1847 in Mexico

Incumbents

• President:
• * until March 21: Valentín Gómez Farías
• * March 21 – April 2: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• * April 2 – May 20: Pedro María de Anaya
• * May 20 – September 15: Antonio López de Santa Anna
• * September 16 – November 13: Manuel de la Peña y Peña
• * starting November 13: Pedro María de Anaya

  Governors

• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

  Events

• January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the fighting in the Mexican–American War in California.
• February 22 – Mexican–American War – The Battle of Buena Vista: 5,000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15,000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the next day.
• March 9 – Mexican–American War: United States forces under General Winfield Scott invade Mexico near Veracruz.
• March 29 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
• August 12 – Mexican–American War: U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Lake Chalco and Lake Xochimilco in Mexico
• August 20 – Mexican–American War: US troops defeat Mexican troops in Valencia de Fuentes, Mexico

  Notable births