1920 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 1920 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Venustiano Carranza until May 21, Vacant until June 1, Adolfo de la Huerta until November 30, Álvaro Obregón from December 1

Gilberto Valenzuela, José Inociencio Lugo, Plutarco Elias Calles from December 1

Aguascalientes: Aurelio L. González/Rafael Arellano Valle
Campeche: Enrique Arias Solís/Eduardo Arceo Zumárraga/Gonzalo Sales Guerrero
Chiapas: Pascual Morales Molina/Tiburcio Fernández Ruíz
Chihuahua: Andrés Ortiz/Ignacio C. Enríquez
Coahuila: Gustavo Espinoza Mireles
Colima: Miguel Álvarez García
Durango:
Guanajuato: Federico Montes/Toribio Villaseñor/Agustín de Ezcurdia/Antonio Madrazo/Enrique Colunga
Guerrero: Francisco Figueroa Mata
Hidalgo:
Jalisco: Ignacio Ramos Praslow/Francisco Labastida Izquierdo
State of Mexico:
Michoacán:
Morelos:
Nayarit: Francisco D. Santiago/Fernando S. Ibarra/Salvador Arriola Valdés/José Santos Godínez
Nuevo León: José E. Santos/Humberto Barros/Felix G. Lozano/Porfirio G. González
Oaxaca: Manuel García Vigil
Puebla: Alfonso Cabrera Lobato/Rafael Rojas/Luis Sánchez Pontón
Querétaro: Salvador Argain Domínguez/Fernando N. Villarreal/Rómulo de la Torre/José M. Truchuelo
San Luis Potosí: Severino Martínez Gómez/Rafael Nieto Compéan
Sinaloa: Ramón F. Iturbe/Ángel Flores
Sonora: Adolfo de la Huerta
Tabasco: Carlos Greene Ramírez
Tamaulipas: Francisco González Villarreal/Rafael Cárdenas/Emilio Portes Gil/Federico Martínez Rojas/José Morante
Tlaxcala:
Veracruz: Cándido Aguilar Vargas/Adalberto Tejeda Olivares
Yucatán:
Zacatecas:

January 3: The 7.8 Veracruz earthquake affected the eastern part of the country with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X–XII. Between 648 and 4,000 were killed and 167 were injured.
April 23: Mexican Revolution: Plan of Agua Prieta is proclaimed; rebellion against Venustiano Carranza commences.
May 21: Mexican Revolution: President Venustiano Carranza is assassinated while sleeping in Tlaxcalantongo in the Sierra Norte de Puebla mountains after fleeing Mexico City and heading towards Veracruz.
June 1: Adolfo de la Huerta becomes provisional president.
September 5: 1920 Mexican general election: Álvaro Obregón defeats Alfredo Robles Domínguez.
December 1: Álvaro Obregón becomes president after winning the federal election which brings an end to the Mexican Revolution and has the first stable presidency since the revolution began.

January 14 – Chava Flores, musical chronicler Álbum de Oro de la Canción and composer (Dos horas de balazos and La tertulia) (d. August 5, 1987)^[1]
February 13 – Carlos Quintero Arce, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Hermosillo (1968–1996)
April 20 – José de las Fuentes Rodríguez, lawyer and politician (PRI); Governor of Coahuila 1981–1987 (d. 2011)
June 16 - José López Portillo, president of Mexico (1970 - 1976)
July 29 - Rodolfo Acosta, television actor
November 25 - Ricardo Montalbán, actor (died 2009)

May 21 – President Venustiano Carranza (b. 1859) is assassinated by Rodolfo Herrero.^[2]
June 2 – Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete, archaeologist and archbishop of Monterrey, 1911–1920 (b. 1856)^[3]
December 14 – Gen. Benjamín Hill, Secretary of War, dies in suspicious circumstances. (b. 1877)^[4]

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/capital/2020/01/14/a-cien-anos-del-natalicio-de-chava-flores-el-cronista-musical-3961.html A cien años del natalicio de Chava Flores, el cronista musical
Web site: Venustiano Carranza . La Historia de Mexico. Spanish. May 29, 2019.
Web site: Michoacán en la colección de Francisco Plancarte. Museo Nacional de Antropologia. Spanish. May 29, 2019. Michoacán in the collection of Francisco Plancarte.
Web site: General de División: BENJAMIN G. HILL (1877-1920). SEDENA. Spanish. May 29, 2019. Division General: BENJAMIN G. HILL (1877-1920).