1831 in Mexico
# 1831 in Mexico

Events in the year 1831 in Mexico.

## Incumbents

* Anastasio Bustamante – President of Mexico
* Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete – Archbishop of Mexico

### Governors

* Chiapas: José Ignacio Gutiérrez
* Chihuahua:
* Coahuila: Ramón Músquiz/José María Viesca/José María de Letona/Ramón Músquiz
* Durango:
* Guanajuato:
* Guerrero:
* Jalisco: José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo/José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz
* State of Mexico:
* Michoacán:
* Nuevo León: Joaquín García
* Oaxaca:
* Puebla:
* Querétaro: Manuel López de Ecala
* San Luis Potosí:
* Sinaloa:
* Sonora:
* Tabasco:
* Tamaulipas: Juan Guerra/Francisco Vital Fernandez
* Veracruz:
* Yucatán:
* Zacatecas:

## Events

Guerrero leads a new southern revolt. Contemporary observers see this insurrection as a "class war". Is executed and defeated.

## Popular culture

### Literature

* José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published.

## Notable births

* 12 September – Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (died 1869)

## Notable deaths

* 31 January – Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma died in Mexico City (born 1767)
* 14 February – Vicente Guerrero, leader of Mexican War of Independence and 2nd President of Mexico, assassinated (b. 1782)
