1843 in Mexico
# 1843 in Mexico

Events in the year 1843 in Mexico.

## Incumbents

* President:
   * until March 4: Nicolás Bravo
   * March 4 – October 4: Antonio López de Santa Anna
   * starting October 4: Valentín Canalizo

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Mariano Chico Navarro
* Chiapas: Ignacio Barberena
* Chihuahua:
* Coahuila: Francisco Mejía/José Juan Sánchez Estrada
* Durango:
* Guanajuato:
* Guerrero:
* Jalisco: Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga/José María Jarero/José Antonio Mozo
* State of Mexico:
* Michoacán:
* Nuevo León: Manuel María de Llano
* Oaxaca:
* Puebla:
* Querétaro: Julián Juvera
* San Luis Potosí:
* Sinaloa:
* Sonora:
* Tabasco:
* Tamaulipas: Francisco Vital Fernandez/Jose Ignacio Gutierrez/Juan Nepomuceno Cortina
* Veracruz:
* Yucatán: Miguel Barbachano
* Zacatecas:

## Events

* April 30 – May 16 – Naval Battle of Campeche: Naval Battle between the Mexican Navy versus the Texas Navy and the Yucatán Navy. The battle featured the most advanced warships of its day.
* August 23 – President Antonio López de Santa Anna announced that the annexation of Texas by the United States would be considered an act of war by Mexico.

## Notable deaths

* March 21 — Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
