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The Guadalajara train disaster occurred in Mexico on January 22, 1915, and killed over 600 people. [1]The Mexican Revolution was in full swing by 1915. After the assassination of Francisco Madero two years earlier, the presidency of the country was assumed by Victoriano Huerta, but revolutionary forces led by Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa overthrew him and Carranza became president in 1914.
The Guadalajara rebellion of 1823 was an armed conflict led by the Jalisco government after the fall of the First Mexican Empire and the victory of the Casa Mata Plan Revolution. Mutiny and decree [ edit ]
The first crucial revolution during the 20th century was the Mexican Revolution. [6] The Mexican Revolution drove many Mexicans to migrate to the United States. The constitution created in 1917, in response to the revolution, established limits on the period of time politicians could be in power. [7]
Gerardo Murillo Coronado, also known by his signature "Dr. Atl" (October 3, 1875 – August 15, 1964), was a Mexican painter and writer. [1] He was actively involved in the Mexican Revolution in the Constitutionalist faction led by Venustiano Carranza.
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.
Amado Aguirre Santiago (February 3 or 8, [1] [2] 1863 in San Sebastián, Jalisco – August 22, 1949 in Mexico City) was a Mexican general and politician. Biography [ edit ]
Almost 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries contributed to the attack, commanded by Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama and Mariano Abasolo. The Royalist forces of New Spain , made up of between 5,000 and 8,000 professional soldiers fighting for the King of Spain, were led by Félix María Calleja del Rey , a Spanish military officer and ...
He fell in love with a Mexican nurse named Petra García Ortega and married her. They ended up having five children. [5] He opened two photo studios in Tijuana and became a naturalized citizen in 1924. During this era, Nonaka's photography showed a different side of the Tijuana area, which up to that point was focused on tourism.