Porfiriato´s Timeline

  • January 1876

    Porfirio Diaz proclaims the " Plan of Tuxtepec", which prohibited the reelection in Lerdo de Tejada´s government.
  • November 1876

    Porfirio Diaz raises to the presidency of Mexico
  • 1878

    The phone service was officially stablished in Mexico
  • 1881

    The National Bank of Mexico appeared
  • 1882

    The Mercantile Agricultural and Mortgage Bank is created with the Spanish capital.
  • 1883

    Promotion of railways through concessions to foreigners, mainly to England and the United States
  • 1885

    A centralized policy emerges to consolidate Diaz´s dictatorship
  • 1886

    Opponents of Diaz launch the "Manifesto de la Nación"; The news of the strike in Chicago arrived in Mexico and helped to stimulate the spirit of struggle among Mexican workers.