March
1908 |
Pearson's Magazine publishes "Creelman interview" with President Díaz, stating that Mexico is ready for democracy and a new leader. |
October
1910 |
Francisco Madero writes "Plan of San Luis Potosí" in San Antonio, Texas, calling for all Mexicans to rise up against the dictator on November 20, 1910. |
Late
1910 |
Francisco Madero persuades Pascual Orozco and Francisco "Pancho" Villa to join the revolution. |
March
1911 |
Emiliano Zapata leads uprising of villagers in Morelos for land and water rights. Simultaneously armed revolts begin in other parts of Mexico. |
May 10,
1911 |
Orozco and Villa capture Ciudad Juárez (sister city to El Paso) |
May 25,
1911 |
Francisco Madero elected President of Mexico. |
March
1912 |
Pascual Orozco leads rebellion in Chihuahua, after losing gubernatorial election. General Victoriano Huerta, representing Madero, defeats Orozco and arrests Pancho Villa. |
February 18,
1913 |
Huerta leads coup against Madero, who is deposed, arrested and jailed. |
February 22,
1913 |
President Madero and Vice President Pino Suárez are shot to death. Huerta declares himself President of Mexico. |
March
1913 |
United States declares itself against Huerta. |
April
1913 |
Venustiano Carranza, governor of Coahuila, is declared First Chief in the fight against Huerta ("The Usurper") and including both Villa and Zapata. Alvaro Obregón leads Carranza's army. |
April 21,
1914 |
United States forces occupy Veracruz. |
June 15,
1914 |
Huerta resigns as President and flees to Europe on a German ship. |
June 23,
1914 |
Zacatecas captured by Villa's "División del Norte." |
November
1914 |
World War I starts in Europe. United States leaves Veracruz. |
October 19,
1915 |
United States recognizes Venustiano Carranza as provisional President of Mexico. |
March 9,
1916 |
Pancho Villa sacks Columbus, New Mexico in retaliation for the United States' recognition of his enemy Carranza. Eight U.S. soldiers and 10 U.S. civilians killed. |
March
1916 |
General John J. Pershing leads a force into Mexico in a futile search for Villa. |
February 5, 1917 |
Mexico adopts the Constitution of 1917, claiming rights over the subsoil, instituting new regulations to benefit organized labor and decreeing sanctions against the Catholic Church. |
April 6,
1917 |
United States declares war on Germany. |
April 10,
1919 |
Zapata slain in ambush. |
June 1,
1919 |
Obregón announces his campaign for the presidency. |
April 20,
1920 |
Obregón declares himself in revolt against Carranza, whose support collapses. |
May 20,
1920 |
Carranza murdered. |
October 26,
1920 |
Obregón elected President. |
November 30,
1920 |
Obregón sworn in as President. The Revolution is over. |
1922 |
First murals appear in Mexico. |