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Mexican Revolution

Decade-long revolutionary conflict that overthrew the Porfirian order and remade Mexico's state.

Timeline
1910-1920
Duration
11 years
Region
North America
Record
Static archive

Historical overview

Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.

The Mexican Revolution was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its replacement by a revolutionary army, and the transformation of Mexican culture and government. The northern Constitutionalist faction prevailed on the battlefield and drafted the present-day Constitution of Mexico, which aimed to create a strong central government. Revolutionary generals held power from 1920 to 1940. The revolutionary conflict was primarily a civil war, but foreign powers, having important economic and strategic interests in Mexico, figured in the outcome of Mexico's power struggles; the U.S. involvement was particularly high. The conflict led to the deaths of around one million people, mostly non-combatants.

Theater countries

Mexico

Actors

Mexican federal forcesrevolutionary factionsregional armies

Tags

revolutioncivil-warmexico

Border context

1900-1913historical border era

Imperial world order

Large empires still structure much of the map, including Ottoman, Russian, British, French and Austro-Hungarian power.

Colonial borders dominate Africa and Asia. The Balkan Wars begin the rapid retreat of Ottoman Europe.
1914-1918historical border era

World War I

Total war breaks imperial geography and prepares the collapse of several continental empires.

German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and Russian imperial systems are under existential pressure.
1919-1938historical border era

Interwar settlement

New states and mandates appear after World War I while revisionist border claims grow across Europe and Asia.

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Baltic states become central to Europe's new map. Mandate borders reshape the Middle East.

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