1916 in Mexico explained

Events from the year 1916 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Venustiano Carranza^[1]

Governors

• Aguascalientes:
• Campeche: Joaquín Mucel Acereto
• Chiapas: José Ascención González/Blas Corral/Pablo Villanueva
• Chihuahua: Arnulfo González
• Coahuila: Bruno Neyra/Alfredo Breceda/Gustavo Espinoza Mireles
• Colima: Interim Governors
• Durango:
• Guanajuato: Fernando Dávila
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco: Manuel M. Diéguez/Emiliano Degollado
• State of Mexico: Pascual Morales y Molina/Rafael Cepeda
• Michoacán:
• Morelos: Lorenzo Vázquez/Dionisio Carreón
• Nayarit: José Santos Godínez
• Nuevo León: Nicéforo Zambrano
• Oaxaca: Juan Jiménez Méndez
• Puebla:
• Querétaro: Federico Montes
• San Luis Potosí: Juan G. Barragán Rodríguez
• Sinaloa: Ramón F. Iturbe
• Sonora: Plutarco Elías Calles
• Tabasco: Joaquín Ruiz/Luis Hernández Hermosillo/Heriberto Jara Corona
• Tamaulipas: Alfredo Ricaut/Andrés Osuna
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán: Salvador Alvarado Rubio
• Zacatecas:

Events

• March 9 – Battle of Columbus^[2]
• March 29 – Battle of Guerrero^[3]
• April 12 – Battle of Parral^[4]
• May 5 – Glenn Springs Raid^[5]
• June 15 – San Ygnacio Raid^[6]
• June 21 – Battle of Carrizal^[7]

Births

• February 14
  • Juan Celada Salmón, engineer (Ternium) and inventor (Proceso HYL) (d. 2017)
  • Leopoldo Sánchez Celis, Governor of Sinaloa 1963–1968 (d. 1989)
• April 11 — Armando León Bejarano, governor of Morelos (1976-1982) (d. 2016)
• June 12 – Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-born American politician (Democratic Party), governor of Arizona, diplomat, and judge (d. April 10, 2015).

Deaths

• January 13 – Victoriano Huerta, 35th President of Mexico (b. 1850)^[8]
• April 16 — Amador Salazar was a leader of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution (b. 1868)^[9]

Notes

• Book: Beede . Benjamin R. . The War of 1898, and U.S. Interventions, 1898-1934: An Encyclopedia . 1994 . Taylor & Francis . 9780824056247 . 218 . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venustiano Carranza president of Mexico . Encyclopedia Britannica . 11 May 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Battle of Columbus Summary . Encyclopedia Britannica . 11 May 2019 . en.
3. Beede 1994, p. 218
4. Beede 1994, p. 91
5. Web site: Glenn Springs - Big Bend National Park (U.S. National Park Service) . www.nps.gov . 11 May 2019 . en.
6. Book: Harris . Charles H. . Sadler . Louis R. . The Plan de San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue . 2013 . U of Nebraska Press . 9780803264779 . 176 . en.
7. Book: Pershing . John J. . My Life before the World War, 1860--1917: A Memoir . 2013 . University Press of Kentucky . 9780813141985 . 12 . en.
8. Web site: BIOGRAFÍA DE VICTORIANO HUERTA. Historia-Biografia.com. Spanish. May 29, 2019. Biography of Victoriano Huerta.
9. Web site: Amador Salazar. Busca Biografias . Spanish. May 29, 2019.