Events in the year 1848 in Mexico.
Incumbents President – Pedro María de Anaya President – Manuel de la Peña y Peña President – José Joaquín de Herrera
Governors Aguascalientes: Felipe Cosio Chiapas: Manuel María Parada/Jerónimo Cardona/Ponciano Solórzano del Barco/Fernando Nicolás Maldonado Chihuahua: Ángel Trías Álvarez/Laureano Muñoz Arregui/Ángel Trías Álvarez/Laureano Muñoz Arregui Coahuila: Eduardo González Laso Durango: Guanajuato: Jalisco: Joaquín Angulo González State of Mexico: Michoacán: Nuevo León: José María Parás Oaxaca: Puebla: Querétaro: Francisco de Paula Mesa San Luis Potosí: Sinaloa: Sonora: Tabasco: Tamaulipas: Jesús de Cárdenas Veracruz: Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora/José de Emparán/Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Yucatán: Zacatecas:
Events
January 6 – Mexican General Antonio Gaona and his son are captured at the Battle of (sic)Napoluca (Nopalucan). January 22 to February 14 – A failed Mexican siege of Siege of San José del Cabo February 2 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the war and ceding to the United States virtually all of what is today the southwest of that country. March 16 – Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales in Chihuahua March 31 – Lt. Col. Henry Stanton Burton defeated Mexican forces in Baja California Sur May 30 – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo takes effect with the United States Peralta massacre
Notable births January 26 – Justo Sierra (writer)
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