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The Mexican Revolution started in 1910, when liberals and intellectuals began to challenge the regime of dictator Porfirio Díaz, who had been in power since 1877, a term of 34 years called El Porfiriato, violating the principles and ideals of the Mexican Constitution of 1857.

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The economic policies of Porfirio Díaz, unequal distribution of land, deeply entrenched economic inequality, and undemocratic institutions were the major causes of the revolution.

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On October 11, 1910: After Diaz had declared himself an eighth term in a rigged election, Francisco Madero escapes from prison to Texas.

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Madero fled to Mexico for San Antonio, Texas, to gather support, funding, and munitions while planning his next attack. The most important result of that stay was the Plan of San Luis Potosí, a small document where he laid out his reasons for rebellion.

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November 19, 1910: During travel to Mexico, Madero encounters Mexican bandit Doroteo Arango. Madero begins working toward a rebellion against Diaz. During travel to Mexico, Madero encounters Mexican bandit Doroteo Arango, also known as Pancho Villa.

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Pancho Villa (1878-1923) was a famed Mexican revolutionary and guerilla leader. He joined Francisco Madero's uprising against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz in 1909 and later became leader of the División del Norte cavalry and governor of Chihuahua.

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November 20, 1910: Madero begins to organize an uprising. In this plan, Madero called for an uprising starting on November 20, 1910, to restore the Constitution of 1857 and replace dictator Díaz with a provisional government. Its main purpose was to establish a democratic republic and to abolish unlimited presidential terms.

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January 30, 1911: Pascual Orozco attacks a federal garrison. Encouraged by Villa's and Orozco's actions, as well as the outbreak of the Zapatista rebellion in Morelos, Madero crossed back into Mexico in February 1911.

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February 1911: After a few minor engagements with units of Diaz's army, Madero, Orozco, and Villa decided to attack the federal garrison at Ciudad Juárez. If they could take the city, they would control traffic between Mexico and the US. Furthermore, such a major success by the revolutionaries could very well be the final push that would knock over the Porfiriato

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Febuary 5,1917: At this time the Mexican Revolution of 1910 had came to an end at last after a long time of the bloody struggle among several factions in constantly shifting alliances which resulted ultimately in the end of the 30-year dictatorship in Mexico and the establishment of a constitutional republic