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| 1858 |
| | | Conservatives seize Mexico City at the start of a civil war against the Liberal government | |
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| 1861 |
| | | The Liberals recover Mexico City and elect Benito Juarez as president | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Benito Juarez, president of a bankrupt Mexico, suspends interest payment on the nation's foreign debt | |
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| 1862 |
| | | A joint French, Spanish and British force lands in Mexico and captures Veracruz, ostensibly to collect the interest on European debts | |
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| 1863 |
| | | The French capture Mexico City and President Juarez flees to the north | |
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| 1864 |
| | | The French arrange for the coronation of the Austrian archduke Maximilian as emperor of Mexico | |
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| 1866 |
| | | Napoleon III withdraws French troops from Mexico, leaving the emperor Maximilian in a dangerous situation | |
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| 1867 |
| | | Maximilian, the emperor of Mexico, and two of his generals are shot after being surrounded and captured at Querétaro | |
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| 1868 |
| | | An armed uprising against Spanish rule takes place in the town of Lares in Puerto Rico, becoming known as the Grito de Lares ('Cry of Lares') | |
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| c. 1877 |
| | | Cattle-rustler William H. Bonney becomes known as Billy the Kid in his brief and murderous career of crime in New Mexico | |
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