The French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867) was an invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the army of the Second French Empire in 1862. It resulted in the establishment of the Second Mexican Empire in 1864, which was supported by many conservative Mexicans, under the Austrian Maximilian I of Mexico. Although the empire established control of the center of the country, the republicans held out in the North and South. With the end of the American Civil War, the United States lent its support to the republicans and put pressure on the French to withdraw in 1866. The imperial forces fought on, but were defeated in a series of battles, with the republicans regaining control of the City of Mexico on 15 May 1867. Maximilian was captured and then executed on 19 June 1867. History records show that there were all in all 1,020 minor or major battles and sieges in the intervention.
Battles and sieges
NameStart dateEnd dateWon byFall of Acapulco 1864-06-031864-06-03FrenchBattle of Álamos 1865-09-24 1865-09-24 Local militantsBattle of Atlixco 1862-05-04 1862-05-04 RepublicansBattle of Bagdad 1866-01-04 1866-01-04 RepublicansBattle of Barranca Seca 1862-05-18 1862-05-18 FrenchBattle of Camarón 1863-04-30 1863-04-30 RepublicansFall of Campeche 1864-01-22 1864-01-22 FrenchBattle of La Carbonera 1866-10-181866-10-18RepublicansBattle of Cerro del Borrego 1862-06-13 1862-06-13 FrenchBattle of Chiapa de Corzo 1863-10-21 1863-10-21 RepublicansFall of Chihuahua (1865) 1865-08-15 1865-08-15 EmpireBattle of Chihuahua (1866) 1866-03-24 1866-03-24 RepublicansFall of the City of México (1863) 1863-06-10 1863-06-10 FrenchFall of the City of México (1867) 1867-04-12 1867-06-21 RepublicansFall of Colima 1864-11-05 1864-11-05 EmpireBattle of Cuauhtémoc 1865-02-02 1865-02-02 EmpireFall of Durango 1864-07-04 1864-07-04 EmpireBattle of El Jahuactal 1863-11-01 1863-11-01 RepublicansBattle of El Rosario 1865-04-27 1865-04-27 IndecisiveBattle of Fortín 1862-04-19 1862-04-19 FrenchFall of Guadalajara (1864) 1864-01-05 1864-01-05 FrenchFall of Guadalajara (1867) 1867-01-14 1867-01-14 RepublicansBattle of Guanajuato 1863-12-08 1863-12-08 FrenchBattle of Guayabo 1866-11-10 1866-11-10 RepublicansBattle of Ixmiquilpan 1865-09-25 1865-09-25 RepublicansBattle of Jiquilpan 1864-11-22 1864-11-22 FrenchFall of Jonuta (1863) 1863-02-21 1863-02-21 FrenchSiege of Jonuta (1866) 1866-04-17 1866-04-17 RepublicansBattle of Juchitán 1866-09-05 1866-09-05 RepublicansBattle of Las Cumbres 1862-04-28 1862-04-28 FrenchBattle of la Loma 1865-07-16 1865-07-16 BelgianBattle of las Lomas de San Lorenzo 1867-04-15 1867-04-15 RepublicansBattle of Majoma 1864-08-20 1864-08-20 FrenchBattle of Mazatlán 1864-03-26 1864-03-31 InconclusiveFall of Matamoros 1864-09-21 1864-09-21 EmpireBattle of Miahuatlán 1866-10-03 1866-10-03 RepublicansFall of Morelia 1863-11-30 1863-11-30 FrenchBattle of Nanahuatipam 1864-08-10 1864-08-10 RepublicansFall of Monterrey 1864-08-29 1864-08-29 EmpireSiege of Oaxaca 1864-10-05 1864-10-30 RepublicansSiege of Oaxaca 1864-10-30 1865-02-08 FrenchSiege of Oaxaca (1867) 1867-00-00 1867-03-16 RepublicansBattle of Parral (1865) 1865-08-08 1865-08-08 RepublicansBattle of Puebla 1862-05-05 1862-05-05 RepublicansSiege of Puebla (1863) 1863-03-16 1863-05-17 FrenchFall of Puebla (1867) 1867-04-02 1867-04-02 RepublicansSiege of Querétaro 1867-03-06 1867-05-15 RepublicansBattle of San Jacinto (1867) 1867-02-01 1867-02-01 RepublicansFall of San Juan Bautista 1864-02-27 1864-02-27 RepublicansBattle of San Lorenzo 1863-05-08 1863-05-08 FrenchBattle of San Pablo del Monte 1863-05-05 1863-05-05 FrenchBattle of San Pedro 1864-12-22 1864-12-22 RepublicansBattle of Santa Gertrudis 1866-06-16 1866-06-16 RepublicansBattle of Santa Isabel 1866-03-01 1866-03-01 RepublicansBattle of Tacámbaro 1865-04-11 1865-04-11 RepublicansBattle of Tampico 1863-01-19 1863-01-19 RepublicansBattle of Totoapan 1864-10-18 1864-10-18 RepublicansBattle of Villa de Álvarez 1867-01-29 1867-01-29 Republicans
References
External links Alphabetical and chronological catalog of armed conflicts in Mexico from independence to 1894