country, 78 engagements

Battles in Mexico

78 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Mexico: 53 battles, 21 sieges and 4 naval actions between 1473 and 1929. The wars with most engagements here: Mexican-American War (15), Second French intervention in Mexico (15), Mexican Revolution (7), Mexican War of Independence (6).

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78 placed engagements. Present-day coastlines; larger marks are landmark engagements.

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Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1473	Battle of Tlatelolco	Tlatelolco
30 June 1520	La Noche Triste	Lake Texcoco	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
7 July 1520	Battle of Otumba	Otompan	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
10 May 1521	Fall of Tenochtitlan	Tenochtitlan
30 June 1521	Battle of Colhuacatonco		Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
25 July 1531	Battle of Loma del Sangremal	Santiago de Querétaro	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
23 September 1568	Battle of San Juan de Ulúa	Castle of San Juan de Ulúa
30 October 1810	Batalla del Monte de las Cruces	Ocoyoacac Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
9 February 1812	Siege of Cuautla	Monterrey	Mexican War of Independence
5 April 1812	Siege of Huajuapan de León	Huajuapan de León	Mexican War of Independence
12 April 1813	Siege of Acapulco	Acapulco de Juárez	Mexican War of Independence
12 June 1817	Siege of Soto la Marina	Soto la Marina Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
23 June 1821	Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Mexican War of Independence
3 April 1836	Battle of Matamoros	Heroica Matamoros	Texas Revolution
27 November 1838	Battle of Veracruz	Castle of San Juan de Ulúa	Pastry War
26 May 1839	Siege of Tampico	Tampico
24 March 1840	Battle of Santa Rita de Morelos
16 May 1843	Naval Battle of Campeche	San Francisco de Campeche
1846	Battle of Monterrey	Monterrey	Mexican-American War
1846	First Battle of Tabasco	Villahermosa	Mexican-American War
1847	Battle of Chapultepec	Real Valle de Camargo	Mexican-American War
1847	Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Mexican-American War
1847	Battle of Buena Vista		Mexican-American War
1847	Battle of La Paz	La Paz	Mexican-American War
1847	Second Battle of Tabasco	Villahermosa	Mexican-American War
28 February 1847	Battle of the Sacramento River	Sacramento River	Mexican-American War
18 April 1847	Battle of Cerro Gordo		Mexican-American War
20 August 1847	Battle of Churubusco	Mexico City	Mexican-American War
8 September 1847	Battle of Molino del Rey	Molino del Rey	Mexican-American War
13 September 1847	Siege of Puebla	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Mexican-American War
9 October 1847	Battle of Huamantla	Huamantla	Mexican-American War
27 November 1847	Siege of La Paz	La Paz	Mexican-American War
22 January 1848	Siege of San José del Cabo	San José del Cabo	Mexican-American War
16 February 1859	First Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Reform War
8 February 1860	Second Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Reform War
19 April 1862	Battle of Fortín	Fortín de las Flores
28 April 1862	Battle of Las Cumbres	Acultzingo Municipality
4 May 1862	Battle of Atlixco	Atlixco	Second French intervention in Mexico
5 May 1862	Battle of Puebla	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Second French intervention in Mexico
18 May 1862	Battle of Barranca Seca	Nogales Municipality	Second French intervention in Mexico
14 June 1862	Battle of Cerro del Borrego	Orizaba	Second French intervention in Mexico
1863	Battle of Acapulco	Acapulco de Juárez	Second French intervention in Mexico
1863	Battle of Tampico (1863)
1863	Capture of Morelia
16 March 1863	Siege of Puebla	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Second French intervention in Mexico
30 April 1863	Battle of Camarón	Camarón de Tejeda	Second French intervention in Mexico
5 May 1863	Battle of San Pablo del Monte	San Pablo del Monte Municipality	Second French intervention in Mexico
8 May 1863	Battle of San Lorenzo
8 December 1863	Battle of Guanajuato	Guanajuato	Second French intervention in Mexico
1865	Battle of Parral (1865)		Second French intervention in Mexico
1865	Battle of Alamos
1865	Sieges of Oaxaca	Oaxaca de Juárez
10 January 1865	Battle of Veranos
11 April 1865	Battle of Tacámbaro	Tacámbaro Municipality	Second French intervention in Mexico
24 March 1866	Battle of Chihuahua	Chihuahua City	Second French intervention in Mexico
15 April 1866	Siege of Jonuta	Jonuta
25 September 1866	Battle of Ixmiquilpan
3 October 1866	Battle of Miahuatlán	Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz Municipality	Second French intervention in Mexico
18 October 1866	Battle of La Carbonera	Oaxaca de Juárez	Second French intervention in Mexico
6 March 1867	Siege of Querétaro	Querétaro
12 April 1867	Siege of Mexico City	Mexico City	Second French intervention in Mexico
15 October 1880	Battle of Tres Castillos		Victorio's War
1911	Battle of Cuautla	Cuautla de Morelos	Mexican Revolution
29 January 1911	Capture of Mexicali	Mexicali	Mexican Revolution
7 April 1911	Battle of Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Mexican Revolution
27 September 1913	First Battle of Torreón		Mexican Revolution
November 1913	Battle of Zaragoza		Mexican Revolution
23 November 1913	Battle of Tierra Blanca
21 March 1914	Second Battle of Torreón
29 March 1916	Battle of Guerrero	Vicente Guerrero	Mexican Border War
21 December 1916	Third Battle of Torreón	Torreón	Mexican Revolution
1919	Battle of Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Mexican Revolution
1924	Siege of Morelia	Morelia	Q2920543
29 August 1926	Capture of Huejuquilla el Alto	Huejuquilla el Alto	Cristero War
17 January 1927	Battle of the Hill of the Capulin	Mezquital Municipality	Cristero War
15 March 1927	Battle of San Julián	San Julián Municipality	Cristero War
June 1928	Battle of Cerro de las Papas	Mezquital Municipality	Cristero War
31 March 1929	Siege of Naco	Naco	Escobar Rebellion

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.