Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Porfirio Díaz

Battles of Porfirio Díaz

President of Mexico (1830–1915)

Porfirio Díaz is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1867: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Mexico. Taken in date order, the sites lie 809 km apart end to end, 202 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second French intervention in Mexico (5).

Battle of PueblaBattle of MiahuatlánBattle of La CarboneraThird Battle of PueblaSiege of Mexico CityBattle of PueblaBattle of MiahuatlánBattle of La CarboneraThird Battle of PueblaSiege of Mexico CityAcapulcoVeracruzOaxacaCuernavacaOmetepecTolucaMoreliaCoatzacoalcosTehuacanCórdoba200 km17.868N, 97.864W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 1 engagements1866: 2 engagements2 in 18661867: 2 engagements2 in 186718621867
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Puebla, 1862Battle of Miahuatlán, 1866Battle of La Carbonera, 1866Third Battle of Puebla, 1867Siege of Mexico City, 186718621867
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 May 1862Battle of PueblaHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, MexicoMexican victory
3 October 1866Battle of MiahuatlánMiahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz Municipality, Mexico349 km SERepublican victory
18 October 1866Battle of La CarboneraOaxaca de Juárez, Mexico124 km NMexican Republican victory
1867Third Battle of PueblaHeroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico230 km NWMexican republican victory
12 April 1867Siege of Mexico CityMexico City, Mexico106 km NWMexican Republican victory; Collapse of the Second Mexican...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, El Ágora, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.