# List of conflicts in Mexico

This is a list of conflicts in Mexico arranged chronologically starting from the Pre-Columbian era (Lithic, Archaic, Formative, Classic, and Post-Classic periods/stages of North America; c. 18000 BCE – c. 1521 CE) up to the colonial and postcolonial periods (c. 1521 CE – Present). This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Mexico (Mesoamerica, Aridoamerica, and Oasisamerica); however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global, Indian wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

## Pre-Columbian era (c. 18000 BCE – c. 1521 CE)
### Preclassic stage (c. 1000 BCE – c. 500 CE)
#### Late Preclassic period (c. 400 BCE – c. 500 CE)
##### Terminal Preclassic division (c. 159 – c. 500 CE)
###### Teotihuacan civilization (c. 300 BCE – c. 547 CE)

* Campaigns of Spearthrower Owl (r. c. 374 – c. 439 CE)
** Conquest of Tikal (378 CE)
** Conquest of Copán (426 CE)
** Conquest of Quiriguá (426 CE)
* Fall of Teotihuacan (c. 410 – c. 547 CE)

###### Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

* Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
** Campaigns of K'inich Tatb'u Skull I (reign: c. 402 – c. 454 CE)
*** Conquest of Bonampak
** Campaigns of Yuknoom Chʼeen I (r. c. 484 – c. 520 CE)

### Classic stage (c. 500 – c. 1200 CE)
#### Early Classic period (c. 500 – c. 600 CE)
##### Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

* Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
** Campaigns of Tuun Kʼabʼ Hix (r. c. 520 – c. 546 CE)
** Campaigns of Itzamnaaj Bahlam II (r. 570–610, 599–611 CE)
*** War against Ah Ahaual
** Campaigns of Yohl Ikʼnal (r. 583–604 CE)
*** Palenque–Calakmul war (599–611 CE)
**** Sack of Palenque (599 CE)

#### Late Classic period (c. 600 – c. 800 CE)
##### Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

* Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
** Campaigns of Sky Witness (r. c. 561 – c. 572 CE)
*** Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
**** First Tikal–Calakmul War (537–572 CE)
*** Star wars (562–781 CE)
**** Tikal–Calakmul star war (562 CE)
** Campaigns of Scroll Serpent (r. 579–611 CE)
*** Calakmul–Palenque war (599 CE)
** Campaigns of Yuknoom Head (r. 630–636 CE)
*** Star wars (562–781 CE)
**** Calakmul–Naranjo star war (631 CE)
** Campaigns of K'ahk' Xiiw Chan Chaahk (r. 644–680 CE)
*** Star wars (562–781 CE)
**** Naranjo–Caracol war (636 CE)
** Campaigns of Bahlam Ajaw (r. 644–679 CE)
*** Star wars (562–781 CE)
**** Tortuguero star war (644 CE)
*** Conquest of Comalcalco (649 CE)
** Campaigns of Yuknoom Chʼeen II (r. c. 600 – c. 686 CE)
*** Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
**** Second Tikal–Calakmul War (650–695 CE)
***** Defeat of Calakmul (695 CE)
*** Star wars (562–781 CE)
**** Tikal–Calakmul star war (657 CE)
** Campaigns of Yaxun Bʼalam III (r. 631–681 CE)
*** Conquest of Hix Witz (c. 646 – c. 647 CE)
** Campaigns of Itzamnaaj Bahlam III (r. 681–742 CE)
*** War against Ah Ahaual (c. 680 CE)
** Campaigns of Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak (r. 693 – c. 720 CE)
*** Defeat of Ucanal (695 CE)
*** Sack of Yaxha (710 CE)
** Campaigns of K'inich B'aaknal Chaak (r. 688–715 CE)
*** Star wars (562–781 CE)
**** Tonina–Palenque war (711 CE)
** Campaigns of Wak Chanil Ajaw (r. 693–706, 721–741 CE)
*** Sack of K'inichil Kab (699 CE)
*** Sacking of nine unknown polities (c. 699 – c. 726 CE)
*** Victory against Komkom (726 CE)
** Campaigns of Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak (r. 741–744, 721–741 CE)
*** Conquest of Komkom (726 CE)
*** Defeat by Tikal (744 CE)
** War of succession (c. 742 – c. 752 CE)
** Campaigns of Yaxun Bʼalam IV (r. 752–768 CE)
** Defeat of Yuknoom Tookʼ Kʼawiil (r. c. 702 – c. 731, c. 702 – c. 736 CE)
*** Tikal–Calakmul wars (537–838 CE)
**** Third Tikal–Calakmul War (720–744 CE)
***** Conquest of Calakmul (736 CE)

#### Terminal Classic period (c. 800 – c. 1000 CE)
##### Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

* Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
** Classic Maya collapse (c. 763 – c. 1179 CE)

##### Toltec civilization (c. 400 BCE – c. 1222 CE)
###### Toltec empire (c. 674 – c. 1179 CE)

* Campaigns of Xochitl (r. c. 877 – c. 916 CE)
** Toltec civil war (c. 877 – c. 1110 CE)
* Campaigns of Ce Acatl Topiltzin (r. c. 923 – c. 931, c. 923 – c. 947 CE)
** Toltec civil war (c. 877 – c. 1110 CE)

### Postclassic stage (c. 900 – c. 1519 CE)
#### Early Postclassic period (c. 900 – c. 1200 CE)
##### Mixtec civilization (c. 1250 BCE – c. 1550 CE)

* Campaigns of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (r. 1063–1115 CE)
** Conquest of Red and White Bundle (c. 1099 CE)
** Execution of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (1115 CE)
* Campaigns of Atonal II (r. c. 1453 – c. 1458, c. 1453 – c. 1461, c. 1468, c. 1490 CE)
** Defeated by the Aztecs (c. 1453, c. 1458, c. 1461, c. 1468, or c. 1490 CE)
*** Conquest of Coixtlahuaca (c. 1453, c. 1458, c. 1461, c. 1468, or c. 1490 CE)

##### Maya civilization (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)

* Wars of the Mayans (c. 1000 BCE – c. 1697 CE)
** Classic Maya collapse (c. 763 – c. 1179 CE)
** Campaigns of Chac-Xib-Chac (r. c. 1175 – c. 1194 CE)
*** Conquest of Chichen Itza
** Fall of Mayapan (c. 1440 – c. 1461 CE)

#### Late Postclassic period (c. 1200 – c. 1519 CE)
##### Purépecha civilization (c. 1000 – 1530 CE)
###### Purépecha empire (c. 1300 – 1530 CE)

* Campaigns of Tariácuri (r. c. 1350 CE)
* Campaigns of Tangaxuan II (r. 1520–1530 CE)
** Saltpeter war (1480–1510 CE)

##### Zapotec civilization (c. 700 BCE – c. 1715 CE)

* Wars of the Zapotecs
** Campaigns of Cosijoeza (r. 1487–1504 CE)
*** Zapotec conquest of Tehuantepec (1487 CE)
*** Zapotec warfare and resistance against the Aztecs (1496–1497 CE)
**** Aztec siege of Tehuantepec (1496 CE)
**** Aztec destruction of Huaxyacac (1497 CE)
**** Aztec destruction of Mitla (1497 CE)
**** Aztec siege of Guiengola (1497 CE)

##### Aztec civilization (c. 1248 – 1521 CE)
###### Tepanec empire (c. 995–1428 CE)

* Wars of the Tepanecs (c. 1222 – c. 1431 CE)
** Conquest of Ayotoxco (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
** Conquest of Ocoyoacac (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
** Conquest of Coyoacán (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
** Conquest of Coatepec (c. 1222 – c. 1283 CE)
** Conquest of Cuitláhuac (c. 1250 – c. 1414 CE)
** Conquest of Cuauhtitlan (c. 1283 – c. 1343 CE)
** Conquest of Azcapotzalco (c. 1283 – c. 1414 CE)
** Conquest of Atotonilco (c. 1300 – c. 1414 CE)
** Campaigns of Coxcoxtli (reign: c. 1281 – c. 1307, c. 1281 – c. 1350 CE)
*** Culhuacán-Mexica war (c. 1299 – c. 1325 CE)
** Conquest of Coatlinchan (c. 1337 – c. 1418 CE)
** Conquest of Tetzcoco (c. 1337 – c. 1418 CE)
** Conquest of Cuajimalpa (1342 CE)
** Conquest of Xochimilco (c. 1352 – c. 1376 CE)
** Conquest of Chalco (c. 1354 – c. 1376 CE)
** Conquest of Cuauhnahuac (c. 1365 – c. 1396 CE)
** Campaigns of Tezozomoc (r. c. 1353 – 1426, c. 1370 – 1426 CE)
*** Azcapotzalco-Texcoco war (c. 1367 – c. 1428 CE)
*** Conquest of Tepotzotlán (1372 CE)
*** Conquest of Culhuacán (c. 1377 – c. 1428 CE)
*** Conquest of Xaltocan (c. 1395 CE)
** Campaigns of Maxtla (r. c. 1426 – c. 1428 CE)
*** Rebellion in Azcapotzalco (c. 1426 CE)
*** Tepanec War (1426–1440 CE)
* Wars of the Aztecs (c. 1248 – c. 1521 CE)
** Campaigns of Acamapichtli (r. c. 1350 – c. 1403, c. 1376 – c. 1395 CE)
*** Conquest of Chalco (c. 1376 – c. 1410 CE)
*** Conquest of Cuauhnahuac
*** Conquest of Xochimilco (c. 1376 – c. 1430 CE)
** Campaigns of Huitzilihuitl (r. c. 1390 – c. 1415, c. 1403 – c. 1417 CE)
*** Conquest of Tollantzingo (c. 1390 – c. 1417 CE)
*** Conquest of Otompa (c. 1395 – c. 1417 CE)
*** Conquest of Acolman (1396 CE)
*** Conquest of Tultitlan (c. 1396 – c. 1417 CE)
*** Conquest of Xaltocan (c. 1428 – c. 1495 CE)

###### Aztec Empire (1428–1521 CE)

* Wars of the Aztecs (c. 1248 – c. 1521 CE)
** Tepanec War (1426–1440 CE)
** Conquest of Teotihuacan (1427 CE)
** Campaigns of Itzcoatl (r. c. 1427 – c. 1440, c. 1428 – c. 1440 CE)
*** Conquest of Coyoacán (c. 1428 CE)
*** Conquest of Culhuacán (c. 1428 CE)
*** Conquest of Mixquic (1432 CE)
*** Conquest of Cuitláhuac (c. 1433 – c. 1434 CE)
*** Conquest of Tezompa (c. 1433 – c. 1434 CE)
*** Conquest of Cuauhnahuac (c. 1439 CE)
*** Conquest of Tenayuca (c. 1434 CE)
** Campaigns of Moctezuma I (r. 1440–1466, 1440–1469 CE)
*** Subjugation of the Huastec people (c. 1445 – c. 1450 CE)
*** Subjugation of the Totonac people (c. 1445 – c. 1450 CE)
*** Flower wars (1454–1519 CE)
*** Subjugation of the Mixtec people (c. 1458 CE)
**** Conquest of Coixtlahuaca (c. 1458 CE)
*** Conquest of Cosamaloapan (c. 1458 – c. 1466 CE)
*** Conquest of Āhuilizāpan (c. 1458 – c. 1466 CE)
*** Conquest of Cuauhtitlan (c. 1458 – c. 1466 CE)
** Campaigns of Axayacatl (r. c. 1469 – c. 1481, c. 1472 – c. 1481 CE)
*** Battle of Tlatelolco (1473 CE)
**** Conquest of Tlatelolco (1473 CE)
*** Conquest of Cuetlachtlan (1474 CE)
*** Subjugation of the Matlatzinca people (c. 1474 – c. 1478 CE)
**** Conquest of Calixtlahuaca (c. 1476 CE)
**** Conquest of Tollocan (1478 CE)
** Campaigns of Moctezuma II (r. c. 1502 – 1520, c. 1503 – 1520 CE)
*** Conquest of Soconusco (c. 1486 – c. 1502 CE)
*** Conquest of Tehuantepec (c. 1496 – c. 1502 CE)
*** Subjugation of the Zapotec people (c. 1497 – c. 1502 CE)
*** Subjugation of the Yopi people (c. 1502 CE)

## Colonial period (1521–1821)
### Spanish Golden Age (1492–1681)
#### Trastámaran dynasty (1479–1555)
##### Spanish conquest era (1521–1550)

* European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003 – c. 1945)
** Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898)
*** Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1521 – c. 1550)
**** Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1521 – c. 1704)
***** Spanish conquest of Yucatán (c. 1521 – 1546)
***** Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523 – c. 1695)
**** Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)
***** Cholula massacre (1519)
***** Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (1520)
***** Battle of Cempoala (1520)
***** La Noche Triste (1520)
***** Battle of Otumba (1520)
***** Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
****** Battle of Colhuacatonco (1521)
**** Spanish conquest of the Tarascan empire (1522–1530)
**** Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1535–1554)
***** Conquest of Cíbola (1540)
***** Tiguex War (1540–1541)
**** Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
**** Mixtón war (1540–1542)
**** Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
***** Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1915)
**** Chichimeca war (1550–1590)

#### Habsburg dynasty (1555–1700)
##### Pax Hispanica (1598–1621)

* European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003 – c. 1945)
** Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898)
*** Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1502 – c. 1550)
**** Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1502 – c. 1704)
***** Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523 – c. 1695)
***** Spanish conquest of Petén (c. 1618 – c. 1697)
**** Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
**** Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
***** Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
**** Chichimeca war (1550–1590)
**** Acoma massacre (1599)
**** Acaxee Rebellion (1601–1607)
**** Tepehuán Revolt (1616–1620)
**** Navajo Wars (c. 1641 – 1864)
* European wars of religion (c. 1522 – c. 1714)
** Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)
*** Anglo-Spanish war (1585–1604)
**** Raid on Tabasco (1599)

### Bourbon dynasty (1700–1808)

* European colonization of the Americas (c. 1003 – c. 1945)
** Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898)
*** Spanish conquest of Mexico (c. 1502 – c. 1550)
**** Spanish conquest of the Maya (c. 1502 – c. 1704)
**** Apache wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
***** Apache–Mexico wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
****** First Magdalena Massacre (1757)
****** Second Magdalena massacre (1776)
**** Navajo wars (c. 1641 – 1864)
**** Tzeltal rebellion (1712)

## Postcolonial period (1821 – Present)
### Mexican independence era (1808–1829)
#### House of Bonaparte (1808–1813)

* Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
** Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
*** First stage (1810–1811)
**** Battle of Monte de las Cruces (1810)
**** Battle of Calderón Bridge (1811)
*** Organizational phase (1810–1815)
**** Battle of El Veladero (1810–1811)
**** Battle of Puerto de Piñones (1811)
**** Battle of Zacatecas (1811)
**** Battle of El Maguey (1811)
**** Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana (1811)
**** Battle of Zitácuaro (1812)
**** Battle of Tecualoya (1812)
**** Battle of Tenancingo (1812)
**** Siege of Cuautla (1812)
**** Battle of Izúcar (1812)
**** Siege of Huajuapan de León (1812)
**** Battle of Tenango del Valle (1812)
**** Battle of Escamela (1812)
**** Battle of Zitlala (1812)
**** Capture of Orizaba (1812)
**** Capture of Oaxaca (1812)

#### House of Bourbon (1813–1820)

* Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
** Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
*** Organizational phase (1811–1815)
**** Battle of Rosillo Creek (1813)
**** Siege of Acapulco (1813)
**** Battle of La Chincúa (1813)
**** Battle of Alazan Creek (1813)
**** Battle of Medina (1813)
**** Battle of Lomas de Santa María (1813)
**** Battle of Puruarán (1814)
**** Battle of Temalaca (1815)
*** Resistance and consummation phases (1815–1821)
**** Battle of Agua Zarca (1819)

#### House of Iturbide (1821–1823)
##### First Mexican Empire (1821–1823)

* Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)
** Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
*** Resistance and consummation phases (1815–1821)
**** Battle of Azcapotzalco (1821)

###### Revolt against the emperor (1822–1823)

* Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823)
** Battle of Almolonga (1823)

### First Mexican Republic (1824–1835)
#### Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–1824)
##### Spaniards in Mexico (1821–1829)

* Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)
** Battle of Mariel (1828)

##### Revolts against the government (1823)

* Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823)
* Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823)
* Rebellion of Puebla (1823)
* Revolt of Querétaro (1823)

#### Age of Santa Anna (1829–1846)

* Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)
** Battle of Tampico (1829–1829)

##### Centralist Republic of Mexico (1835–1846)
###### Comanche conflict (1821–1846)

* Comanche-Mexico Wars (1821–1870)

###### Armed opposition (1835–1840)

* Mexican Federalist War (1835–1840)
** Zacatecas rebellion (1835)
*** Battle of Zacatecas (1835)

###### Texas war for independence (1835–1836)

* Mexican Federalist War (1835–1840)
** Mexican conflicts with Texas (1835–1836)
*** Texas Revolution (1835–1836)
**** Battle of Gonzales (1835)
**** Battle of Goliad (1835)
**** Battle of Concepción (1835)
**** Grass Fight (1835)
**** Siege of Béxar (1835)
**** Battle of San Patricio (1836)
**** Battle of the Alamo (1836)
**** Battle of Agua Dulce (1836)
**** Battle of Refugio (1836)
**** Battle of Coleto (1836)
**** Battle of San Jacinto (1836)
**** Battle of Matamoros (1836)
**** Battle of Salado Creek (1842)
*** Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841–1842)
** Battle of Acajete (1839)
** Siege of Tampico (1839)
** Battle of Alcantra (1839)
*** Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande
**** Battle of Santa Rita de Morelos (1840)
**** Battle of Saltillo (1840)
* First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839)
** Battle of Veracruz (1838)
* Mier expedition (1842–1843)
* Naval Battle of Campeche (1843–1843)

###### Mexican–American War (1846)

* Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
** Northern Mexican Theater (1846–1848)
*** Battle of Monterrey (1846)
** Mexico City Campaign (1846–1848)
*** Blockade of Veracruz (1846–1848)

### Second Federal Republic of Mexico (1846–1863)
#### Mexican–American War (1846–1848)

* Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
** Northern Mexican Theater (1846–1848)
*** Battle of Buena Vista (1847)
*** Battle of the Sacramento River (1847)
*** Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales (1848)
** Mexico City Campaign (1846–1848)
*** Blockade of Veracruz (1846–1848)
*** Revolt of the Polkos (1847)
*** Siege of Veracruz (1847)
*** Battle of Cerro Gordo (1847)
*** Battle of Contreras (1847)
*** Battle of Churubusco (1847)
*** Battle for Mexico City (1847)
**** Battle of Molino del Rey (1847)
**** Battle of Chapultepec (1847)
*** Siege of Puebla (1847)
*** Battle of Huamantla (1847)
*** Action of Atlixco (1847)
*** Skirmish at Matamoros (1847)
*** Affair at Galaxara Pass (1847)
*** Action of Sequalteplan (1848)
** Pacific Coast Campaign (1847–1848)
*** Battle of Mulegé (1847)
*** Bombardment of Guaymas (1847)
*** Bombardment of Punta Sombrero (1847)
*** Battle of La Paz (1847)
*** Battle of San José del Cabo (1847)
*** Siege of La Paz (1847)
*** Siege of San José del Cabo (1848)
*** Skirmish of Todos Santos (1848)

#### La Reforma (c. 1833 – c. 1867)

* Zacatecas rebellion (1835)
* Caste War of Yucatán (1847 – c. 1933)

#### Santa Anna dictatorship (1853–1855)

* Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora (1853–1854)

#### Alvarez Presidency (1855)

* Revolution of Ayutla (1854–1855)

#### Juarez Presidency (1857–1872)

* Cortina Troubles (1859–1861)
** Battle of La Ebonal (1859)
** Battle of Rio Grande City (1859)

##### Reform War (1857–1860)

* Mexican Civil Wars (c. 1857 – Present)
** Reform War (1857—1860)
*** Crabb massacre (1857)
*** Battle of Celaya (1858)
*** Battle of Salamanca (1858)
*** Battle of Atenquique (1858)
*** Battle of La Albarrada (1858)
*** Battle of Ixtlahuaca (1858)
*** Battle of Ahualulco (1858)
*** Battle of Guadalajara (1858)
*** Battle of San Joaquín (1858)

##### Foreign intervention (1861–1863)

* Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)
** Battle of Fortín (1862)
** Battle of Las Cumbres (1862)
** Battle of Atlixco (1862)
** Battle of Puebla (1862)
** Battle of Acapulco (1863)

### Second Mexican Empire (1864–1867)

* Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867)
** Battle of San Juan Bautista (1864)
** Capture of Mazatlán (1864)
** Capture of Monterrey (1864)
** Battle of San Pedro (1864)
** Battle of la Loma (1865)
** Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
** Battle of Miahuatlán (1866)
** Battle of La Carbonera (1866)
** Battle of Guayabo (1866)
** Third Battle of Puebla (1867)
** Siege of Querétaro (1867)
** Siege of Mexico City (1867)

### Restored Republic (1867–1876)

* Las Cuevas War (1875)
* Battle of Tecoac (1876)

### Contemporary Mexico (1876 – Present)
#### Porfiriato (1876–1911)

* Spanish colonization of the Americas (c. 1492 – c. 1898 CE)
** Mexican-Indian Wars (c. 1533 CE – Present)
*** Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)
**** Yaqui Uprising (1896)
**** Battle of Mazocoba (1900)
*** Apache Wars (c. 1541 – 1924 CE)
**** Apache–Mexico Wars (c. 1541 – 1924)
***** Post-1887 Apache Wars period (1887–1924)
****** Apache campaign (1896)
*** Victorio's War (1879–1880)
*** Geronimo's War (1886–1887)
**** Crawford affair (1886)
* Garza Revolution (1891–1893)

#### Revolutionary Mexico (1911–1928)
##### Madero presidency (1911–1913)

* Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
** Magonista campaign in Baja California (1911)
*** Capture of Mexicali (1911)
*** First Battle of Tijuana (1911)
*** Second Battle of Tijuana (1911)
** Battle of Casas Grandes (1911)
** First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911)
** Battle of Cuautla (1911)
** First Battle of Rellano (1912)
** Second Battle of Rellano (1912)

##### Counter-revolution and civil war (1913–1915)

* Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
** Naval operations of the Mexican Revolution (1914)
*** First Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
*** Second Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
*** Third Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
*** Action of 9 April 1914
*** Fourth Battle of Topolobampo (1914)
** Ten Tragic Days (1913)
** First Battle of Nogales (1913)
** Battle of Naco (1913)
** First Battle of Torreón (1913)
** Second Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1913)
** Battle of Tierra Blanca (1913)
** Battle of Ojinaga (1914)
** Second Battle of Torreón (1914)
** Battle of Zacatecas (1914)

##### Constitutionalists in power (1915–1920)

* Mexican Revolution (1910–1921)
** Battle of Celaya (1915)
** Second Battle of Agua Prieta (1915)
** Third Battle of Torreón (1916)
** Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez (1919)
* First World War (1914–1918)
** Banana Wars (1898–1934)
*** Mexican–American wars (c. 1845 – c. 1977)
**** Rio Grande border disputes (c. 1845 – c. 1977)
***** Río Rico (c. 1845 – c. 1977)
***** Chamizal dispute (c. 1848 – c. 1967)
***** Country Club Dispute (c. 1850 – c. 1927)
***** Ojinaga Cut (c. 1970)
**** United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910–1919)
***** Tampico Affair (1914)
***** Ypiranga incident (1914)
***** Mexican Border War (1910–1919)
****** First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911)
****** First Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911)
****** Second Battle of Nogales (1915)
****** United States occupation of Veracruz (1914)
****** Pancho Villa Expedition (1916–1917)
******* Battle of Parral (1916)
******* Battle of Carrizal (1916)
****** Zimmermann Telegram (1917)
****** Battle of Ambos Nogales (1918)

##### Calles presidency (1924–1928)

* Cristero War (1926–1929)
** Battle of San Julián (1927)

#### Mexico under the PNR (1929–1988)
##### Mexico under the PNR (1929–1938)

* Cristero War (1926–1929)
** Battle of Tepatitlán (1929)
* Escobar Rebellion (1929)
** Siege of Naco (1929)
** Bombing of Naco (1929)
** Johnson's Ranch Raid (1929)

##### Mexico under the PRM (1938–1946)

* Saturnino Cedillo rebellion (1938–1939)

###### Camacho presidency (1940–1946)

* Second World War (1939–1945)
** Sinking of SS Faja de Oro (1942)

##### Mexico under the PRI (1946–1988)

* Mexico–Guatemala conflict (1958–1959)
* Cold War (1947–1991)
** Mexican Dirty War (1959–2000)
*** Protests of 1968 (1968–1969)
**** Mexican Movement (1968–1968)
***** Tlatelolco massacre (1968)
*** El Halconazo (1971)

#### Chiapas conflict (1994–2014)

* Chiapas conflict (1994–2014)
** Zapatista Uprising (1994–2006)
*** Zapatista uprising (1994)
*** Zapatista crisis (1995)
*** The Other Campaign (2005–2006)
** Acteal massacre (1997)

#### Mexican drug war (2006 – Present)

* War on drugs (1969 – Present)
** Mexican drug war (2006 – Present)
*** Operation Michoacán (2006 – Present)
*** Operation Baja California (2007 – Present)
*** Joint Operation Nuevo León-Tamaulipas (2007 – Present)
**** Nuevo León mass graves (2010)
**** San Fernando massacre (2010)
**** Shootout at Matamoros (2010)
**** San Fernando massacre (2011)
**** Monterrey casino attack (2011)
*** Operation Sinaloa (2008 – Present)
*** Operation Chihuahua (2008 – Present)
*** Operation Quintana Roo (2009 – Present)
*** Coahuila mass graves (2011)
*** Operación Lince Norte (2011)
*** Operación Escorpión (2011)
* Mexican Indignados Movement (2011 – Present)
* Mexican protests (2017)