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

Events

• November 27, 1838 - March 9, 1839 – Pastry War

Notable births

• * May 25 Manuel Sánchez Mármol – writer, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language was born in Cunduacán, Tabasco^[1]

Notable deaths

• May 3 José Antonio Mexía – politician executed in Acajete, Veracruz (b. 1800)^[2]

Dates unknown

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

Notes

1. ^ "Tabasco - Cunduacán". http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/tabasco/mpios/27006a.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2011. 
2. ^ "Finding Aid to the Mexía Family Papers, 1694-1951". http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf638nb1d0/. Retrieved 9 April 2011.