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1879 - Emiliano Zapata was born on 8 August

1906 - Zapata went to a meeting in Cuautla which discussed about the possible ways to defend the lands of the common people

1908 - His initial acts of rebellion got noticed and he was sent to Cuernavaca after being drafted into the Ninth Regiment

1909 - Zapata's village Anenecuilco called an important meeting to decide on the next President of the village council where Zapata was made the President

1910 - Mexican President Porfirio Díaz's government was threatened by rising candidacy of Francisco I. Madero

1910 - Zapata made himself the general of an army which had formed in Morelos called as the "Ejército Libertador del Sur" (Liberation Army of the South)

1911 - Emiliano Zapata and several other rebel farmers along with Madero soon overthrew Díaz in May with the Battle of Ciudad Juárez

1911 - Zapata's doubts and suspicions were confirmed with Madero deciding to appoint a governor to support plantation owners leaving aside Zapata's persistent pleas to achieve agrarian goals

1911 - Together Zapata and Montano formed the most radical reform plan in Mexico; the Plan de Ayala on 25 November

1911 - In November all moves on compromises failed between Zapata and Madero

1917 - Sanchez was executed on 17 May after teaching Zapata the thoughts of Peter Kropotkin and Flores Magón

1919 - Zapata was defeated in a planned ambush by Gen. Pablo González and his lieutenant, Col. Jesús Guajardo who were supporters of the Mexican president, Venustiano Carranza

1919 - On 10 April Zapata was killed by bullets fired at him

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