Some of the important dates of October in Mexico are the Mexican National Aviation Day or the commemoration of the abolition of slavery.
The following are dates that are celebrated in the United Mexican States during the month of October. These mark important historical events or are simply official designations created to commemorate a particular date.
Day 1
- The first issue of El Diario de México is published in 1805.
- The Banco de Nuevo León is founded in the city of Monterrey in 1940.
Day 2
- Commemoration of the Tlatelolco Massacre, in which 30 to 300 civilians were killed by the military and police in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in 1968.
The event was carried out by a group called the "Olimpia Battalion" of the Federal Security Directorate and led by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. The demonstration was carried out by the National Strike Council.
Day 3
- The painter and writer Gerardo Murillo Cornado was born in 1964 in Pihuamo, Jalisco, known for signing his works as “Dr. Atl ”.
- Born in 1891, Emiliio Portes Gil, who would be President of the Republic from December 1, 1928 to February 5, 1930.
Day 4
- The Ayutla Plan begins with the appointment of General Juan Álvarez as interim President by the Board of Representatives in 1855. This was created in search of the removal of President Antonio López de Santa Ana, who was dictator of Mexico during the Second Federal Republic of Mexico.
- In 1814, Francisco Xavier Mina along with his followers was captured by French soldiers and transferred to Bordeaux where they were to be interrogated.
Day 5
- The abolition of slavery by Father José María Morelos y Pavón was declared in 1813, in Chilpacingo, Guerrero. This event took place in the Congress of Anahuac and Morelos had already issued a first decree on November 17, 1810. This new one was to be called "Second and Definitive Decree of Morelos abolishing slavery."
- The Plan of San Luis was promulgated in 1910, which was a manifesto created by Francisco I. Madero, leader of the Mexican revolutionary movement. This was aimed at the overthrow of the Porfiriato and the establishment of a democracy.
He also called for the restitution of land for peasants, seized by landowners. Copies of this document would arrive in Mexico City in November of the same year.
- In 1943 the creation of the Mexican Naval Air Force was decreed in response to a possible air attack on Mexico by the Axis forces in World War II.
Day 7
- The construction of the first telegraph line between Mexico City and Puebla was completed in 1571.
- The opposition Belisario Domínguez Palencia died on the orders of President Victoriano Huerta in 1913.
Day 10
- Guadalupe Victoria takes office as president, becoming the first president of the Mexican Republic in 1824. During his tenure he abolished slavery, decreed the total expulsion of the Spanish from Mexican territory and ratified the limits that made up the border with the United States of America. He ruled until March 31, 1829.
Day 11
- General Porfirio Díaz revolts against the then president, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, in 1876. Díaz was to be appointed president of Mexico after the triumph of the Tuxtepec Revolution and would hold office 6 more times.
Day 12
- Columbus Day or Anniversary of the Discovery of America. It commemorates the first encounters between Europeans and Native Americans given the day of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to America in 1492.
- The XIX Olympics were inaugurated in Mexico City in the year 1968.
Day 14
- In 1526 the first Catholic marriage was celebrated in Mexican territory.
Day 19
- The first order was issued by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810. In this, the liberation of the slaves of the landowners is exhorted under capital punishment and confiscation of property in case of non-compliance.
- Death of President Plutarco Elías Calles in Mexico City in 1945, who governed the Republic between December 1, 1924 and November 30, 1928.
- Death of President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río in 1970, who governed the Republic between December 1, 1934 and November 30, 1940.
Day 21
- Numerous deaths recorded by the expansion of the Spanish influenza virus in the city of Monterrey in 1918.
- The constitution of Apatzigan or Constitutional Decree for the Freedom of Mexican America is promulgated in 1814 by approval of the Congress of Chilpacingo.
This met in the city of Apatzigán in response to the persecution that was carried out by the army of Félix María Callejas. This document applied to all territories that achieved temporary independence from the Spanish crown.
Day 23
- The National Day of Mexican Aviation is celebrated by decree of President Ávila Camacho in commemoration of the pioneers of Mexican aeronautics in 1943. These correspond to the "201 Squadron" of the Mexican Expeditionary Air Force that contributed to the allied cause.
Day 27
- In 1817, Colonel Pedro Moreno along with Francisco Xavier Mina took refuge in the “El Venadito” ranch where they would finally be besieged by Spanish troops. The result was the death of Moreno and the arrest of Mina.
Day 30
- Francisco Ignacio Madero González, a prominent Mexican politician, was born in 1873 in Mexico City. Thanks to him, the Mexican Revolution of 1910 began and he was appointed as president in 1911. He served as president from November 6, 1911 to February 19, 1913.
References
- Secretariat of Culture of Mexico. CIVIC DATES. Recovered from inehrm.gob.mx.
- Rodriguez, Selvio Guzman. Important dates and holidays. Mexico: The Most Important Events and Dates Celebrated in October. Recovered from Semana-santa-ramadan-navidad.blogspot.com.
- Government of Mexico. October ephemeris. Recovered from gob.mx.