1846
January 1, 1846 - President Polk
orders General Zachary Taylor to
march to the Rio Grande from the Nueces.
April 25, 1846 - Thornton Affair
and the First Shots of the Mexican War
May 3-9, 1846 - Siege of Fort Texas.
May 8, 1846 - Battle of Palo Alto.
May 9, 1846 - Battle of Resaca de
la Palma.
May, 1846 - President Polk
addresses Congress, and Declaration of War.
July 4, 1846 - Captain John C. Fremont
proclaims the independence of
California.
July 7, 1846 - Navy Commodore John D. Sloat takes Monterey,
California.
July 8, 1846 - Sloat seizes Yerba Buena (modern San Fransisco).
September 20-24, 1846 - Battle of
Monterrey
October 7, 1846 - Battle of Dominguez Rancho.
November 16, 1846 - Battle of Natividad.
December 6, 1846 - Battle of San Pasqual.
December 25, 1846 - Battle of El Brazito.
1847
January 2, 1847 - Battle of Santa Clara.
January 8, 1847 - Battle of Rio San Gabriel (Los Angeles).
January 9, 1847 - Battle of La Mesa (Los Angeles).
January 24, 1847 - Battle of La Canada.
January 24, 1847 - Battle of Mora.
January 29, 1847 - Battle of Embudo Pass.
February 3-4, 1847 - Siege of Pueblo de Taos.
February 23, 1847 - Battle of Buena
Vista - General Taylor's 4,700
soldiers withstand the attack of Santa Anna's
20,000 Mexicans.
February 28, 1847 - Battle of the Sacramento.
March 9-29, 1847 - Siege of Vera Cruz.
March 27, 1847 - General Winfield Scott
captures Vera Cruz.
April 18, 1847 - General Scott,
with 800 men, drives 15,000 Mexicans from the pass of
Cerro Gordo.
June 6, 1847 - Affair at Las Vegas, New Mexico.
August 19-20, 1847 - Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco.
September 8, 1847 - Battle of
El Molino del Rey.
September 13, 1847 - Battle of
Chapultepec.
September 13-15, 1847 - Battles for the City of Mexico.
September 14, 1847 - American troops enter City of Mexico.
September 14, 1847 - October 12, 1847 - Siege of Puebla.
October 5, 1847 - Huamantla Affair.
October 19, 1847 - Atlixco Affair.
1848
February 2, 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
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