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12/17/1857 |
Mexican moderates revolt against the liberal government and jail Benito Juárez |
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01/11/1858 |
Mexican conservatives rise up against the moderate liberal government |
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01/21/1858 |
Mexican president Ignacio Comonfort resigns and flees Mexico City |
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11/07/1858 |
Mexican liberals begin to advance westward towards Mexico City in hopes of winning the War of the Reform |
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04/14/1859 |
Angered at Washington's recognition of Juarez, the Conservative Government in Mexico expels all U.S. consular officers |
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02/06/1860 |
In Mexico, Miramón departs Mexico City to march on Juarez forces at Vera Cruz |
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03/02/1860 |
In Mexico, Miramón arrives at Medellin to attack Juarez forces at Vera Cruz |
Foreign |
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03/04/1860 |
In Mexico, Benito Juarez turns down a British proposed six month truce in the country |
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12/22/1860 |
Mexican liberals recapture Mexico City |
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07/17/1861 |
Mexico suspends interest payments on it foreign debts and causes consternation in Europe |
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10/31/1861 |
In London, Britain, France, and Spain agree to a military intervention in Mexico to force payment of debts |
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05/30/1863 |
President Benito Juarez adjourns the Mexican Congress and abandons Mexico City to the French |
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06/07/1863 |
French troops enter the Mexican capital after an eighteen month campaign |
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07/10/1863 |
In Mexico, a French-appointed Assembly declares an empire and offers the throne to Archduke Maximillian |
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