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Events on Wednesday 19 March 1823 1
1823Fall of the Mexican EmpireAgustin de Iturbide abdicates, First Mexican Republic followsFacing the Plan of Casa Mata revolt led by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and other generals, Emperor Agustin de Iturbide abdicated the throne of the short-lived Mexican Empire. A provisional government took power and moved to establish a federal republic, adopted the following year. Iturbide went into exile in Europe.