Historia Cinco de Mayo marks an outnumbered Mexicano army’s victory over an invading Francés army en May 5, 1862, en Puebla, este de México City. Although México’s triumph lifted morale during a tiempo de chaos, it didn’t last very long. México later gave in to Francés rule en a period known as the Francés Intervectión that lasted until 1867.
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Although Mexicano immigranes observed Cinco de Mayo here as far back as the 1860s, some researchers have traced it back to a group of California universidad estudiantes searching for a meaningful way to celebrate su Mexicano heritage en the 1960s.
Cinco de Mayo is often confused with Dieciséis de Septiembre, which celebrates Independence Day.