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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Today in Mexican History

It was on this day in 1863 that the Superior Junta (led by the triumvirate of generals Almonte, Salas and Archbishop Labastida) in Mexico City formally proclaimed Mexico a Catholic empire and to offer the crown of Mexico to the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria. Viva Mexico! Viva el Gran Emperador!

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