title: 1843 in Mexico
text: # 1843 in Mexico
  
  Events in the year 1843 in Mexico.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President:
     * until March 4: Nicolás Bravo
     * March 4 – October 4: Antonio López de Santa Anna
     * starting October 4: Valentín Canalizo
  
  ### Governors
  
  * Aguascalientes: Mariano Chico Navarro
  * Chiapas: Ignacio Barberena
  * Chihuahua:
  * Coahuila: Francisco Mejía/José Juan Sánchez Estrada
  * Durango:
  * Guanajuato:
  * Guerrero:
  * Jalisco: Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga/José María Jarero/José Antonio Mozo
  * State of Mexico:
  * Michoacán:
  * Nuevo León: Manuel María de Llano
  * Oaxaca:
  * Puebla:
  * Querétaro: Julián Juvera
  * San Luis Potosí:
  * Sinaloa:
  * Sonora:
  * Tabasco:
  * Tamaulipas: Francisco Vital Fernandez/Jose Ignacio Gutierrez/Juan Nepomuceno Cortina
  * Veracruz:
  * Yucatán: Miguel Barbachano
  * Zacatecas:
  
  ## Events
  
  * April 30 – May 16 – Naval Battle of Campeche: Naval Battle between the Mexican Navy versus the Texas Navy and the Yucatán Navy. The battle featured the most advanced warships of its day.
  * August 23 – President Antonio López de Santa Anna announced that the annexation of Texas by the United States would be considered an act of war by Mexico.
  
  ## Notable deaths
  
  * March 21 — Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
  