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1846 in Mexico

List of events

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Events in the year 1846 in Mexico.

• President – Mariano Paredes
• President – José Mariano Salas
• President – Valentín Gómez Farías

• Aguascalientes: Felipe Nieto y del Portillo/Felipe Cosio
• Chiapas: Jerónimo Cardona
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila: Rafael Vázquez/José María de Aguirre González/Santiago Rodríguez del Bosquea
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Jalisco: Antonio Escobedo/Juan Nepomuceno Cumplido/José María Yáñez/Joaquín Angulo
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro: Julián Juvera
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas: Juan Martin de la Garza Flores/Manuel Núñez Ponce/Manuel Saldaña/Francisco Vital Fernandez
• Veracruz: Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora/José de Emparán/Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

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• April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.^[1]
• May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio GrandeatPalo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.
• May 9 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Resaca de la PalmainBrownsville, Texas
• May 13 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.

• June 10 – Mexican–American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
• June 14 – Bear Flag Revolt: American settlers in Sonoma, California start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
• July 7 – Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore
• August 6 – José Mariano Salas assumed the presidency as provisional president.
• August 22 – President José Mariano Salas decreed the Mexican Constitution of 1824 in effect again.^[2]
• September 21-24 – Battle of Monterrey

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