La batalla fue en Puebla, cerca de la Ciudad de México, en el año 1862.
Literally, on cinco de Mayo (May 5th). The year was 1862.
Cinco de Mayo was the day in 1862 when the Mexican forces won an unlikely victory against the French at the Battle of Puebla in the French-Mexican War/
The Battle of Puebla, which was fought on May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) was fought with the French. In July of 1861, a two-year moratorium of repayment of foriegn debt was issued by Mexico's President Benito Juárez, Britain, Spain and France responded by sending naval forces to Veracruz to demand payment. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France did not. That led to the French-Mexican War in which the Battle of Puebla was fought on May 5, 1862. Against tremendous odds, Mexico was the victor.
The battle of Puebla happened on May 5, 1862.
Cinco=five mayo=may so on the fifth of may
so that this holiday can not be forgetton on every year since the battle of the french and like that so cinco de mayo is the great tradiltional holiday in the nations history
Well, Cinco de Mayo means in Spanish the 5th of May, but the Battle of Puebla which the holiday commemorates happened in 1862.
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Cinco de Mayo has been celebrated in Puebla and California since 1863.
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The Mexican celebrate Cinco de Mayo because of the battle of Puebla. The battle of Puebla is where the Mexicans beat the french at war, on the year 1862. the french invaded only because the American were busy at war, the civil war. But any way this is why the Mexicans celebrate cinco de mayo. It is observed with a recreation of the battle, parade, music, festivals and fiestas, food and drink.
The war in which the Battle of Puebla was fought was the French-Mexican War. The unlikely Mexican victory is celebrated on the anniversary of the May 5, 1862 each year.