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Maximilian I of Mexico
Maximilian I was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Restored Republic of Mexico on 19 June 1867.
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politics · Emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 · politician · botanist · also Maximilian I of Mexico, Fernando Maximiliano de Austria, Fernando José Maximiliano, Maximiliano I, Maximilian I, Ferdinando Maximiliano de Hapsburgo
Born 6 July 1832 · Died 19 June 1867 · Q84192
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2006· 1 entry
Gather yearly in Querétaro to commemorate the deaths of Maximilian and his followers as martyrs
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1971· 1 entry
Calls Maximilian and Carlotta "tragic figures"
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1867· 1 entry
Died 1867-06-19.
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1865· 1 entry
The United States began providing material aid to Juárez's republican forces
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1861· 2 entries
There was an opening for European powers to intervene militarily in Mexico
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Career landmark: Member of the House of Lords (Austria) (1861–1864).
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1859· 2 entries
That "the administration of the provinces of Lombardy-Venetia were directed by the Archduke Maximilian with great talent, and both a liberal and conciliatory spirit
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Maximilian was first approached by Mexican monarchists—members of the Mexican nobility, led by José Pablo Martínez del Río—with a proposal to make him the emperor of Mexico
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1854· 1 entry
Visited the tombs of his ancestors Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile in Granada
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1853· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1853).
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With the successful liberal Revolution of Ayutla, Hidalgo had lost his official accreditation and continued his efforts independently
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1849· 1 entry
Would the revolution be stamped out in Austria, with hundreds of rebels executed and thousands imprisoned
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1848· 1 entry
Emperor Ferdinand abdicated in favor of Maximilian's older brother Franz Joseph
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1832· 1 entry
Born 1832-07-06.
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1821· 2 entries
Mexico had soon divided itself into liberal and conservative parties, the latter of which had a monarchist faction
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Maximilian seemed a perfect candidate for the conservatives' plans for monarchy in Mexico
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