Events in the year 1846 in Mexico.
Incumbents President – Mariano Paredes President – José Mariano Salas President – Valentín Gómez Farías
Governors Aguascalientes: Felipe Nieto y del Portillo/Felipe Cosio Chiapas: Jerónimo Cardona Chihuahua: Ángel Trías Álvarez/Mauricio Ugarte/Cayetano Justiniani/José María Irigoyen Rodríguez/Ángel Trías Álvarez Coahuila: Rafael Vázquez/José María de Aguirre González/Santiago Rodríguez del Bosquea Durango: Guanajuato: Guerrero: Jalisco: Antonio Escobedo/Juan Nepomuceno Cumplido/José María Yáñez/Joaquín Angulo State of Mexico: Michoacán: Nuevo León: Pedro de Ampudia Oaxaca: Puebla: Querétaro: Julián Juvera San Luis Potosí: Sinaloa: Sonora: Tabasco: Tamaulipas: Juan Martin de la Garza Flores/Manuel Núñez Ponce/Manuel Saldaña/Francisco Vital Fernandez Veracruz: Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora/José de Emparán/Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Yucatán: Miguel Barbachano Zacatecas:
Events
April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas's boundaries. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas, in the first major battle of the war. May 9 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Resaca de la Palma in Brownsville, Texas May 13 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico. June 10 – Mexican–American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico. June 14 – Bear Flag Revolt: American settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic. July 7 – Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California. August 6 – José Mariano Salas assumes the presidency as provisional president. August 22 – President Salas decrees the 1824 Constitution of Mexico in effect again. September 21–24 – Battle of Monterrey
Notable births
May 22 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, teacher, poet and activist (d. 1908)
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