1891 in Mexico

Events in the year 1891 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President: Porfirio Diaz

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Alejandro Vázquez del Mercado
• Campeche: Joaquín Kerlegand/Leocadio Preve
• Chiapas: Manuel Carrascosa/Emilio Rabasa
• Chihuahua: Lauro Carrillo
• Coahuila: José María Garza Galán
• Colima: Gildardo Gómez Campero
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo: Rafael Cravioto
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán: Mariano Jiménez
• Morelos: Jesús H. Preciado
• Nuevo León: Bernardo Reyes
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro: Francisco González de Cosío
• San Luis Potosí: Carlos Díez Gutiérrez
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas: Alejandro Prieto Quintero
• Tlaxcala: Próspero Cahuantzi
• Veracruz: Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara
• Yucatán: Colonel Daniel Traconis
• Zacatecas:

Events

• June 23 – establishment of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec and Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic
• September 15 – Garza Revolution: 60-80 followers of Catarino Garza crossed the Rio Grande from Texas into Mexico. Most are Mexican-Americans recruited locally.
• September 16 – a telegram is sent from Fort Ringgold to the United States Army's Department of Texas informing of the crossing
• December 26 – The Mexican Army is attacked by Garza's followers in a raid from San Ygnacio, Texas

Deaths

• February 4 – Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic prelate and politician (b. 1816)
• December 17 – José María Iglesias, Mexican lawyer and journalist, interim president from 1876 to 1877 (b. 1823)

See also

• Garza Revolution

References