September 13th commemorates the Battle of Chapultepec and the Niños Héroes, 6 Mexican military cadets ages 13 to 20 who died defending Chapultepec Castle against American forces. September 16th marks the beginning of Mexico's war for independence, started by Miguel Hidalgo's call to arms in 1810. November 20th marks the beginning of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, a social revolution led by Francisco Madero that ended with Díaz's exile in 1911.

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2. September 13th It commemorates the Battle of Chapultepec in the war against American intervention. They are known as “NiñosHéroes” 6 of the 50 Mexican military cadets who participated and who were between 13 and 20 years old and died defending Chapultepec Castle.

3. September 16th “El Grito de Dolores” is considered the time point that started the war of Independence in México. It consists with the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made his followers to rise against the colonial authority in “Nueva España” on the morning of September 16, 1810. The shout is made to sound the now famous Bell of Dolores, located in the eastern tower of the parish church of the town of Dolores.

4. November 20th The Mexican Revolution was the first social revolution of the twentieth century whose stage or armed phase lasted from 1910 to 1920. The revolution began as a rebellion against the dictatorship of PorfirioDíaz, who had been more than 30 years in power. The movement was led by the intellectual and political theorist Francisco I. Madero with its slogan "effective suffrage, no reelection" crystallized discontent around the country against the dictator Diaz. This phase ended with the exile of Diaz in Paris and Madero's triumph in the democratic elections of 1911.