1839 in Mexico

Incumbents

• President – Anastasio Bustamante until March 20, Antonio López de Santa Anna until July 10, Nicolás Bravo until July 19, Anastasio Bustamante

  Governors

• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

  Events

• November 27, 1838 – March 9, 1839 – Pastry War
• May 2, 1839 – Santiago Imán heads a peasant revolt in the Yucatán.

  Notable births

• * May 25 Manuel Sánchez Mármol - writer, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language was born in Cunduacán, Tabasco

  Notable deaths

• May 3 José Antonio Mexía - politician executed in Acajete, Veracruz

  Dates unknown

• José María Lanz - engineer and author, died in Paris
• Francisco María Ruiz - soldier and settler of San Diego, Alta California