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Name: French withdrawal (Second French intervention in Mexico)

Type: Event

Start: 1866 AD

End: 1867 AD

Parent: Second French intervention in Mexico

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Was the withdrawal of French forces from Mexico at the end of the Second French intervention in Mexico.

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  • March 1866: In 1866, choosing Franco-American relations over his Mexican monarchy ambitions, Napoleon III announced the withdrawal of French forces beginning 31 May. The Republicans won a series of crippling victories taking immediate advantage of the end of French military support to the Imperial troops, occupying Chihuahua on 25 March.
  • February 1867: In January 1867, the Republicans led by President Benito Juárez occupied the states of Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Guanajuato during the Second French intervention in Mexico. This marked a significant advance for the Second Federal Republic of Mexico in their fight against the French-backed Imperial forces.
  • June 1867: Ultimately the French were unable to consolidate control of the entire nation and under pressure from the United States which after the end of the Civil War, could more effectively enforce the Monroe Doctrine, withdrew from Mexico, leading to the Empire's collapse in 1867.
  • October 1866: The Republicans, led by General Porfirio Díaz, defeated the imperial troops of Emperor Maximilian I in the Battle of Miahuatlán in Oaxaca in 1866. This victory was a significant moment in the struggle between the Second Federal Republic of Mexico and the French-backed Second Mexican Empire.
  • November 1866: Ramón Corona was a Mexican general who played a key role in the French intervention in Mexico. The French forces, led by Emperor Maximilian, agreed to withdraw from Mazatlán as part of the terms negotiated with Ramón Corona in 1866.
  • August 1866: The Second Federal Republic of Mexico captured Matamoros, Tampico and Acapulco in July.
  • December 1866: The whole of Oaxaca was occupied in November by the Republic of Mexico.
  • July 1866: The Republicans took Guadalajara on 8 July.
  • March 1867: Maximilian I of Mexico withdrew to Querétaro. The Republicans began a siege of the city on 9 March.
  • August 1866: Saltillo was occupied by the Republicans on 5 August.
  • October 1866: State of Sonora conquered by Second Federal Republic of Mexico.
  • April 1867: Mexico City conquered by Second Federal Republic of Mexico.
  • July 1866: The French evacuated Monterrey on 26 July.

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