1911 in Mexico
overview of Mexico-related events during the year of 1911
Events from the year 1911 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President – Porfirio Diaz until May 25, Francisco León de la Barra until November 5, Francisco I. Madero from November 6
Vice President: Ramón Corral, José María Pino Suárez from November 25
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Enrique C. Creel Cuilty, Victoriano Salado Álvarez, Francisco Leon de la Barra, Bartolomé Carvajal y Rosas, Manuel Calero
Secretary of the Interior: Ramon Corral, Emilio Vázquez Gómez, Alberto García Granados, Abraham González (governor) from November 6
Governors
Aguascalientes: Alberto Fuentes Dávila
Campeche: Manuel Castilla Brito
Chiapas: José Inés Cano/Ramón Rabasa/Manuel Trejo/Manuel Rovelo Argüello/Manuel Rovelo Argüello/Marco Aurelio Solís/Reynaldo Gordillo León
Chihuahua: Alberto Terrazas Cuilty/Abraham González/Miguel Ahumada/Aureliano L. González
Coahuila: Venustiano Carranza
Colima: Miguel García Topete
Durango:
Guanajuato:
Hidalgo:
Jalisco: David Gutiérrez Allende/Alberto Robles Gil
State of Mexico:
Michoacán:
Morelos: Pablo Escandón Barrón/Francisco Leyva Arciniegas/Juan Nepomuceno Carreón/Ambrosio Figueroa
Nayarit:
Nuevo León: Viviano L. Villarreal
Oaxaca:
Puebla:
Querétaro: Adolfo de la Isla/Alfonso M. Veraza/José Antonio Septién/Carlos M. Loyola
San Luis Potosí: José María Espinosa y Cuevas/Rafael Cepeda
Sinaloa:
Sonora: José María Maytorena
Tabasco:
Tamaulipas:
Tlaxcala:
Veracruz: Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez/Emilio Léycegui/León Aillaud/Manuel María Alegre
Yucatán: José María Pino Suárez/Jesús L. González
Zacatecas:
Events
January 29 – Capture of Mexicali
April – First Battle of Agua Prieta
April 7–May 10 – Battle of Ciudad Juarez (1911)
May 8–9 – First Battle of Tijuana
May 11–19 – Battle of Cuautla (1911)
May 15 – Torreón massacre
June 22 – Second Battle of Tijuana
Births
February 14 – Nabor Carrillo Flores, third son of Mexican composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo (d. 1961)
March 12 – Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)
March 29 – Mario Pani, architect and urbanist (d. 1993)
July 10 — Amalia Solórzano, First Lady of Mexico (1934-1940) (d. 2008)
August 3 — Manuel Esperón, composer (d. 2011)
August 12 – Cantinflas, comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
November 30 – Jorge Negrete, singer, actor (d. 1953)
Date unknown — Josefina Vicens, novelist (d. 1988)
Deaths
March 24: Pablo Torres Burgos, who along with Emiliano Zapata and Rafael Merino began the Revolution in Morelos on March 11, 1911 (b.
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