1891 in Mexico
# 1891 in Mexico

Events in the year 1891 in Mexico.

## Incumbents

* President: Porfirio Diaz

### Governors

* Aguascalientes: Alejandro Vázquez del Mercado
* Campeche: Joaquín Kerlegand/Leocadio Preve
* Chiapas: Manuel Carrascosa/Emilio Rabasa
* Chihuahua: Lauro Carrillo
* Coahuila: José María Garza Galán
* Colima: Gildardo Gómez Campero
* Durango:
* Guanajuato:
* Guerrero:
* Hidalgo:
* Jalisco:
* State of Mexico:
* Michoacán:
* Morelos: Jesús H. Preciado
* Nuevo León: Bernardo Reyes
* Oaxaca:
* Puebla:
* Querétaro: Francisco González de Cosío
* San Luis Potosí: Carlos Díez Gutiérrez
* Sinaloa:
* Sonora:
* Tabasco:
* Tamaulipas:
* Tlaxcala:
* Veracruz: Juan de la Luz Enríquez Lara
* Yucatán: Colonel Daniel Traconis
* Zacatecas:

## Events

* June 23 – establishment of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec and Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic
* September 15 – Garza Revolution: 60-80 followers of Catarino Garza crossed the Rio Grande from Texas into Mexico. Most are Mexican-Americans recruited locally.
* September 16 – a telegram is sent from Fort Ringgold to the United States Army's Department of Texas informing of the crossing
* December 26 – The Mexican Army is attacked by Garza's followers in a raid from San Ygnacio, Texas

## Deaths

* February 4 – Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic prelate and politician (b. 1816)
* December 17 – José María Iglesias, Mexican lawyer and journalist, interim president from 1876 to 1877 (b. 1823)
