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The Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. [6] [7] [8] It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history" [9] and resulted in the destruction of the Federal Army , its replacement by a revolutionary army, [10] and ...
Date. Article 74 of the Mexican labor law ( Ley Federal del Trabajo) provides that the third Monday of November (regardless the date) will be the official Day of the Revolution holiday in Mexico. This was a modification of the law made in 2005, effective since 2006; before then, it was November 20 regardless of the day, and all schools gave ...
Although it was completed on 20 November 1938, there was no inaugural ceremony. [86] The date of Madero's Plan of San Luis Potosí, 20 November, was a fixed official holiday in Mexico, Revolution Day, but a 2005 change in the law makes the third Monday in
The Plan of San Luis Potosí ( Spanish: Plan de San Luis) is a key political document of the Mexican Revolution, written by presidential candidate Francisco I. Madero following his escape from jail. He had challenged President Porfirio Díaz in the 1910 presidential elections, when Díaz was 80 years old, and garnered a broadbased following.
20 November: Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero calls for armed rebellion against the government of President Porfirio Díaz. 1917: 5 February: Mexican Revolution: The current constitution of Mexico was approved by a constituent assembly in Querétaro. 1920: 3 January: An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hits Puebla and Veracruz, leaving 648 ...
On 15 November 2005, Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Letter declaring the following individuals "blessed" and establishing their memorial feast on 20 November. November 20 is the official anniversary in the Mexican civil calendar of the start of the Mexican Revolution, with the promulgation of the Plan of San Luis Potosí in 1910 by ...
Revolutionary Mexicanist Action victory. The 1935 Revolution Day Zócalo Battle was a violent conflict that broke out during the Revolution Day festival of 1935 at the Zócalo between members of the Revolutionary Mexicanist Action ( Spanish: Acción Revolucionaria Mexicanista) and multiple organizations associated with the Mexican Communist Party.
The United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution was varied and seemingly contradictory, first supporting and then repudiating Mexican regimes during the period 1910–1920. [1] For both economic and political reasons, the U.S. government generally supported those who occupied the seats of power, but could withhold official recognition.