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The First Battle of Ciudad Juárez took place in April and May 1911 between federal forces loyal to President Porfirio Díaz and rebel forces of Francisco Madero, during the Mexican Revolution. Pascual Orozco and Pancho Villa commanded Madero's army, which besieged Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. After two days of fighting the city's garrison ...
Torreón was the last major city to be taken by the Maderistas during the Mexican Revolution. When the government forces withdrew, the rebels entered the city early in the morning and, along with the local population, began a ten-hour massacre of the Chinese community.
The Mexican Revolution was extensively photographed as well as filmed, so that there is a large, contemporaneous visual record. "The Mexican Revolution and photography were intertwined." [184] There was a large foreign viewership for still and moving images of the Revolution.
February 14 – Nabor Carrillo Flores, third son of Mexican composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo (d. 1961) March 12 – Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979) March 29 – Mario Pani, architect and urbanist (d. 1993) July 10 — Amalia Solórzano, First Lady of Mexico (1934-1940) (d. 2008)
The Battle of Casas Grandes was fought in March 1911 between the federal Mexican Army loyal to President Porfirio Díaz and rebels under Gen. Francisco I. Madero.Rebel forces attacked the town of Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, but were driven back by the federal garrison.
Madero. Maderism was the first of the movements that formed the Mexican Revolution.It was led by Francisco I. Madero between 1909 and 1910.. Its main objective was to achieve democratic regeneration of the country through effective suffrage and no re-election of public officials.
The First Battle of Agua Prieta was fought between the supporters of Francisco Madero and federal troops of Porfirio Díaz in April 1911, at Agua Prieta, Sonora, in the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
The National Palace, a target of the rebel artillery fire. There were dead bodies in the Zócalo and the capital's streets. [1]The Ten Tragic Days (Spanish: La Decena Trágica) during the Mexican Revolution is the name given to the multi-day coup d'état in Mexico City by opponents of Francisco I. Madero, the democratically elected president of Mexico, between 9–19 February 1913.