Mexico celebrates its Independence Day on Sept. 16, a holiday often confused with Cinco de Mayo. The day commemorates El Grito de Dolores, or Cry of Dolores, on Sept. 16, 1810 — a call to action ...

Reality check: Cinco de Mayo — or, in English, May 5 — marks a Mexican victory over France 50 years after Mexico's independence. Mexico's Independence Day is celebrated on Sept. 16.

On a day like today, but in 1823, the first emperor of Mexico, Agustín de Iturbide, left Mexico to go into exile in a European country ...

Although a movement toward Mexican independence had already ... troops descended upon Mexico City, Hidalgo retreated with only a few associates to Dolores, where he would be executed by the gachupines ...