Between The Wars 1919-1939 Mexico Edition

Between The World Wars

Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Dec 31, 1939

Emiliano Zapata is assassinated at Chinameca on orders of Carranza.

Apr 10, 1919

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican-revolution/mex-rev-chronology.htm

Carranza is assassinated in the village of Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla.

May 21, 1920

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican-revolution/mex-rev-chronology.htm

Adolfo de la Huerta, Gov. of Sonora is made interim president

May 24, 1920

http://mexicanhistory.org/MexicanRevolutiontimeline.htm

Obregon elected president

Nov 30, 1920

http://mexicanhistory.org/MexicanRevolutiontimeline.htm

Assassination of Pancho Villa and his bodyguards in Parral. His executioners are never punished.

Jul 20, 1923

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican-revolution/mex-rev-chronology.htm

Cristero War officially began

Jan 1, 1927

http://catholicunderthehood.com/2010/06/27/today-in-catholic-history-the-end-of-the-cristero-war/

Alvaro Obregón is reelected in 1928, but is killed this same year

Jul 17, 1928

http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline

Cristero Rebellion ends

Jun 27, 1929

http://catholicunderthehood.com/2010/06/27/today-in-catholic-history-the-end-of-the-cristero-war/

Lázaro Cárdenas, another former revolutionary general, is elected president

Dec 1, 1934

http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline

Cárdenas nationalizes the country’s oil industry

Mar 18, 1938

http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline