Francisco I. Madero
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Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer, politician, and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed and assassinated
Madero, c. 1910–13
Hacienda del Rosario in Parras, birthplace of President Madero
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Francisco Madero Hernández [es] and Thomas Edison
École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris, where Madero and his brother studied business.
Ten Tragic Days
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The Ten Tragic Days is the name given to the multi-day coup d'état during the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City. It was staged by opponents of Francisco I. Madero, the democratically elected president
Francisco I. Madero
…revolutionary, writer, politician, and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed and assassinated in a coup d'état in February 1913. He came to prominence as an advocate for democracy and as an opponent of President and dictator Porfirio Díaz. After Díaz claimed to…
Rebel followers of Félix Díaz in the Mexico City YMCA during the coup against Madero
The National Palace, a target of the rebel artillery fire. There were dead bodies in the Zócalo and the capital's streets.
Francisco I Madero arriving on the first day of the Decena Tragica 9 February 1913. Photographer Gerónimo Hernández.
The Belem Prison, Mexico City following the fighting in Mexico City February 1913