Mexican Independence

  • early months of 1810

    early months of 1810
    Spaniards began to take over a lot of the privileges that the Criollos enjoyed. Different important people of the Criollos Background joined together and they talked about wanting to get rid of the Spaniards in New spain so they could be able to have the positions that they deserved.
  • Sept 13, 1810

    Sept 13, 1810
    Ignacio Allende, Miguel Hidalgo and some of the insurgents were arrested.
  • Sept 16, 1810

    Sept 16, 1810
    -This is the day where the Mexican Independence began. It is the day of the “Grito de Dolores”
  • September 28, 1810

    September 28, 1810
    Mexicans sieged the granary in Guanajuato, where all the rich Spaniards were, they took over Guanajuato
  • October 30, 1810

    October 30, 1810
    fought by Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende against royal troops
  • January 1811

    January 1811
    Calderon bridge battle happened, were the two armies from the spanish and mexican side crashed and fought, the spaniards were outnumbered but they were better trained
  • July 31 1811

    July 31 1811
    Miguel Hidalgo was assassinated and decapitated.
  • November 1815

    November 1815
    The Battle of Temalca were Jose Maria Morelos was in charge of the fight
  • February 24, 1821

    February 24, 1821
    Plan de Iguala (consummation)
  • September 1821

    September 1821
    The 3rd of September of 1821, the 11 year war finally came to an end when Iturbide entered Mexico city. The treaty of cordoba was signed which made Mexico independent, and the spanish withdrew their troops from Mexico.