F-YEAH HISTORY

The dead outside National Palace during one of the outbreaks of the Mexican Revolution, Mexico City, c. 1913 Source: Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library.

Portrait of Guadalupe Victoria Guadalupe Victoria (29 September 1786 – 21 March 1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican politician and military officer who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power. He also served as the first president of Mexico.

Oil painting of the Caste War, c. 1850 The Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901) began with the revolt of native Maya people of Yucatán, Mexico against the population of European descent, called Yucatecos, who held political and economic control of the region. A lengthy war ensued between the Yucateco forces in the north-west of the Yucatán and the independent Maya in the south-east. It officially ended with the occupation of the Maya capital of Chan Santa Cruz by the Mexican army in 1901, although skirmishes with villages and small settlements that refused to acknowledge Mexican control continued for more than a decade.

A contemporary corrido song sheet of La cucaracha issued during the Mexican Revolution The corrido (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈriðo]) is a popular narrative song and poetry form, a ballad. The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for peasants, and other socially important information. It is still a popular form today in Mexico, and was widely popular during the Nicaraguan Revolutions of the 20th century. It derives largely from the romance, and in its most known form consists of 1) a salutation from the singer and prologue to the story; 2) the story itself; 3) a moral and farewell from the singer.

Scene from the Decena Trágica from the Casasola archives, 1913 The Ten Tragic Days ("La Decena Tragica") was a series of events that took place in Mexico City between February 9 and February 19, 1913, during the Mexican Revolution. They culminated in a coup d'état and the assassination of President Francisco I. Madero and his vice president, José María Pino Suárez.

"Nogales, Santa Cruz Co. Showing boundary line between Arizona and Mexico." General view of center of town from hillside, looking west along International Street, ca. 1898~99 The Battle of Ambos Nogales (lit. The Battle of Both Nogales), or as it is known in Mexico La batalla del 27 de agosto (lit. "The Battle of 27 August"), was an engagement fought on 27 August 1918, between Mexican forces and elements of United States Army soldiers of the 35th Infantry, who were reinforced by the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry, and commanded by Lt. Col. Frederick J. Herman. The American soldiers and militia forces were stationed in Nogales, Arizona and the Mexican soldiers and armed Mexican milita were in Nogales, Sonora. This battle was notable for being a significant confrontation between U.S. and Mexican forces during the Border War which took place in the context of the Mexican Revolution and the First World War.

Chalchiuhnenetzin, Princess of Tenochtitlan, Queen of Tlatelolco, c. 1400s Chalchiuhnenetzin ("noble jade doll"; chal-cheeoo-neh-NEH-tseen) was an Aztec princess of Tenochtitlan and Queen consort of Tlatelolco, one altepetl - city-state.

Subcomandante Marcos, the spokesman of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, smoking a pipe atop a horse in Chiapas Subcomandante Marcos is the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a Mexican rebel movement. In January 1994, he led an army of Mayan farmers into the eastern parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas in protest of the Mexican government's treatment of indigenous peoples.

A member of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, playing a crude 3 string slide guitar in Chiapas, Mexico, 1996 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) often referred to as the Zapatistas is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.

A teacher talks with soldiers in front of a high school whilst students demonstrate in the background, Mexico City - 30th July, 1968

Cattle are led into a pit, where they are shot and buried to stop an epidemic of foot and mouth disease, Mexico, 1947

U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos are showered with tons of confetti and paper, June 29, 1962, as they travel down one of Mexico City’s boulevards shortly after Kennedy’s arrival for a three-day visit.

ON THIS DAY: 13th May 1846 - The United States declared war on Mexico after a series of disputes in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, starting the Mexican–American War Image shows a painting of the Battle of Veracruz by Carl Nebel

A member of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, playing a crude 3 string slide guitar in Chiapas, Mexico, 1996. The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.

Lucio Cabañas Lucio Cabañas Barrientos (December 12, 1938 – December 2, 1974) was a Mexican schoolteacher who became a revolutionary, albeit not a Marxist one. Cabañas regarded Emiliano Zapata as his role model and he never abandoned his Christian faith, as can be seen in Gerardo Tort's film documentary on him.