Mexican-American War
1846–1848 · Event
The US defeats Mexico and annexes nearly half its territory, including California and the Southwest.
On these timelines: Latin America, USA, Master
More from Latin America
- Machu Picchu built (1450)
- Panama Canal opens (1914)
- Bolivar's liberation of South America (1819)
- Haitian Revolution begins (1791)
- Toussaint Louverture issues Haitian constitution (1801)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Founding of Tenochtitlán (1325)
- Gabriel García Márquez (1927)
Around 1846
- Victorian era (1837)
- Victorian era begins (1837)
- Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace (1851)
- Industrial Revolution ends (1840)
- Communist Manifesto (1848)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Chartism / People's Charter (1838)
- Irish Potato Famine (1845)
- Sigmund Freud (1856)
- Commodore Perry opens Japan (1853)