1863 in Mexico

Events in the year 1863 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President: Benito Juárez

Governors

• Aguascalientes: José Ma. Chávez Alonso
• Campeche: Pablo García Montilla
• Chiapas: Juan Clímaco Corzo/José Gabriel Esquinca
• Chihuahua: Luis Terrazas
• Coahuila:
• Colima: Ramón R. De la Vega
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León: Santiago Vidaurri
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro: José María Arteaga
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas: Albino López/Manuel Ruíz/Jesús de la Serna
• Veracruz: Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

Events

• January 10–12 – 1st Battle of Acapulco
• March 16-May 17 – Siege of Puebla (1863)
• April 30 – Battle of Camarón
• May 5 – Battle of San Pablo del Monte

Births

• June 16 – Francisco León de la Barra

Deaths

• April 30 – Jean Danjou, French captain (born 1828 in France)
• November 13 – Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico 1855-1857 (b. 1812)

References