1831 in Mexico
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Incumbents
- Anastasio Bustamante â President of Mexico
- Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete â Archbishop of Mexico
Governors
- Chiapas: José Ignacio Gutiérrez
- Chihuahua:
- Coahuila: Ramón Músquiz/José MarÃa Viesca/José MarÃa de Letona/Ramón Músquiz
- Durango:
- Guanajuato:
- Guerrero:
- Jalisco: José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo/José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz
- State of Mexico:
- Michoacán:
- Nuevo León: JoaquÃn GarcÃa
- Oaxaca:
- Puebla:
- Querétaro: Manuel López de Ecala
- San Luis PotosÃ:
- Sinaloa:
- Sonora:
- Tabasco:
- Tamaulipas: Juan Guerra/Francisco Vital Fernandez
- Veracruz:
- Yucatán:
- Zacatecas:
Events
As a result of a rebellion that Vicente Guerrero led against Anastasio Bustamante, Guerrero was captured and executed in Oaxaca, Mexico on 14 February.[1]
Benito Juarez, who later served as the president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, first entered politics as a liberal.[2]
Popular culture
Literature
- José JoaquÃn Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published.
Notable births
- 12 September â Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (died 1869)
Notable deaths
- 31 January â Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma died in Mexico City (born 1767)
- 14 February â Vicente Guerrero, leader of Mexican War of Independence and 2nd President of Mexico, assassinated (b. 1782)[3]

