Capture of Mexico City (1863)

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battle military engagement

The Capture of Mexico City (1863) was a decisive French and conservative Mexican victory during the French intervention that led to the occupation of the capital and paved the way for the establishment of the Second Mexican Empire under Maximilian I.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Capture of Mexico City (1863) canonical	1
French advance on Mexico City	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	Mexican conservatives ⓘ Mexican liberals ⓘ Republic of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	French intervention in Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	accession of Maximilian I of Mexico ⓘ collapse of effective republican control over the capital ⓘ establishment of the Second Mexican Empire ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
date	1863 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ post-Reform War period ⓘ
followedBy	consolidation of French control over central Mexico ⓘ formalization of imperial regime in Mexico City ⓘ
hasParticipant	French expeditionary corps in Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberal forces of Benito Juárez ⓘ Mexican Empire supporters ⓘ Mexican conservatives ⓘ Mexican republicans ⓘ Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	French occupation of Mexico ⓘ
location	Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Mexican liberal forces ⓘ Republic of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	French intervention in Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Second French intervention in Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
pavedWayFor	formal proclamation of the Second Mexican Empire ⓘ installation of Maximilian I as Emperor of Mexico ⓘ
precededBy	French advance into central Mexico ⓘ
relatedTo	Benito Juárez NERFINISHED ⓘ French intervention in Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilian I of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Mexican Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ conservative Mexican victory ⓘ occupation of Mexico City by French and conservative forces ⓘ
significance	key turning point in the French intervention in Mexico ⓘ marked the loss of the republican capital ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of the Mexican capital ⓘ
theater	Central Mexico ⓘ
typeOfVictory	decisive victory ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

French intervention in Mexico → keyEvent → Capture of Mexico City (1863) ⓘ

Siege of Puebla (1863) → followedBy → Capture of Mexico City (1863) ⓘ

this entity surface form: French advance on Mexico City