1839 in Mexico

Events in the year 1839 in Mexico.

Incumbents

 * President – Anastasio Bustamante until March 20, Antonio López de Santa Anna until July 10, Nicolás Bravo until July 19, Anastasio Bustamante

Governors

 * Aguascalientes:
 * Chiapas: Salvador Ayanegui
 * Chihuahua:
 * Coahuila: Francisco García Conde/Isidro Reyes
 * Durango:
 * Guanajuato:
 * Guerrero:
 * Jalisco: Antonio Escobedo
 * State of Mexico:
 * Michoacán:
 * Nuevo León: Joaquín García/Manuel María de Llano
 * Oaxaca:
 * Puebla:
 * Querétaro: Ramón Covarrubias
 * San Luis Potosí:
 * Sinaloa:
 * Sonora:
 * Tabasco:
 * Tamaulipas: José Antonio Fernández Izaguirre/Jose Antonio Quintero
 * Veracruz:
 * Yucatán:
 * Zacatecas:

Events

 * November 27, 1838 – March 9, 1839 – Pastry War
 * May 2, 1839 – Santiago Imán heads a peasant revolt in the Yucatán.

Notable births

 * * May 25 Manuel Sánchez Mármol – writer, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language was born in Cunduacán, Tabasco

Notable deaths

 * May 3 José Antonio Mexía – politician executed in Acajete, Veracruz (born 1800)

Dates unknown

 * José María Lanz – engineer and author, died in Paris (born 1764)
 * Francisco María Ruiz – soldier and settler of San Diego, Alta California (born 1754)