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Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 1 year. Name in sources: Guerra de Mixton. Location: Nueva Galicia. México, actuales estados Jalisco, Nayarit, Colima y parte de Zacatecas Country (current): Mexico. Monarchy: Spanish. Main participants: Indigenous. Number of participants: >500. Main reasons & motivations: Anti-colonial, Freedom, Religion. Leadership: Tenamaxtle de Nochistlán; Petlacatl de Xalpa; Tenquitlatl de Tlatenango, Xiuticutli de Xuchipila y D. Diego de los zacatecos.. Relevance: high.
Author: Domingo L. González Lopo (USC).
González Lopo, Domingo L. (2020). "Mixton war 1540", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Encyclopaedia of Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. https://mappingrebellions.com/revolt/mixton-war-1540/ (accessed on 12 March 2026).