veracruz
:
Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
/
José de Emparán
/
Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
Yucatán
:
Miguel Barbachano
Zacatecas
:
Events
April 25 âÂÂ
MexicanâÂÂAmerican War
: Open conflict begins over border disputes of
Texas
's boundaries.
May 8 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War âÂÂ
Battle of Palo Alto
:
Zachary Taylor
defeats a Mexican force north of the
Rio Grande
at
Palo Alto, Texas
, in the first major battle of the war.
May 9 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War âÂÂ
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
in
Brownsville, Texas
May 13 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
June 10 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War: The
California Republic
declares independence from Mexico.
June 14 âÂÂ
Bear Flag Revolt
: American settlers in
Sonoma, California
, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the
California Republic
.
July 7 â Acting on instructions from
Washington, DC
, Commodore
John Drake Sloat
orders his troops to occupy
Monterey
and
Yerba Buena
, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.
August 6 âÂÂ
José Mariano Salas
assumes the presidency as provisional president.
August 22 â President Salas decrees the
1824 Constitution of Mexico
in effect again.
September 21âÂÂ24 âÂÂ
Battle of Monterrey
Notable births
May 22 âÂÂ
Rita Cetina Gutiérrez
, teacher, poet and activist (d.
1908
)
References