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5 days ago · Battle of Puebla, (May 5, 1862), a battle fought at Puebla, Mexico, between the army of the liberal government headed by Benito Juárez and the French forces sent by Napoleon III to establish a French satellite state in Mexico.
1 day ago · José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori GCB (15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as simply Porfirio Díaz (English: / ˈ d iː ə s / DEE-əss or / ˈ d iː æ z / DEE-az, Spanish: [poɾˈfiɾjo ˈði.as]), was a Mexican general, politician, and later dictator who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 35 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 December 1876, 17 February 1877 to 1 ...
1 day ago · Unknown. Unknown. Majority of 30,000 Spanish expeditionary forces dead [4] 600,000 total dead [5] The Spanish American wars of independence ( Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place throughout Spanish America during the early 19th century, with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule. [6]
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3 days ago · May 5th annually. Cinco de Mayo 2027 is on Wednesday, May 5, celebrating the defeat of the French Army to the Mexican Army in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
4 days ago · Click the “Selection Tools” button in the lower left corner of the map. – RADIUS SELECT: To find Sections, Townships and Ranges within a radius, specify the mileage in the “Select map features within x miles of the shapes I draw” box, then use the Point “Add a marker” tool to draw a point in the middle of the radius.
2 days ago · Axis prisoners of war (Germans, Italians, Romanians, Hungarians) Soviet troops fighting in a destroyed workshop. Sturmgeschütz III, operated by the German Wehrmacht. Date. 17 July 1942 [Note 2] – 2 February 1943 [Note 3] (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location. Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 48°42′N 44°31′E.
