1863 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 1863 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President

Benito Juárez

Governors

• Aguascalientes: José Ma. Chávez Alonso
• Campeche: Pablo García Montilla
• Chiapas: Juan Clímaco Corzo/José Gabriel Esquinca
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Colima: Ramón R. De la Vega
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León: Santiago Vidaurri
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro: José María Arteaga
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Veracruz: Ignacio de la Llave y Segura Zevallos
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

Events

• January 10–12 – 1st Battle of Acapulco
• March 16-May 17 – Siege of Puebla (1863)
• April 30 – Battle of Camarón
• May 5 – Battle of San Pablo del Monte

Births

• June 16 – Francisco León de la Barra

Deaths

• April 30 – Jean Danjou, French captain (born 1828 in France)^[1]
• November 13 – Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico 1855-1857 (b. 1812)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Lepage . Jean-Denis G. G. . The French Foreign Legion: An Illustrated History . 18 April 2016 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-6253-7 . 47 and 49 . en.
2. Web site: IGNACIO COMONFORT. Presidency de la Republica de Mexico. es. May 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190530054413/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/ignacio-comonfort/. May 30, 2019. dead.