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1908
Pearson's Magazine publishes "Creelman interview" with President
Díaz, stating that Mexico is ready for democracy and a new leader. -
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. -
1910
Francisco Madero persuades Pascual Orozco and Francisco "Pancho" Villa to join the revolution. -
1911
Emiliano Zapata leads an uprising of villagers in Morelos for land and water rights. Simultaneously armed revolts begin in other parts of Mexico. -
1911
Orozco and Villa capture Ciudad Juárez (sister city to El Paso). -
1911
Francisco Madero was elected President of Mexico. -
1912
Pascual Orozco leads rebellion in Chihuahua, after losing gubernatorial election. General Victoriano Huerta, representing Madero, defeats Orozco and arrests Pancho Villa. -
1913
Huerta leads coup against Madero, who is deposed, arrested and jailed. -
1913
President Madero and Vice President Pino Suárez are shot to death. Huerta declares himself President of Mexico. -
1913
The United States declares itself against Huerta. -
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. -
1914
United States forces occupy Veracruz. -
1914
Huerta resigns as President and flees to Europe on a German ship. -
1914
Zacatecas captured by Villa's "División del Norte." -
1914
World War I starts in Europe. The United States leaves Veracruz. -
1915
The United States recognizes Venustiano Carranza as provisional President of Mexico. -
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 were killed. -
1916
General John J. Pershing leads a force into Mexico in a futile search for Villa. -
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. -
1917
The United States declares war on Germany. -
1919
Zapata was slain in an ambush. -
1919
Obregón announces his campaign for the presidency. -
1920
Obregón declares himself in revolt against Carranza, whose support collapses. -
1920
Carranza murdered. -
1920
Obregón was sworn in as President. The Revolution is over.