Events in the year 1831 in Mexico. Incumbents Anastasio Bustamante – President of Mexico Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete – Archbishop of Mexico Governors Chiapas: José Ignacio Gutiérrez Chihuahua: Coahuila: Ramón Músquiz/José María Viesca/José María de Letona/Ramón Músquiz Durango: Guanajuato: Guerrero: Jalisco: José Ignacio Herrera y Cairo/José Ignacio Cañedo y Arróniz State of Mexico: Michoacán: Nuevo León: Joaquín García Oaxaca: Puebla: Querétaro: Manuel López de Ecala San Luis Potosí: Sinaloa: Sonora: Tabasco: Tamaulipas: Juan Guerra/Francisco Vital Fernandez Veracruz: Yucatán: Zacatecas: Events Popular culture Sports Music Literature José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi's El Periquillo Sarniento is published. Notable births 12 September – Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oaxaca (died 1869) Notable deaths 31 January – Juan Francisco Azcárate y Ledesma died in Mexico City (born 1767) 14 February – Vicente Guerrero, leader of Mexican War of Independence and 2nd President of Mexico, assassinated (b. 1782) References Years of the 19th century in Mexico