1891 in Mexico
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Events in the year 1891 in Mexico.
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Incumbents
Governors
- Aguascalientes: Alejandro Vázquez del Mercado
- Campeche: JoaquÃn Kerlegand/Leocadio Preve
- Chiapas: Manuel Carrascosa/Emilio Rabasa
- Chihuahua: Lauro Carrillo
- Coahuila: José MarÃa Garza Galán
- Colima: Gildardo Gómez Campero
- Durango:
- Guanajuato:
- Guerrero:
- Hidalgo: Rafael Cravioto
- Jalisco:
- State of Mexico:
- Michoacán: Mariano Jiménez
- Morelos: Jesús H. Preciado
- Nuevo León: Bernardo Reyes
- Oaxaca:
- Puebla:
- Querétaro: Francisco González de CosÃo
- San Luis PotosÃ: Carlos DÃez Gutiérrez
- Sinaloa:
- Sonora:
- Tabasco:
- Tamaulipas: Alejandro Prieto Quintero
- Tlaxcala: Próspero Cahuantzi
- Veracruz: Juan de la Luz EnrÃquez Lara
- Yucatán: Colonel Daniel Traconis
- Zacatecas:
Events
- June 23 â establishment of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec and Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic
- September 15 â Garza Revolution: 60-80 followers of Catarino Garza crossed the Rio Grande from Texas into Mexico. Most are Mexican-Americans recruited locally.
- September 16 â a telegram is sent from Fort Ringgold to the United States Army's Department of Texas informing of the crossing
- December 26 â The Mexican Army is attacked by Garza's followers in a raid from San Ygnacio, Texas
Deaths
- February 4 â Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic prelate and politician (b. 1816)
- December 17 â José MarÃa Iglesias, Mexican lawyer and journalist, interim president from 1876 to 1877 (b. 1823)[1]