What is Mexican War of Independence?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Mexican War of Independence | partof = [[Spanish American wars of independence]] | image = Batalla del Monte de las Cruces-30 oct 1810-México.jpg | caption = | date = [[September 16th]], [[1810]] - [[May 5th]], [[1821]] | place = [[Viceroyalty of New Spain]] or [[Mexico]] | territory = | result = [[First Mexican Empire]] gains independence from [[Spain]] | combatant1 = <center>[[Patriot (Spanish American Revolution)|Patriots]]<br />[[File:Flag of Mexico (1821-1823).svg|100 px|border]] </center> *Mexicans Insurgents *Europeans and volunteers <center> after 1819</center> *Mexican ex-royalists *Army of the Three Guarantees | combatant2 = <center>[[Royalist (Hispanic American Revolution)|Royalists]]<br />[[Image:Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg|100px|border]]</center> *Spaniard royalists <center>before 1821</center> *Mexican royalists | commander1 = [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]]{{KIA}}<br /> [[José María Morelos]]{{KIA}} <br /> [[Francisco Javier Mina]]{{KIA}} <br /> [[Vicente Guerrero]] <br /> [[Agustín I]] <br /> [[Mariano Matamoros]]{{KIA}} <br /> [[Ignacio López Rayón]] <br /> [[José Sixto Verduzco]] | commander2 = [[Francisco Javier Venegas, marqués de la Reunión y de Nueva España|Francisco Javier Venegas]] <br /> [[Ignacio Elizondo]]{{KIA}}<br />[[Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito|Juan Ruiz de Apodaca]]<br />[[Félix María Calleja del Rey, 1st Count of Calderón|Félix María Calleja del Rey]] <br /> [[Francisco Novella]] <br />[[Juan O'Donojú]]<br />[[Ferdinand VII]] | strength1 = 100.000 irregular 23.000 regular | strength2 = 17.000 | casualties17 = 8.000 killed <br /> 15.000 wounded | casualties2 = 1.000 killed | notes = | casualties1 = 250,000 | Image 2 = File:Batalla de la Alhóndiga de Granaditas.jpg }} '''The Mexican War of Independence''' (1810–1821) was a war between the people of [[Mexico]] and the [[Kingdom of Spain|Spanish]] [[colony|colonial]] government. It started on the [[16 Sep