1831 in Mexico

Events in the year 1831 in Mexico.

Incumbents

 * Anastasio Bustamante – President of Mexico
 * Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete – Archbishop of Mexico

Governors

 * Chiapas: José Ignacio Gutiérrez
 * Chihuahua:
 * Coahuila: Ramón Músquiz/José María Viesca/José María de Letona/Ramón Músquiz
 * Durango:
 * Guanajuato:
 * Guerrero:
 * Jalisco: José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo/José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz
 * State of Mexico:
 * Michoacán:
 * Nuevo León: Joaquín García
 * Oaxaca:
 * Puebla:
 * Querétaro: Manuel López de Ecala
 * San Luis Potosí:
 * Sinaloa:
 * Sonora:
 * Tabasco:
 * Tamaulipas: Juan Guerra/Francisco Vital Fernandez
 * Veracruz:
 * Yucatán:
 * Zacatecas:

Events
As a result of a rebellion that Vicente Guerrero led against Anastasio Bustamante, Guerrero was captured and executed in Oaxaca, Mexico on 14 February.

Benito Juarez, who later served as the president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, first entered politics as a liberal.

Literature

 * José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published.

Notable births

 * 12 September – Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (died 1869)

Notable deaths

 * 31 January – Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma died in Mexico City (born 1767)
 * 14 February – Vicente Guerrero, leader of Mexican War of Independence and 2nd President of Mexico, assassinated (b. 1782)