1847 in Mexico

Events in the year 1847 in Mexico.

Incumbents

 * President:
 * until March 21: Valentín Gómez Farías
 * March 21 – April 2: Antonio López de Santa Anna
 * April 2 – May 20: Pedro María de Anaya
 * May 20 – September 15: Antonio López de Santa Anna
 * September 16 – November 13: Manuel de la Peña y Peña
 * starting November 13: Pedro María de Anaya

Governors

 * Aguascalientes: Felipe Cosio
 * Chiapas: Jerónimo Cardona
 * Chihuahua:
 * Coahuila: José María de Aguirre González/N/A
 * Durango:
 * Guanajuato:
 * Guerrero:
 * Jalisco: Joaquín Angulo/Sabás Sánchez Hidalgo
 * State of Mexico:
 * Michoacán:
 * Nuevo León: José María Parás
 * Oaxaca:
 * Puebla:
 * Querétaro: Francisco Berdusco/Francisco de Paula Mesa
 * San Luis Potosí:
 * Sinaloa:
 * Sonora:
 * Tabasco:
 * Tamaulipas: Francisco Vital Fernandez
 * Veracruz: Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora/José de Emparán/Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
 * Yucatán:
 * Zacatecas:

Events

 * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the fighting in the Mexican–American War in California.
 * February 22 – Mexican–American War – The Battle of Buena Vista: 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the next day.
 * March 9 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.
 * March 29 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
 * April 18-Battle of Cerro Gordo August 12 – Mexican–American War: U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Lake Chalco and Lake Xochimilco in Mexico
 * August 20 – Mexican–American War: US troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia de Fuentes, Mexico
 * September 8- Battle of Molino Del Rey