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{"id":14450,"date":"2022-05-04T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/?page_id=14450"},"modified":"2023-08-04T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:23:06","slug":"independent-mexico","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/e\/historical-timeline-of-mexico-city\/independent-mexico\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Independent Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\">1821 &#8211; 1872<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"caption-cont\"><figure id=\"attachment_8861\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_8861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Iturbide-palace-exterior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8861 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Iturbide-palace-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Iturbide-palace-exterior.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Iturbide-palace-exterior-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Iturbide-palace-exterior-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_8861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/banamex-palace-iturbide\/\">The Iturbide Palace<\/a><\/strong> on the <strong>Avenida Francisco A. Madero<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Independent Mexico survived a 19th century rife with challenges&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1823<\/strong> <br \/>Iturbide\u2019s First Mexican Empire is overthrown by insurgents. Agust\u00edn de Iturbide inhabited the <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/banamex-palace-iturbide\/\"><strong>Iturbide Palace<\/strong><\/a> from 1821 \u2013 1823, and there accepted the crown of the First Mexican Empire.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1824 <br \/><\/strong>A January 31 <em>Acta Constitutiva de la Federaci\u00f3n<\/em>, and the October 4 Federal Constitution fixed the political and administrative organization, under Article 50, gave the new Mexican Congress the right to choose where the federal government would be located. The choice was official on 18 November, 1824, when Congress delineated a surface area of two leagues square (8,800 acres) centered on the Zocalo. Coyoac\u00e1n, Xochimilco, Mexicaltzingo, and Tlalpan, all remained parts of the State of Mexico.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1829 <br \/><\/strong>The Spanish briefly invade Mexico. This is the first of the four 19th-century &#8220;Interventions&#8221; documented today in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/national-museum-interventions\/\"><strong>National Museum of the Interventions<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1831 <br \/><\/strong>A spinning and weaving factory,<strong> \u201cLa Fama Monta\u00f1esa,\u201d <\/strong>was founded in today&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/tag\/centro-tlalpan\/\">Tlalpan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1832 <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/san-fernando-church-and-cemetery-museum\/\">The Panteon de San Fernando<\/a><\/strong> begins accepting those ready to be interred. It continues to accept some of the 19th century&#8217;s most illustrious figures until 1871.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1846<br \/><\/strong>In order to maintain slavery in the newly-annexed Texas, the US invaded northern regions of Mexico. The Mexican Congress declared war on July 7, 1846. Battles raged in the north, but General Winfield Scott would not begin the Siege of Veracruz until March in the following year.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>1847<br \/><\/strong>Major aggressions leading up to the US conquest of Mexico City took place at <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/chapultepec-castle\/\"><strong>Chapultepec<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/el-obelisco-de-padierna\/\"><strong>Padierna<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/national-museum-interventions\/\"><strong>Churubusco<\/strong><\/a>. But on\u00a0September 14, U.S. general Winfield Scott enters Mexico City, marking the end of organized Mexican resistance to the US invasion.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1855 <br \/><\/strong>The one time capital of the State of Mexico, <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/locations\/tlalpan\/\"><strong>Tlalpan<\/strong><\/a>, is formally absorbed into the Federal District on November 26.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>1857<\/strong> <br \/>The Constitution of 1857 goes into effect.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The territory of <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/locations\/coyoacan-university-city\/\"><strong>Coyoac\u00e1n<\/strong><\/a> is incorporated into the Federal District. It was formally made into a delegation in 1928.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1858 <br \/><\/strong>On January 1st, the Ferrocarril de Tacubaya begins service on the first streetcar line to connect the Z\u00f3calo with the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/tag\/tacubaya\/\"><strong>Tacubaya<\/strong><\/a> in the west.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1859<\/strong> <br \/>In the aftermath of the Battle of Tacubaya, a group of 53 Liberal military and civilians were executed by the winning Conservative General, Leonardo M\u00e1rquez Araujo. They would later be remembered by President Benito Ju\u00e1rez as the &#8220;Martyrs of Tacubaya.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1861<\/strong> <br \/>Reforma era laws forcibly closed most of the monasteries and convents in the country.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>1864 <br \/><\/strong>Construction begins on the <em>Paseo de la Emperatriz<\/em>, intended to connect <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/venues\/chapultepec-castle\/\"><strong>Chapultepec Castle<\/strong><\/a> with the Zocalo and the Metropolitan Cathedral. Today, it is known as <a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/tag\/paseo-de-la-reforma\/\"><strong>Paseo de la Reforma<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><strong>1866 <br \/><\/strong>Napolean III withdraws support for the Second Mexican Empire, dooming the reign of Maximiliano. The Emporer survived until June of 1867 when he was captured and executed by Juarez in Queretaro, an event depicted in Eduard Manet\u2019s sensational series of paintings.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1867<\/strong> <br \/>General Santiago Vidaurri is executed by firing squad on July 8 in the<a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/tag\/santo-domingo-area\/\"><strong> Plaza de Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/a> for his collaboration with the Maximiliano government.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1875 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/hotelgillow.com\/historia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hotel Gillow<\/a> <\/strong>opens in the city center. It remains the City&#8217;s longest continually operating hotel.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/e\/historical-timeline-of-mexico-city\/independence-movement\/\">Independence Movement<\/a> |\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/e\/historical-timeline-of-mexico-city\/porfiriato\/\">The Porfiriato<\/a> \u00a0<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1821 &#8211; 1872 &nbsp; Independent Mexico survived a 19th century rife with challenges&#8230;\u00a0 1823 Iturbide\u2019s First Mexican Empire is overthrown by insurgents. Agust\u00edn de Iturbide inhabited the Iturbide Palace from 1821 \u2013 1823, and there accepted the crown of the First Mexican Empire. 1824 A January 31 Acta Constitutiva de la Federaci\u00f3n, and the October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14450"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17268,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14450\/revisions\/17268"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}