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Uprising Planning
Hidalgo introduced new industries to Dolores: tile making, tanning, carpentry, wool weaving and others.
They set the date of the uprising to be December 8 although the word spread out and soon the Spaniards knew their plan. -
Congress of Chilpancingo
Spanish authorities searched the house of Epigmenio Gonzalez in Queretaro. They found bountiful arms and ammunition, and ordered the arrest of the panic-stricken owner. -
El Grito de Dolores
Mexican Independence Day. At 2 am Hidalgo arrived at the priest’s house, Aldama found Allende there also. The three realized that orders for their own arrest had probably been issued and decided to strike out for independence at once. Hidalgo ran the church bells and declared independence. -
Workers Joined
Hidalgo began his approach to Guanajuato. Hundred of workers from surrounding mines joined him. Hundreds of workers were cut down by the intendant’s artillery. Riaño led a group of soldiers outside the wall to position them strategically. At the end of the war, millions of gachupines were dead. -
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Hidalgo had a army of about eighty thousand marching on Mexico City. The battle took place on oct. 30 at the Monte de las Cruces. There Hidalgo proved that sheer numbers could overcome small, well-equipped, and disciplined professional army. -
Guadalajara Fall
Guadalajara fell to the insurgents unopposed. The royalist troops from south caught up with the rebels. Again Hidalgo and Allende had the numerical superiority, but General Calleja conducted his operations superbly and was aided by a battlefield accident. -
Miguel Hidalgo'a Death
This was the day that Hidalgo was executed. Hidalgo’s corpse was decapitated, and his head fastened to a pole, was displayed on the charred wall of the granary in Guanajuato as an object lesson to potential rebels. -
Jose Maria Morelos' Death
Morelos was captured by an enemy detachment and escorted to Mexico City. There he was tried for treason and as Hidalgo he was executed by a firing squad. -
Plan de Iguala
Conference was held in order to issue the Plan de Iguala -
Agustin Iturbide ends war
Iturbide triumphantly enters into Mexico City and marks the end of eleven years of war.
