Pastry War

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The Pastry War was a brief 1838–1839 conflict between France and Mexico, sparked by French demands for compensation (including a pastry chef’s claim) and resulting in a French naval blockade and bombardment of Veracruz.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pastry War canonical 9
First French intervention in Mexico 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Franco-Mexican conflict ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Pastry War
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Republic of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation
cause French demands for financial compensation from Mexico ⓘ
a compensation claim by a French pastry chef in Mexico City ⓘ
claims by French nationals for damages to their property in Mexico ⓘ
combatantGovernment Centralist Republic of Mexico ⓘ
July Monarchy of France ⓘ
linked to: July Monarchy
commander Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ
Charles Baudin ⓘ
conflictType colonial intervention ⓘ
naval conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
demandedIndemnityAmount 600000 pesos ⓘ
effect strengthening of Antonio López de Santa Anna’s political reputation in Mexico ⓘ
endDate 1839 ⓘ
endedBy diplomatic negotiations mediated by the United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy Second French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
hasCasusBelli non-payment of debts and claims by Mexico to French citizens ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
location Mexico ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
militaryAction French bombardment of Veracruz ⓘ
French naval blockade of Mexican ports ⓘ
notableFor French use of naval power to enforce financial claims ⓘ
origin in a pastry chef’s compensation claim ⓘ
partOf 19th-century interventions of European powers in Latin America ⓘ
precededBy internal instability in Mexico after independence ⓘ
primaryTheater Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
Mexican agreement to pay an indemnity to France ⓘ
temporary French occupation of Mexican territory ⓘ
significantEvent bombardment of the San Juan de Ulúa fortress ⓘ
startDate 1838 ⓘ
topic Franco-Mexican relations ⓘ
gunboat diplomacy ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement Treaty of Veracruz ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mariano Arista → participatedIn → Pastry War ⓘ
subject linked to: Arista
Pedro de Ampudia → participatedIn → Pastry War ⓘ
Pedro de Ampudia → conflict → Pastry War ⓘ
Pastry War → alsoKnownAs → First French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Pastry War
Valentín Canalizo → participantIn → Pastry War ⓘ