1842_in_Mexico
1842 in Mexico
List of events
Events in the year 1842 in Mexico.
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- President:
- Antonio López de Santa Anna until October 26
- Nicolás Bravo after October 26
Governors
- Aguascalientes:
- Chiapas: Salvador Ayanegui
- Chihuahua:
- Coahuila: José Ignacio de Arizpe/Francisco Mejía
- Durango:
- Guanajuato:
- Guerrero:
- Jalisco: Antonio Escobedo
- State of Mexico:
- Michoacán:
- Nuevo León: Manuel María de Llano
- Oaxaca:
- Puebla:
- Querétaro: Sabás Antonio Domínguez/José Francisco Figueroa/Julián Juvera
- San Luis Potosí:
- Sinaloa:
- Sonora:
- Tabasco:
- Tamaulipas: Jose Antonio Quintero
- Veracruz:
- Yucatán: Miguel Barbachano
- Zacatecas:
- March 5 – Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio, and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution.
- September 8 – Juan José Carrillo, Mayor of Santa Monica, California was born in Santa Barbara, Alta California (died 1916)
- October 8 – Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, historian and Nahuatl scholar was born in Veracruz, Veracruz (died 1916)
- August 24 – Leona Vicario, supporter of the Mexican War of Independence and wife of Andrés Quintana Roo (born 1789)
Dates unknown
- Silvestre De León, soldier and third Alcalde of Victoria murdered in Victoria (born 1802)[1]
- José Mariano Elízaga, composer died in Morelia (born 1786)
- Agustín V. Zamorano, printer and Governor of Alta California died in San Diego (born 1798)
- Roell, Craig H. "Silvestre De León". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 10 April 2011.