Shortly before dawn on September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made a monumentous ... Although a movement toward Mexican independence had already been in progress since Napoleon's conquest of ...

Although the Mexican Revolution ended a half-century ... the fervent but inept tocsin-sounder of the Revolution of 1810.) To the old regime in Zapata's time, he was a bandit of a new Attila ...

Mexican Independence Day marks the beginning of Mexico’s fight for sovereignty from Spanish rule, which began in 1810 and ended in 1821. While many are familiar with the basic outline of events ...