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GENERAL INFORMATION.
June, 1865. | Ortega, at New York, enlists recruits for the Republican army, which is discountenanced by the United States Government. | |
Maximilian I (brother to the Emperor of Austria), born July 6, 1832; accepted the crown April 10, 1864; married, July 27, 1857, to Princess Charlotte, daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians; adopts Augustus Iturbide as his heir, September, 1865. | ||
October, 1865. | The Emperor proclaims the end of the war, and martial law against all armed bands of men. | |
October, 1865. | Juarez re-elected President second time. | |
June 19, 1867. | Execution of Maximilian at Querétaro. | |
1869. | Juarez re-elected President third time. | |
July 18, 1872. | Death of President Juarez. | |
1872. | Lerdo de Tejada, twenty-second President. | |
Jan. 17, 1873. | English railway, from Vera Cruz to Mexico (263 miles), completed. | |
June 20, 1876. | Death of Santa Anna. | |
Oct., Nov.," | Serious revolution in Mexico. Lerdo de Tejada, though elected a second time, is prevented by the Diaz party from serving as President. | |
Dec. 1, 1876. | Juan N. Mendez, twenty-third (provisional) President. | |
May 5, 1877. | Porfirio Diaz, twenty-fourth President. | |
May 5, 1877. | Amendment of the Constitution, prohibiting the election of the President and the Governors of the States to a second term of office. | |
Dec. 1, 1880. | Manuel Gonzalez, twenty-fifth President. | |
Dec. 1, 1884. | Manuel Gonzalez's term expires.[1] | |
It is generally conceded that Porfirio Diaz, the present Governor of the State of Oaxaca, will become the next President of the Republic. No revolution has taken place since 1876. |
Books of reference: Prescott, Conquest of Mexico; Robertson, History of America; Lucas Alaman, Historia de Méjico; Zamacois, Historia de Méjico.
- ↑ Many of these events are taken from Haydn's Dictionary of Dates.