List of conflicts in Mexico

This is a list of conflicts in Mexico arranged chronologically starting from the Pre-Columbian era (Lithic, Archaic, Formative, Classic, and Post-Classic periods/stages of North America; c. 18000 BCE) up to the colonial and postcolonial periods (c. 1521 CE – ). This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Mexico (Mesoamerica, Aridoamerica, and Oasisamerica); however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global, Indian wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

Teotihuacan civilization (c. 300 BCE – c. 547 CE)

 * Campaigns of Spearthrower Owl ((r. c. 374 – c. 439) CE)
 * Conquest of Tikal (378 CE)
 * Conquest of Copán (426 CE)
 * Conquest of Quiriguá (426 CE)
 * Fall of Teotihuacan (c. 410 CE)

Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

 * Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE)
 * Campaigns of K'inich Tatb'u Skull I ((r. c. 402 – c. 454) CE)
 * Conquest of Bonampak
 * Campaigns of Yuknoom Chʼeen I ((r. c. 484 – c. 520))

Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

 * Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE)
 * Campaigns of Tuun Kʼabʼ Hix ((r. c. 520 – c. 546))
 * Campaigns of Itzamnaaj Bahlam II ((r. 570 – undefined))
 * War against Ah Ahaual
 * Campaigns of Yohl Ikʼnal ((r. 583 – 604))
 * Palenque–Calakmul war (599–611 CE)
 * Sack of Palenque (599 CE)

Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

 * Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE)
 * Campaigns of Sky Witness ((r. c. 561 – c. 572))
 * Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
 * First Tikal–Calakmul War (537–572 CE)
 * Star wars (562–781 CE)
 * Tikal–Calakmul star war (562 CE)
 * Campaigns of Scroll Serpent ((r. 579 – 611))
 * Calakmul–Palenque war (599 CE)
 * Campaigns of Yuknoom Head ((r. 630 – 636))
 * Star wars (562–781 CE)
 * Calakmul–Naranjo star war (631 CE)
 * Campaigns of K'ahk' Xiiw Chan Chaahk ((r. 644 – 680))
 * Star wars (562–781 CE)
 * Naranjo–Caracol war (636 CE)
 * Campaigns of Bahlam Ajaw ((r. 644 – 679))
 * Star wars (562–781 CE)
 * Tortuguero star war (644 CE)
 * Conquest of Comalcalco (649 CE)
 * Campaigns of Yuknoom Chʼeen II ((r. c. 600 – c. 686))
 * Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
 * Second Tikal–Calakmul War (650–695 CE)
 * Defeat of Calakmul (695 CE)
 * Star wars (562–781 CE)
 * Tikal–Calakmul star war (657 CE)
 * Campaigns of Yaxun Bʼalam III ((r. 631 – 681))
 * Conquest of Hix Witz (c. 646 CE)
 * Campaigns of Itzamnaaj Bahlam III ((r. 681 – 742))
 * War against Ah Ahaual (c. 680 CE)
 * Campaigns of Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak ((r. 693 – c. 720))
 * Defeat of Ucanal (695 CE)
 * Sack of Yaxha (710 CE)
 * Campaigns of K'inich B'aaknal Chaak ((r. 688 – 715))
 * Star wars (562–781 CE)
 * Tonina–Palenque war (711 CE)
 * Campaigns of Wak Chanil Ajaw ((r. 693 – undefined))
 * Sack of K'inichil Kab (699 CE)
 * Sacking of nine unknown polities (c. 699 CE)
 * Victory against Komkom (726 CE)
 * Campaigns of Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak ((r. 741 – undefined))
 * Conquest of Komkom (726 CE)
 * Defeat by Tikal (744 CE)
 * War of succession (c. 742 CE)
 * Campaigns of Yaxun Bʼalam IV ((r. 752 – 768))
 * Defeat of Yuknoom Tookʼ Kʼawiil ((r. c. 702 – undefined))
 * Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
 * Third Tikal–Calakmul War (720–744 CE)
 * Conquest of Calakmul (736 CE)

Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

 * Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE)
 * Classic Maya collapse (c. 763 CE)

Toltec empire (c. 674 – c. 1179 CE)

 * Campaigns of Xochitl ((r. c. 877 – c. 916))
 * Toltec civil war (c. 877 CE)
 * Campaigns of Ce Acatl Topiltzin ((r. c. 923 – undefined))
 * Toltec civil war (c. 877 CE)

Mixtec civilization (c. 1250 BCE – c. 1550 CE)

 * Campaigns of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw ((r. 1063 – 1115))
 * Conquest of Red and White Bundle (c. 1099 CE)
 * Execution of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (1115 CE)
 * Campaigns of Atonal II ((r. c. 1453 – undefined))
 * Defeated by the Aztecs (c. 1453, c. 1458, c. 1461, c. 1468, or c. 1490 CE)
 * Conquest of Coixtlahuaca (c. 1453, c. 1458, c. 1461, c. 1468, or c. 1490 CE)

Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

 * Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE)
 * Classic Maya collapse (c. 763 CE)
 * Campaigns of Chac-Xib-Chac ((r. c. 1175 – c. 1194))
 * Conquest of Chichen Itza
 * Fall of Mayapan (c. 1440 CE)

Purépecha empire (c. 1300 – 1530 CE)

 * Campaigns of Tariácuri ((r. undefined – undefined))
 * Campaigns of Tangaxuan II ((r. 1520 – 1530))
 * Saltpeter war (1480–1510 CE)

Zapotec civilization (c. 700 BCE – c. 1715 CE)

 * Wars of the Zapotecs
 * Campaigns of Cosijoeza ((r. 1487 – 1504) CE)
 * Zapotec conquest of Tehuantepec (1487 CE)
 * Zapotec warfare and resistance against the Aztecs (1496–1497 CE)
 * Aztec siege of Tehuantepec (1496 CE)
 * Aztec destruction of Huaxyacac (1497 CE)
 * Aztec destruction of Mitla (1497 CE)
 * Aztec siege of Guiengola (1497 CE)

Tepanec empire (c. 995–1428 CE)

 * Wars of the Tepanecs (c. 1222 CE)
 * Conquest of Ayotoxco (c. 1222 CE)
 * Conquest of Ocoyoacac (c. 1222 CE)
 * Conquest of Coyoacán (c. 1222 CE)
 * Conquest of Coatepec (c. 1222 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuitláhuac (c. 1250 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuauhtitlan (c. 1283 CE)
 * Conquest of Azcapotzalco (c. 1283 CE)
 * Conquest of Atotonilco (c. 1300 CE)
 * Campaigns of Coxcoxtli ((r. c. 1281 – undefined) CE)
 * Culhuacán-Mexica war (c. 1299 CE)
 * Conquest of Coatlinchan (c. 1337 CE)
 * Conquest of Tetzcoco (c. 1337 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuajimalpa (1342 CE)
 * Conquest of Xochimilco (c. 1352 CE)
 * Conquest of Chalco (c. 1354 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuauhnahuac (c. 1365 CE)
 * Campaigns of Tezozomoc ((r. c. 1353 – undefined))
 * Azcapotzalco-Texcoco war (c. 1367 CE)
 * Conquest of Tepotzotlán (1372 CE)
 * Conquest of Culhuacán (c. 1377 CE)
 * Conquest of Xaltocan (c. 1395 CE)
 * Campaigns of Maxtla ((r. c. 1426 – c. 1428))
 * Rebellion in Azcapotzalco (c. 1426 CE)
 * Tepanec War (1426–1440 CE)
 * Wars of the Aztecs (c. 1248 CE)
 * Campaigns of Acamapichtli ((r. c. 1350 – undefined))
 * Conquest of Chalco (c. 1376 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuauhnahuac
 * Conquest of Xochimilco (c. 1376 CE)
 * Campaigns of Huitzilihuitl ((r. c. 1390 – undefined))
 * Conquest of Tollantzingo (c. 1390 CE)
 * Conquest of Otompa (c. 1395 CE)
 * Conquest of Acolman (1396 CE)
 * Conquest of Tultitlan (c. 1396 CE)
 * Conquest of Xaltocan (c. 1428 CE)

Aztec Empire (1428–1521 CE)

 * Wars of the Aztecs (c. 1248 CE)
 * Tepanec War (1426–1440 CE)
 * Conquest of Teotihuacan (1427 CE)
 * Campaigns of Itzcoatl ((r. c. 1427 – undefined))
 * Conquest of Coyoacán (c. 1428 CE)
 * Conquest of Culhuacán (c. 1428 CE)
 * Conquest of Mixquic (1432 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuitláhuac (c. 1433 CE)
 * Conquest of Tezompa (c. 1433 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuauhnahuac (c. 1439 CE)
 * Conquest of Tenayuca (c. 1434 CE)
 * Campaigns of Moctezuma I ((r. 1440 – undefined))
 * Subjugation of the Huastec people (c. 1445 CE)
 * Subjugation of the Totonac people (c. 1445 CE)
 * Flower wars (1454–1519 CE)
 * Subjugation of the Mixtec people (c. 1458 CE)
 * Conquest of Coixtlahuaca (c. 1458 CE)
 * Conquest of Cosamaloapan (c. 1458 CE)
 * Conquest of Āhuilizāpan (c. 1458 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuauhtitlan (c. 1458 CE)
 * Campaigns of Axayacatl ((r. c. 1469 – undefined))
 * Battle of Tlatelolco (1473 CE)
 * Conquest of Tlatelolco (1473 CE)
 * Conquest of Cuetlachtlan (1474 CE)
 * Subjugation of the Matlatzinca people (c. 1474 CE)
 * Conquest of Calixtlahuaca (c. 1476 CE)
 * Conquest of Tollocan (1478 CE)
 * Campaigns of Moctezuma II ((r. c. 1502 – undefined))
 * Conquest of Soconusco (c. 1486 CE)
 * Conquest of Tehuantepec (c. 1496 CE)
 * Subjugation of the Zapotec people (c. 1497 CE)
 * Subjugation of the Yopi people (c. 1502 CE)

Spanish conquest era (1521–1550)

 * European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003)
 * Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492)
 * Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1521)
 * Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1521)
 * Spanish conquest of Yucatán (c. 1521 – 1546)
 * Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523)
 * Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)
 * Cholula massacre (1519)
 * Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (1520)
 * Battle of Cempoala (1520)
 * La Noche Triste (1520)
 * Battle of Otumba (1520)
 * Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
 * Battle of Colhuacatonco (1521)
 * Spanish conquest of the Tarascan empire (1522–1530)
 * Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1535–1554)
 * Conquest of Cíbola (1540)
 * Tiguex War (1540–1541)
 * Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
 * Mixtón war (1540–1542)
 * Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
 * Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1915)
 * Chichimeca war (1550–1590)

Pax Hispanica (1598–1621)

 * European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003)
 * Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492)
 * Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1502)
 * Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1502)
 * Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523)
 * Spanish conquest of Petén (c. 1618)
 * Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
 * Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
 * Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
 * Chichimeca war (1550–1590)
 * Acoma massacre (1599)
 * Acaxee Rebellion (1601–1607)
 * Tepehuán Revolt (1616–1620)
 * Navajo Wars (c. 1641 – 1864)
 * European wars of religion (c. 1522)
 * Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)
 * Anglo-Spanish war (1585–1604)
 * Raid on Tabasco (1599)

Bourbon dynasty (1700–1808)

 * European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003)
 * Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492)
 * Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1502)
 * Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1502)
 * Apache wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
 * Apache–Mexico wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
 * First Magdalena Massacre (1757)
 * Second Magdalena massacre (1776)
 * Navajo wars (c. 1641 – 1864)
 * Tzeltal rebellion (1712)

House of Bonaparte (1808–1813)

 * Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
 * Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
 * First stage (1810–1811)
 * Battle of Monte de las Cruces (1810)
 * Battle of Calderón Bridge (1811)
 * Organizational phase (1810–1815)
 * Battle of El Veladero (1810–1811)
 * Battle of Puerto de Piñones (1811)
 * Battle of Zacatecas (1811)
 * Battle of El Maguey (1811)
 * Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana (1811)
 * Battle of Zitácuaro (1812)
 * Battle of Tecualoya (1812)
 * Battle of Tenancingo (1812)
 * Siege of Cuautla (1812)
 * Battle of Izúcar (1812)
 * Siege of Huajuapan de León (1812)
 * Battle of Tenango del Valle (1812)
 * Battle of Escamela (1812)
 * Battle of Zitlala (1812)
 * Capture of Orizaba (1812)
 * Capture of Oaxaca (1812)

House of Bourbon (1813–1820)

 * Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
 * Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
 * Organizational phase (1811–1815)
 * Battle of Rosillo Creek (1813)
 * Siege of Acapulco (1813)
 * Battle of La Chincúa (1813)
 * Battle of Alazan Creek (1813)
 * Battle of Medina (1813)
 * Battle of Lomas de Santa María (1813)
 * Battle of Puruarán (1814)
 * Battle of Temalaca (1815)
 * Resistance and consummation phases (1815–1821)
 * Battle of Agua Zarca (1819)

First Mexican Empire (1821–1823)

 * Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
 * Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
 * Resistance and consummation phases (1815–1821)
 * Battle of Azcapotzalco (1821)

Revolt against the emperor (1822–1823)

 * Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823)
 * Battle of Almolonga (1823)

Spaniards in Mexico (1821–1829)

 * Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)
 * Battle of Mariel (1828)

Revolts against the government (1823)

 * Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823)
 * Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823)
 * Rebellion of Puebla (1823)
 * Revolt of Querétaro (1823)

Age of Santa Anna (1829–1846)

 * Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)
 * Battle of Tampico (1829–1829)

Comanche conflict (1821–1846)

 * Comanche-Mexico Wars (1821–1870)

Armed opposition (1835–1840)

 * Mexican Federalist War (1835–1840)
 * Zacatecas rebellion (1835)
 * Battle of Zacatecas (1835)

Texas war for independence (1835–1836)

 * Mexican Federalist War (1835–1840)
 * Mexican conflicts with Texas (1835–1836)
 * Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
 * Battle of Gonzales (1835)
 * Battle of Goliad (1835)
 * Battle of Concepción (1835)
 * Grass Fight (1835)
 * Siege of Béxar (1835)
 * Battle of San Patricio (1836)
 * Battle of the Alamo (1836)
 * Battle of Agua Dulce (1836)
 * Battle of Refugio (1836)
 * Battle of Coleto (1836)
 * Battle of San Jacinto (1836)
 * Battle of Matamoros (1836)
 * Battle of Salado Creek (1842)
 * Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841–1842)
 * Battle of Acajete (1839)
 * Siege of Tampico (1839)
 * Battle of Alcantra (1839)
 * Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande
 * Battle of Santa Rita de Morelos (1840)
 * Battle of Saltillo (1840)
 * First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839)
 * Battle of Veracruz (1838)
 * Mier expedition (1842–1843)
 * Naval Battle of Campeche (1843–1843)

Mexican–American War (1846)

 * Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
 * Northern Mexican Theater (1846–1848)
 * Battle of Monterrey (1846)
 * Mexico City Campaign (1846–1848)
 * Blockade of Veracruz (1846–1848)

Mexican–American War (1846–1848)

 * Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
 * Northern Mexican Theater (1846–1848)
 * Battle of Buena Vista (1847)
 * Battle of the Sacramento River (1847)
 * Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales (1848)
 * Mexico City Campaign (1846–1848)
 * Blockade of Veracruz (1846–1848)
 * Revolt of the Polkos (1847)
 * Siege of Veracruz (1847)
 * Battle of Cerro Gordo (1847)
 * Battle of Contreras (1847)
 * Battle of Churubusco (1847)
 * Battle for Mexico City (1847)
 * Battle of Molino del Rey (1847)
 * Battle of Chapultepec (1847)
 * Siege of Puebla (1847)
 * Battle of Huamantla (1847)
 * Action of Atlixco (1847)
 * Skirmish at Matamoros (1847)
 * Affair at Galaxara Pass (1847)
 * Action of Sequalteplan (1848)
 * Pacific Coast Campaign (1847–1848)
 * Battle of Mulegé (1847)
 * Bombardment of Guaymas (1847)
 * Bombardment of Punta Sombrero (1847)
 * Battle of La Paz (1847)
 * Battle of San José del Cabo (1847)
 * Siege of La Paz (1847)
 * Siege of San José del Cabo (1848)
 * Skirmish of Todos Santos (1848)

La Reforma (c. 1833 – c. 1867)

 * Zacatecas rebellion (1835)
 * Caste War of Yucatán (1847 – c. 1933)

Santa Anna dictatorship (1853–1855)

 * Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora (1853–1854)

Alvarez Presidency (1855)

 * Revolution of Ayutla (1854–1855)

Juarez Presidency (1857–1872)

 * Cortina Troubles (1859–1861)
 * Battle of La Ebonal (1859)
 * Battle of Rio Grande City (1859)

Reform War (1857–1860)

 * Mexican Civil Wars (c. 1857 – Present)
 * Reform War (1857—1860)
 * Crabb massacre (1857)
 * Battle of Celaya (1858)
 * Battle of Salamanca (1858)
 * Battle of Atenquique (1858)
 * Battle of La Albarrada (1858)
 * Battle of Ixtlahuaca (1858)
 * Battle of Ahualulco (1858)
 * Battle of Guadalajara (1858)
 * Battle of San Joaquín (1858)

Foreign intervention (1861–1863)

 * Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)
 * Battle of Fortín (1862)
 * Battle of Las Cumbres (1862)
 * Battle of Atlixco (1862)
 * Battle of Puebla (1862)
 * Battle of Acapulco (1863)

Second Mexican Empire (1864–1867)

 * Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)
 * Battle of San Juan Bautista (1864)
 * Capture of Mazatlán (1864)
 * Capture of Monterrey (1864)
 * Battle of San Pedro (1864)
 * Battle of la Loma (1865)
 * Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
 * Battle of Miahuatlán (1866)
 * Battle of La Carbonera (1866)
 * Battle of Guayabo (1866)
 * Third Battle of Puebla (1867)
 * Siege of Querétaro (1867)
 * Siege of Mexico City (1867)

Restored Republic (1867–1876)

 * Las Cuevas War (1875)
 * Battle of Tecoac (1876)

Porfiriato (1876–1911)

 * Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 CE)
 * Mexican-Indian Wars (c. 1533 CE – )
 * Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
 * Yaqui Uprising (1896)
 * Battle of Mazocoba (1900)
 * Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924 CE)
 * Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
 * Post-1887 Apache Wars period (1887–1924)
 * Apache campaign (1896)
 * Victorio's War (1879–1880)
 * Geronimo's War (1886–1887)
 * Crawford affair (1886)
 * Garza Revolution (1891–1893)

Madero presidency (1911–1913)

 * Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
 * Magonista campaign in Baja California (1911)
 * Capture of Mexicali (1911)
 * First Battle of Tijuana (1911)
 * Second Battle of Tijuana (1911)
 * Battle of Casas Grandes (1911)
 * First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911)
 * Battle of Cuautla (1911)
 * First Battle of Rellano (1912)
 * Second Battle of Rellano (1912)

Counter-revolution and civil war (1913–1915)

 * Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
 * Naval operations of the Mexican Revolution (1914)
 * First Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
 * Second Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
 * Third Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
 * Action of 9 April 1914
 * Fourth Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
 * Ten Tragic Days (1913)
 * First Battle of Nogales (1913)
 * Battle of Naco (1913)
 * First Battle of Torreón (1913)
 * Second Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1913)
 * Battle of Tierra Blanca (1913)
 * Battle of Ojinaga (1914)
 * Second Battle of Torreón (1914)
 * Battle of Zacatecas (1914)

Constitutionalists in power (1915–1920)

 * Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
 * Battle of Celaya (1915)
 * Second Battle of Agua Prieta (1915)
 * Third Battle of Torreón (1916)
 * Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez (1919)
 * First World War (1914–1918)
 * Banana Wars (1898–1934)
 * Mexican–American wars (c. 1845)
 * Rio Grande border disputes (c. 1845)
 * Río Rico (c. 1845)
 * Chamizal dispute (c. 1848)
 * Country Club Dispute (c. 1850)
 * Ojinaga Cut (c. 1970)
 * United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1919)
 * Tampico Affair (1914)
 * Ypiranga incident (1914)
 * Mexican Border War (1910–1919)
 * First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911)
 * First Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911)
 * Second Battle of Nogales (1915)
 * United States occupation of Veracruz (1914)
 * Pancho Villa Expedition (1916–1917)
 * Battle of Parral (1916)
 * Battle of Carrizal (1916)
 * Zimmermann Telegram (1917)
 * Battle of Ambos Nogales (1918)

Calles presidency (1924–1928)

 * Cristero War (1926–1929)
 * Battle of San Julián (1927)

Mexico under the PNR (1929–1938)

 * Cristero War (1926–1929)
 * Battle of Tepatitlán (1929)
 * Escobar Rebellion (1929)
 * Siege of Naco (1929)
 * Bombing of Naco (1929)
 * Johnson's Ranch Raid (1929)

Camacho presidency (1940–1946)

 * Second World War (1939–1945)
 * Sinking of SS Faja de Oro (1942)

Mexico under the PRI (1946–1988)

 * Mexico–Guatemala conflict (1958–1959)
 * Cold War (1947–1991)
 * Mexican Dirty War (1959–2000)
 * Protests of 1968 (1968–1969)
 * Mexican Movement (1968–1968)
 * Tlatelolco massacre (1968)
 * El Halconazo (1971)

Chiapas conflict (1994–2014)

 * Chiapas conflict (1994–2014)
 * Zapatista Uprising (1994–2006)
 * Zapatista uprising (1994)
 * Zapatista crisis (1995)
 * The Other Campaign (2005–2006)
 * Acteal massacre (1997)

Mexican drug war (2006 – Present)

 * War on drugs (1969 – )
 * Mexican drug war (2006 – )
 * Operation Michoacán (2006 – )
 * Operation Baja California (2007 – )
 * Joint Operation Nuevo León-Tamaulipas (2007 – )
 * Nuevo León mass graves (2010)
 * San Fernando massacre (2010)
 * Shootout at Matamoros (2010)
 * San Fernando massacre (2011)
 * Monterrey casino attack (2011)
 * Operation Sinaloa (2008 – )
 * Operation Chihuahua (2008 – )
 * Operation Quintana Roo (2009 – )
 * Coahuila mass graves (2011)
 * Operación Lince Norte (2011)
 * Operación Escorpión (2011)
 * Mexican Indignados Movement (2011 – )
 * Mexican protests (2017)