Siege of Querétaro

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The Siege of Querétaro was the decisive 1867 military engagement in which Mexican Republican forces defeated and captured Emperor Maximilian I, effectively ending the Second Mexican Empire and the French intervention in Mexico.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Querétaro canonical 2
Siege of Querétaro (1867) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedWith Benito Juárez ⓘ
French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
Maximilian I of Mexico ⓘ
Mexican Republic ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation

Second Mexican Empire ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Mexican forces ⓘ
Mexican Republicans ⓘ
linked to: Mexican liberals

supporters of Emperor Maximilian I ⓘ
cityDefended Querétaro City ⓘ
combatantStrength Republican forces numerically superior to Imperial garrison ⓘ
commander Benito Juárez ⓘ
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico ⓘ
Mariano Escobedo ⓘ
Miguel Miramón ⓘ
Porfirio Díaz ⓘ
Ramón Corona ⓘ
Tomás Mejía ⓘ
conflictIn Second French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
Second Mexican Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
date March 6, 1867 – May 15, 1867 ⓘ
endDate 1867-05-15 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
followedBy Execution of Maximilian I ⓘ
Restoration of the Mexican Republic ⓘ
Trial of Maximilian I ⓘ
location Central Mexico ⓘ
Querétaro City ⓘ
State of Querétaro ⓘ
linked to: Querétaro
notableEvent capture of Maximilian I on 15 May 1867 ⓘ
surrender of Imperial forces in Querétaro ⓘ
partOf Second French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
precededBy French military withdrawal from Mexico ⓘ
result capture of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico ⓘ
collapse of the Second Mexican Empire ⓘ
decisive Republican victory ⓘ
end of major French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
significance decisive engagement of the Second French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
marked the effective end of the Second Mexican Empire ⓘ
paved the way for Juárez’s continued presidency ⓘ
startDate 1867-03-06 ⓘ
strategicObjective Imperial objective to hold Querétaro as last major stronghold ⓘ
Republican objective to capture Maximilian and end the Empire ⓘ
typeOfWarfare siege warfare ⓘ
year 1867 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

French intervention in Mexico → notableBattle → Siege of Querétaro ⓘ
Second Mexican Empire → significantEvent → Siege of Querétaro ⓘ
Miguel Miramón → participantIn → Siege of Querétaro (1867) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Querétaro