Morelos' Campaigns
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Was a military campaign by the rebels of New Spain (Mexico) led by José María Morelos against Spanish rule during the Mexican War of Independence.
Chronology
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January 1811: New Spain Rebels marched through Atoyac and Coyuca.
January 1811: In 1810, rebels Juan José, Pablo, and Hermenegildo Galeana joined forces in Técpan to campaign against New Spain. Juan José Galeana was a Mexican revolutionary leader, while Pablo and Hermenegildo were his brothers who also fought for independence.
January 1812: In 1811, rebel leader Nicolás Bravo took control of the territories of Acatlán and Huajuapan from the Spanish colonial authorities in New Spain.
November 1812: Morelos and his army occupied the city of Oaxaca.
January 1813: In 1812, during the Mexican War of Independence, Albino Garcia, a leader of the rebel forces, successfully took the city of Irapuato in the territory of New Spain.
January 1813: New insurgent rebellions led by Juan Nepomuceno Rosáins, Máximo Machorro, Camilo Suárez and Vicente Gómez began in Chalchicomula, Huamantla, Atlixco, Tepeaca and Tehuacán.
March 1814: In 1814, the city of Oaxaca was retaken by the Royalists.
January 1812: In 1811, the Spanish royalist forces, led by General Felix Maria Calleja, were defeated in Chilapa by the insurgent forces of Jose Maria Morelos. This victory added Chilapa to the territories controlled by the rebels during the Mexican War of Independence.
January 1812: Hermenegildo Galeana was a Mexican revolutionary leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century. Taxco was a town in New Spain (present-day Mexico) where rebels led by Galeana were active in the fight for independence in 1811.
December 1811: In 1811, José María Morelos entered Izúcar, currently Izúcar de Matamoros, during the Mexican War of Independence. Morelos was a prominent leader of the rebellion against Spanish colonial rule in New Spain.
December 1815: Morelos was captured 5 November 1815, interrogated, was tried and executed by firing squad. With his death, conventional warfare ended and guerrilla warfare continued uninterrupted.. After Morelos' death , insurgent groups fought in isolation; approximately twenty thousand rebels continued to fight. .
April 1813: Morelos Oaxaca left towards the port of Acapulco , arriving at the Veladero the 29 of March . The place was defended by the realist Pedro Antonio Vélez, who succumbed to the attacks, losing the city on April 12.
January 1813: The forts of Córdoba, Orizaba and Xalapa were freed by the rebels.
June 1814: In 1814, Lieutenant Colonel Fernández de Avilés, a Spanish military leader, defeated Hermenegildo Galeana, a Mexican insurgent, near Coyuca. This event took place during the Mexican War of Independence, as part of the struggle between Spanish forces and Mexican revolutionaries.
January 1811: In 1810, Mexican rebels led by Vicente Guerrero and José María Morelos advanced through Petatlán in their fight against Spanish colonial rule in New Spain.
May 1811: In 1811, during the Mexican War of Independence, rebel forces led by José María Morelos defeated the viceregal forces in the squares of Chichihualco, Chilpancingo, and Tixtla.
December 1811: In 1811, in Chiautla, Mexico, the insurgent group led by Jose Maria Morelos defeated the Spanish royalist forces led by Mateo Musitu. Morelos was a key leader in the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
January 1811: New Spain rebels reached the port of Acapulco.
January 1813: In 1812, the Mexican revolutionary leader José María Morelos led the rebels to conquer the town of Cuautla in New Spain. This victory was a significant moment in the fight for Mexican independence from Spanish colonial rule.
October 1812: Morelos successfully achieved the Taking of Orizaba.
January 1812: The priest of Carácuaro, José María Morelos, led the rebel army during the Mexican War of Independence. Miguel Bravo was a military leader who fought alongside Morelos. Huitzuco was a town in New Spain (now Mexico) where the rebels passed through on their way to Oaxaca in 1811.
