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1847 in Mexico
Events in the year
1847 in
Mexico
.
Incumbents
President:
* until March 21:
Valentín Gómez Farías
*
March 21
– April 2:
Antonio López de Santa Anna
*
April 2
– May 20:
Pedro María de Anaya
*
May 20
– September 15:
Antonio López
de
Santa Anna
*
September 16
– November 13:
Manuel de la Peña y Peña
* starting November 13: Pedro María de Anaya
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
January 13
– The
Treaty of Cahuenga
ends the fighting in the
Mexican–American War
in
California
.
February 22
– Mexican–American War –
The Battle
of Buena Vista: 5,000
American troops
under
General Zachary Taylor
use their superiority in
artillery
to drive off 15,000
Mexican
troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the
next day
.
March 9
– Mexican–American War:
United States forces
under
General Winfield Scott
invade Mexico near
Veracruz
.
March 29
– Mexican–American War:
United States
forces led by General
Winfield Scott
take Veracruz after a
siege
.
August 12
– Mexican–American War: U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the
aqueduct
around
Lake Chalco
and
Lake Xochimilco
in Mexico
August 20
– Mexican–American War:
US troops
defeat Mexican troops in Valencia de Fuentes, Mexico
Notable births