1846 in Mexico

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← 1845 1844 1843 1846 in Mexico → 1847 1848 1849
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1846 List of years in Mexico

Map of Texas, Oregon, and California in 1846

Events in the year 1846 in Mexico.

Incumbents[]

• President – Mariano Paredes
• President – José Mariano Salas
• President – Valentín Gómez Farías

Governors[]

• Aguascalientes: /
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila: Rafael Vázquez/José María de Aguirre González/Santiago Rodríguez del Bosquea
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Jalisco: Antonio Escobedo/Juan Nepomuceno Cumplido/José María Yáñez/Joaquín Angulo
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas: Juan Martin de la Garza Flores/Manuel Núñez Ponce/Manuel Saldaña/Francisco Vital Fernandez
• Veracruz: //
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

Events[]

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Genl. Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma

• April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.
• May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war.
• May 9 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Resaca de la Palma in Brownsville, Texas
• May 13 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.

September 21–24: Battle of Monterrey (Mexican–American War).

• June 10 – Mexican–American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
• June 14 – Bear Flag Revolt: American settlers in Sonoma, California start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
• July 7 – Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore
• August 6 – José Mariano Salas assumed the presidency as provisional president.
• August 22 – President José Mariano Salas decreed the Mexican Constitution of 1824 in effect again.
• September 21-24 Battle of Monterrey

Notable births[]

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