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Events on Thursday 16 November 1876 1
1876Porfirio Diaz seizes power in MexicoThe Tuxtepec Rebellion topples President Lerdo de TejadaGeneral Porfirio Diaz launched the Plan of Tuxtepec in January 1876 against the re-election of President Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. After defeating government forces at the Battle of Tecoac in November, Diaz entered Mexico City and assumed the presidency, beginning a rule that would last, with one interruption, until 1911.