The battle of Puebla happened on May 5, 1862.
Cinco=five mayo=may so on the fifth of may
Literally, on cinco de Mayo (May 5th). The year was 1862.
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 holiday that happened on may 5th was cinco de mayo a Mexican tradition and that will always be a famous tradition written by: Miley Cyrus
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/
If you are asking how long cinco de mayo lasts, the answer is 24 hours, since it is the calendar day of May 5. Cinco de mayo is the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, and that took place in 1862; so if you are asking how long ago the event was, that would be (as of this year, 2014) 152 years ago. This day as a celebration of Spanish American--and in particular, Mexican--culture is mostly something obsrved in the United States. In Mexico itself, 16 de septiembre gets much more attention.
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
Depending on what region you are in, maybe Cinco de Mayo and New Years?
5 Mexican Kings were murdered.