Cuban adventurer Narciso López departs the United States on an expedition to liberate Cuba

With the backing of American financiers and with many American southerners in his ranks, Cuban adventurer Narciso López departs the United States on an expedition to liberate Cuba from Spain. The attempt will end in disaster within a week. (By Brian Bockelman)
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Civil war erupts in Mexico

Civil war erupts in Mexico, as troops supporting the illegitimate conservative government defeat a liberal militia stationed outside the city of Guanajuato.  The war comes to be known as the War of the Reform, so named because of the liberal constitutional reforms that divided the nation in the mid-1850s. (By Brian Bockelman)
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The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico

Manuel Doblado, governor of the Mexican state of Guanajuato, rejects the power grab by conservatives and recognizes liberal leader Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico. (By Brian Bockelman)
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