country, 164 engagements

Battles in Mexico

164 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Mexico: 135 battles, 24 sieges, 4 naval actions and 1 campaign between 1473 and 1935. The wars with most engagements here: Mexican-American War (27), Second French intervention in Mexico (23), Mexican War of Independence (21), Mexican Revolution (19).

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164 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

164 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 13 with pages

Contested ground 4

Tlatelolco 6 engagements
Veracruz 6 engagements
Heroica Matamoros 4 engagements
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza 3 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
1473	Battle of Tlatelolco	Tlatelolco
1519	Battle of Tlaxcala	Tlaxcala	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1519	Battle of Nautla	Nautla
1519	Cholula Massacre	Cholula
1520	Battle of the Pánuco River	Pánuco River	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1520	Battle of Tetzcoco	Texcoco de Mora	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1520	Battle of Nautla	Nautla	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1520	Battle of Cempoala	Cempoala	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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
1521	Battle of Huaxtepec	Huaxtepec	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1521	Battle of Tacuba	Tacuba	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1521	Battle of Xaltocan	Xaltocan	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1521	Battle of Yecapixtla	Yecapixtla	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
1599	Raid on Tabasco	Villahermosa	Anglo-Spanish War
1810	Capture of Alhóndiga de Granaditas	Umán	Records of the U.S. Information Agency
30 October 1810	Batalla del Monte de las Cruces	Ocoyoacac Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
1810	Battle of Guanajuato	Guanajuato	Mexican War of Independence
1811	Battle of Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Mexican War of Independence
1811	Battle of El Veladero	Cerro El Veladero	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Battle of Zitácuaro	Zitácuaro	Mexican War of Independence
9 February 1812	Siege of Cuautla	Monterrey	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Battle of Izúcar	Izúcar de Matamoros	Mexican War of Independence
5 April 1812	Siege of Huajuapan de León	Huajuapan de León	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Battle of Tenango del Valle	Tenango del Valle Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Battle of Escamela	Escamela	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Battle of Zitlala	Zitlala	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Capture of Orizaba	Orizaba	Mexican War of Independence
1812	Capture of Oaxaca	Oaxaca de Juárez	Mexican War of Independence
1813	Battle of Tenancingo	Tenancingo de Degollado	Mexican War of Independence
12 April 1813	Siege of Acapulco	Acapulco de Juárez	Mexican War of Independence
1813	Battle of La Chincúa	Tonalá Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
1814	Battle of Puruarán	Puruarán	Mexican War of Independence
12 June 1817	Siege of Soto la Marina	Soto la Marina Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
1817	Battle of Valle de Maíz	Ciudad del Maíz Municipality	Mexican War of Independence
23 June 1821	Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Mexican War of Independence
1821	Battle of Azcapotzalco	Azcapotzalco	Mexican War of Independence
1823	Battle of Almolonga	Almolonga
1825	Battle of San Juan de Ulua	Castle of San Juan de Ulúa	Spanish American wars of independence
1829	Battle of La Barra Fortress	Tamaulipas	Barradas expedition
1829	Battle of Tampico	Tampico	Barradas expedition
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
1846	Blockade of Veracruz	Veracruz	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 Mexico-city	Mexico City	Mexican-American War
1847	Battle of La Paz	La Paz	Mexican-American War
1847	Battle of San José del Cabo	San José del Cabo	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
1847	First Battle of Tuxpan	Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano	Mexican-American War
1847	Second Battle of Tuxpan	Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano	Mexican-American War
1847	Third Battle of Tuxpan	Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano	Mexican-American War
20 August 1847	Battle of Churubusco	Mexico City	Mexican-American War
1847	Battle of Contreras	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
1847	Battle of Mulege	Mulegé	Mexican-American War
9 October 1847	Battle of Huamantla	Huamantla	Mexican-American War
1847	Bombardment of Guaymas	Heroica Guaymas	Mexican-American War
1847	Skirmish at Matamoros	Izúcar de Matamoros	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
1848	Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales	Santa Cruz de Rosales	Mexican-American War
1848	Skirmish of Todos Santos	Todos Santos	Mexican-American War
1851	Battle at Pozo Hediondo	Sonora	Apache Wars
1852	Battle of Hermosillo	Hermosillo	Filibuster expeditions in Mexico
1854	Battle of Guaymas	Heroica Guaymas	Filibuster expeditions in Mexico
1858	Battle of Ixtlahuaca	Ixtlahuacán Municipality	Reform War
16 February 1859	First Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Reform War
1859	Battle of Tlatempa	Tlatempa	Reform War
8 February 1860	Second Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Reform War
1861	Battle of San Felipe del Obraje	San Felipe del Progreso Municipality	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
1863	Capture of Morelia	Morelia	Second French intervention in Mexico
8 December 1863	Battle of Guanajuato	Guanajuato	Second French intervention in Mexico
1864	Battle of San Juan Bautista	Villahermosa	Second French intervention in Mexico
1864	Capture of Mazatlán	Mazatlán	Second French intervention in Mexico
1864	Capture of Durango	Durango	Second French intervention in Mexico
1864	Capture of Monterrey	Monterrey	Second French intervention in Mexico
1864	Battle of San Pedro	Culiacán	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
1866	Battle of Bagdad	Bagdad
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
1866	Battle of Guayabo	Tonila Municipality	Second French intervention in Mexico
6 March 1867	Siege of Querétaro	Querétaro
1867	Third Battle of Puebla	Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza	Second French intervention in Mexico
12 April 1867	Siege of Mexico City	Mexico City	Second French intervention in Mexico
1870	Battle of Boca Teacapan	Boca Teacapan	sea piracy
15 October 1880	Battle of Tres Castillos		Victorio's War
1900	Battle of Mazocoba	Heroica Guaymas	Yaqui Wars
1911	Battle of Cuautla	Cuautla de Morelos	Mexican Revolution
1911	First Battle of Tijuana	Tijuana	Mexican Revolution
29 January 1911	Capture of Mexicali	Mexicali	Mexican Revolution
1911	Battle of Casas Grandes	Casas Grandes	Mexican Revolution
1911	First Battle of Agua Prieta	Agua Prieta
7 April 1911	Battle of Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Mexican Revolution
1912	First Battle of Rellano	Rellano, Chihuahua	Mexican Revolution
1912	Second Battle of Rellano	Rellano, Chihuahua	Mexican Revolution
1913	Battle of Naco	Naco	Mexican Revolution
1913	Battle of Nogales	Heroica Nogales	Mexican Revolution
27 September 1913	First Battle of Torreón		Mexican Revolution
November 1913	Battle of Zaragoza		Mexican Revolution
1913	Battle of Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez
23 November 1913	Battle of Tierra Blanca
21 March 1914	Second Battle of Torreón
1914	Battle of San Pedro de las Colonias	San Pedro	Mexican Revolution
1914	Battle of Zacatecas	Zacatecas	Mexican Revolution
1914	Siege of Naco	Naco Municipality	Mexican Border War
1915	Bandit War	Texas	Mexican Border War
1915	Battle of Celaya	Celaya
1915	Second Battle of Agua Prieta	Agua Prieta	Mexican Revolution
1915	Battle of Nogales	Heroica Nogales	Mexican Revolution
29 March 1916	Battle of Guerrero	Vicente Guerrero	Mexican Border War
1916	Battle of Carrizal	Ahumada Municipality	Mexican Revolution
21 December 1916	Third Battle of Torreón	Torreón	Mexican Revolution
1917	Pancho Villa Expedition	Chihuahua	Mexican Revolution
1919	Battle of Ciudad Juárez	Ciudad Juárez	Mexican Revolution
1924	Siege of Morelia	Morelia
29 August 1926	Capture of Huejuquilla el Alto	Huejuquilla el Alto	Cristero War
1927	Siege of Tepatitlan	Tepatitlán de Morelos Municipality	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
1927	Battle of Cuquio	Cuquío	Cristero War
1927	Second Siege of Tepatitlan	Tepatitlán de Morelos Municipality	Cristero War
1927	Battle of Cerro del Gallo	Guanajuato	Yaqui Wars
1928	Assault on Manzanillo	Manzanillo	Cristero War
June 1928	Battle of Cerro de las Papas	Mezquital Municipality	Cristero War
1929	Battle of El Fresnal	Jalisco	Cristero War
31 March 1929	Siege of Naco	Naco	Escobar Rebellion
1929	Battle of Tepatitlán	Jalisco	Cristero War
1935	1935 Revolution Day Zócalo Battle	Zócalo

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