✦ History

Mexican Revolution

November 20, 1910 – December 1, 1920 · Mexico

Extended sequence of armed conflicts from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920 that overthrew the decades-long dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. The northern Constitutionalist faction prevailed and drafted the 1917 Constitution of Mexico; the conflict killed around one million people, mostly non-combatants, and is considered the defining event of modern Mexican history.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Key people

Porfirio Díaz President of Mexico, His long rule provoked the revolution; he resigned and went into exile in 1911 · Porfiriato Francisco I. Madero President of Mexico, Called the revolt against Díaz in the Plan of San Luis Potosí and became president; killed in 1913 Venustiano Carranza First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army, Led the Constitutionalists and became president under the 1917 Constitution · Porfiriato Emiliano Zapata Leader, Liberation Army of the South, Led the peasant revolt in Morelos under the Plan of Ayala Pancho Villa Commander, Division of the North, Led the largest revolutionary army in northern Mexico Ramón Corral belligerent leader · Porfiriato Manuel Mondragón belligerent leader · Porfiriato Pascual Orozco belligerent leader · Revolutionaries Bernardo Reyes belligerent leader · Revolutionaries

Participants

Strength and losses

All
Killed c. 150,022
Civilian deaths 700,000–1,117,000

Battles and events 12

Also involved 12