New Spain Rebels
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Rebel-controlled territories during the Mexican War of Independence.
Establishment
September 1810: The beginning stage of the Mexican War of Independence corresponds to the popular uprising led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla . Discovered by the Spanish, the conspirators in Querétaro had no alternative but to go to arms at an earlier date than originally planned. The members of the conspiracy were without a support base at that time, so Hidalgo had to summon the people of Dolores to revolt against the Spanish authorities on September 16.
September 1810: New Spain rebels reached the vicinity of Celaya.
September 1810: Battle of Guanajuato: after several hours of combat, the royalists entered Guanajuato and executed the insurgents. Finally, the insurgent forces escaped to Guadalajara.
September 1810: From Celaya, the insurgents left in a northwesterly direction and on their way seized Salamanca , Irapuato and Silao . When they reached the vicinity of Guanajuato on September 28 , the number of the rebels had increased considerably.
September 1810: In 1810, during the Mexican War of Independence, Miguel Hidalgo led a group of rebels in storming the Alhóndiga de Granaditas in Guanajuato, New Spain. This event marked a significant victory for the rebels in their fight against Spanish colonial rule.
September 1810: In 1810, the 'Taking of Valladolid' occurred in present-day Mexico. The territory was under the control of New Spain rebels led by Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende. This event marked a significant moment in the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
October 1810: José María Morelos, a Mexican revolutionary leader, began his campaign in Carácuaro.
October 1810: Battle of Monte de las Cruces.
November 1810: At this point, the sympathizers of the insurgents occupied other cities throughout the territory of New Spain. Rafael Iriarte controlled León, Aguascalientes and Zacatecas. Luis de Herrera and Juan Villerías occupied San Luis Potosí. In Toluca and Zitácuaro was Benedicto López. José María Morelos had already joined the people of Michoacán and Mexico to the war while Miguel Sánchez and Juli an Villagrán controlled the Mezquital Valley to the north of Mexico's administration.
November 1810: Battle of Zacoalco.
November 1810: José Antonio Torres was a Mexican rebel leader who fought against the Spanish colonial forces during the Mexican War of Independence. La Barca was a town in New Spain (present-day Mexico) where Torres achieved a significant victory in November 1810. This event marked a turning point in the rebellion against Spanish rule.
November 1810: The insurgents led by Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende were attacked by the Spanish army on November 7, 1810, in Aculco, during the Mexican War of Independence. This event marked a significant moment in the struggle for independence from Spanish rule in Spanish America.
November 1810: Guadalajara was taken byJ ose Antonio Torres, a leader of the rebel forces fighting against Spanish colonial rule in New Spain.
November 1810: In 1810, during the Mexican War of Independence, José María Mercado, a rebel leader, successfully took control of the Tepic and San Blas squares in New Spain without any violence on November 28 and December 1, respectively.
December 1810: Northern provinces such as Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León joined the insurgent cause.
December 1810: In 1810, during the Mexican War of Independence, José María Mercado, a rebel leader, successfully took control of the Tepic and San Blas squares in New Spain without any violence on November 28 and December 1, respectively.
December 1810: José María Mercado was a Mexican rebel leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century. Tepic and San Blas were important cities in the region of Nueva Galicia, which was part of New Spain. Mercado's occupation of these cities in 1810 was a significant victory for the rebel forces.
December 1810: José María González Hermosillo was a Mexican revolutionary leader who initiated the rebellion in Real del Rosario, Sinaloa in 1810. The Battle of Real of the Rosary marked the beginning of the uprising against Spanish colonial rule in New Spain.
Chronology
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Was the independence war of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (a predecessor of modern-day Mexico) against Spanish rule.
January 1811: After the rebel defeat Zacatecas didn't support the rebels anymore. Allende led the troop towards Zacatecas, without finding help in that city they decided to head towards Saltillo.
January 1811: Spanish forces defeated the Mexican rebels in Tepic.
March 1811: The rebels fled to the north to Saltillo. Only the northern regions of Mexico remained under rebel control.
March 1811: The New Spain rebel army is destroyed. Only the Saltillo region remains under rebel control.
March 1811: Ignacio Rayón, a prominent leader in the Mexican War of Independence, moved out from Saltillo to Zacatecas.
April 1811: Battle of Zacatecas.
May 1811: Rayón left for Aguascalientes and was chased by General Miguel Emparán, who gave him a defeat in the Battle of Maguey. However, Rayón was able to escape to La Piedad and Zamora. When Calleja arrived in the city of Zacatecas, where Víctor Rosales had remained in command of a thousand men. This accepted the offered pardon. In any case, Calleja ordered thirteen insurgents to be shot and a year later Rosales rejoined the rebellion.
May 1811: In 1811, during the Mexican War of Independence, Spanish General Joaquín Arredondo captured Plaza de Tula from the insurgents.
June 1811: On June 21, the Spanish forces took Matehuala.
July 1811: Colima conquered by New Spain Rebels.
July 1811: Spanish Viceroyal forces under the command of Rosendo Porlier recovered the squares de Sayula, Zacoalco and Zapotlán el Grande.
July 1811: From late July to mid-August, the insurgent revolution flared up again in Aguascalientes and Zacatecas.
August 1811: From late July to mid-August, the insurgent revolution flared up again in Aguascalientes and Zacatecas.
1.1.Morelos' Campaigns
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.
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.
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 1811: New Spain rebels reached the port of Acapulco.
January 1811: New Spain Rebels marched through Atoyac and Coyuca.
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, 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 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 1812: In 1811, rebel leader Nicolás Bravo took control of the territories of Acatlán and Huajuapan from the Spanish colonial authorities in New Spain.
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.
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.
October 1812: Morelos successfully achieved the Taking of Orizaba.
November 1812: Morelos and his army occupied the city of Oaxaca.
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.
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.
January 1813: The forts of Córdoba, Orizaba and Xalapa were freed by the rebels.
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.
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.
March 1814: In 1814, the city of Oaxaca was retaken by the Royalists.
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.
Disestablishment
March 1814: In 1814, the city of Oaxaca was retaken by the Royalists.
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.
