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1847 in Mexico
Events in the year
1847 in Mexico
.
Incumbents
President
:
until March 21:
ValentÃÂn Gómez FarÃÂas
March 21 â April 2:
Antonio López de Santa Anna
April 2 â May 20:
Pedro MarÃÂa de Anaya
May 20 â September 15: Antonio López de Santa Anna
September 16 â November 13:
Manuel de la Peña y Peña
starting November 13: Pedro MarÃÂa de Anaya
Governors
Aguascalientes
:
Felipe Cosio
Chiapas
:
Jerónimo Cardona
Chihuahua
:
ÃÂngel TrÃÂas ÃÂlvarez
/Laureano Muñoz Arregui/José MarÃÂa Sánchez Pareja/Laureano Muñoz Arregui/ÃÂngel TrÃÂas ÃÂlvarez
Coahuila
: José MarÃÂa de Aguirre González/N/A
Durango
:
Guanajuato
:
Guerrero
:
Jalisco
: JoaquÃÂn Angulo/Sabás Sánchez Hidalgo
State of Mexico
:
Michoacán
:
Nuevo León
:
José MarÃÂa Parás
Oaxaca
:
Benito Juárez
Puebla
:
Querétaro
:
Francisco Berdusco
/
Francisco de Paula Mesa
San Luis PotosÃÂ
:
Sinaloa
:
Sonora
:
Tabasco
:
Tamaulipas
: Francisco Vital Fernandez
Veracruz
:
Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
/
José de Emparán
/
Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
Yucatán
:
Miguel Barbachano
/
Santiago Méndez
Zacatecas
:
Events
January 13 â The
Treaty of Cahuenga
ends the fighting in the
MexicanâÂÂAmerican War
in
California
.
February 22 âÂÂ
MexicanâÂÂAmerican War
âÂÂ
Battle of Buena Vista
: 5,000 American troops under General
Zachary Taylor
use their superiority in
artillery
to drive off 15,000
Mexican
troops under
Antonio López de Santa Anna
, defeating the Mexicans the next day.
March 9 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War: United States forces under General
Winfield Scott
invade
Mexico
near
Veracruz
.
March 29 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a
siege
.
April 18 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War âÂÂ
Battle of Cerro Gordo
: U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the
aqueduct
around
Lake Chalco
and
Lake Xochimilco
in Mexico
August 20 â MexicanâÂÂAmerican War: US troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia de Fuentes,
Mexico
September 8 âÂÂ
Battle of Molino Del Rey