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13 unusual facts about Mexican War of Independence


944 Hidalgo

It is named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, who was responsible for declaring Mexico's independence in 1810 and the ensuing Mexican War of Independence.

Ana de la Reguera

In 2010, she played the historical Josefa Quintana, a mistress of Father Miguel Hidalgo, hero of the Mexican War of Independence.

Calixto Bravo Villaso

He dies in 1878, he was the last survivor from the Mexican War of Independence.

Caste War of Yucatán

During the Mexican War of Independence, the intelligentsia of Yucatán watched the events to the north, and following 1820 organized their own resistance to Spain, forming the Patriotic Confederation, which declared its own independence from Spain in 1821.

Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010

The Bicentennial celebrations of the Mexican War of Independence took place all over the country on 15 and 16 September 2010.

Ciriaco del Llano

Ciriaco del Llano was a Peninsular Spanish General who notably commanded royalist forces during the Mexican War of Independence.

Dogpatch, San Francisco

After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, the Mexican government granted Potrero Nuevo to Francisco and Ramon de Haro - the 17-year-old twin sons of Don Francisco de Haro, then alcalde (mayor) of Yerba Buena (modern day San Francisco) in 1844.

East Sahuarita, Arizona

After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the region came under Mexican control until they sold the land to the United States as part of the Gadsden Purchase.

Home Squadron

Since the Mexican War of Independence ending in 1821, Mexican liberals and the rebel conservatives were constantly in conflict.

Isidro Barradas

Isidro Barradas was a Spanish general sent to Mexico in 1829, eight years after Mexican independence in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to reconquer the country for the Spanish Crown.

Mexican War of Independence

The insurgent forces planned a defensive strategy at a bridge on the Calderón River, pursued by the Spanish army.

Rezin Bowie

After Mexico won independence from Spain, government interest in the mines waned.

Zayante, California

In 1821, Mexico achieved its independence from Spain, and California came under control of the Mexican government.


Battle of Rosillo Creek

The Battle of Rosillo Creek (also known as the Battle of Rosalis) was a conflict of the Mexican War of Independence occurring March 29, 1813 in Coahuila y Tejas, approximately nine miles southeast of San Antonio de Bexar near the confluence of Rosillo Creek and Salado Creek.

Ignacio Elizondo

Francisco Ignacio Elizondo Villarreal, (Salinas Valley, New Kingdom of León, New Spain, March 9, 1766 - San Marcos, Texas, New Spain, September 2, 1813), was a New Leonese royalist general, mostly known for his victorious plot to seek to capture important insurgency precursors of the Mexican War of Independence such as Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, and Juan Aldama in Baján, Coahuila in 1811.

Metro Insurgentes

The station logo depicts the church bell of Dolores Hidalgo, a symbol of the start of the Mexican War of Independence (1810) and the eleven-year-long insurgency that followed.