Siege of Querétaro

Siege of Querétaro
	Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico
	; Republican militiamen entering Queretaro
Date	6 March to 15 May 1867
Location	Querétaro, Mexico
Result	Mexican Republican victory
Belligerents
Mexican Republicans	Mexican Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mariano Escobedo	Maximilian I (POW); Miguel Miramón (POW); Leonardo Márquez; Tomás Mejía (POW)
Units involved
40,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
2,000	9,400

The Siege of Querétaro was the culminating battle of the Second French intervention in Mexico and the Second Mexican Empire. It took place between Republican and Imperial armies from 6 March to 15 May 1867.

The Republican victory at Querétaro effectively ended the war of the Second French Intervention. Maximilian I of Mexico was captured and condemned to death by a court martial on June 14. On the morning of June 19 at the Cerro de las Campanas Maximilian, alongside his generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía, was executed by firing squad.^[1]

References[]

^ RIVA PALACIOS, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde a antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.

Coordinates: 20°35′17″N 100°23′17″W / 20.5881°N 100.3881°W / 20.5881; -100.3881

[1] RIVA PALACIOS, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde a antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.

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