Editing Ciudad Victoria (section)

=== Post-colonial period ===
After the [[Mexican War of Independence|Mexican Independence]]  New Santander was renamed "Tamaulipas<ref name=":0" />", and the [[Congress of Tamaulipas|State Congress]] decrees on April 20, 1825, to elevate the Villa de Aguayo to the category of "City",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raullongoria.net/santander.htm|title=NUEVO SANTANDER|website=www.raullongoria.net|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> seat of the [[Separation of powers|Three Powers]] and [[Tamaulipas|Capital of the State]], approving the name of Victoria, in honour of the [[List of heads of state of Mexico|first President of Mexico]], [[Guadalupe Victoria]]. "The Capitality Decree, Title of City and Name" is published by mandate of the [[Congress of Tamaulipas|First Congress]], signed and sealed by Enrique Camilo Suárez, Vice [[Governor of Tamaulipas]].<ref name=":0" />

In this Capital, the [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Governor of the State]], Lucas Fernández, on May 4 issued a decree to reject the invasion by order of the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish monarchy]]. The attempt of reconquest by the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish vanguard army]] commanded by General [[Isidro Barradas|Brigadier Isidro Barradas]], was frustrated on September 11, 1829, in [[Tampico]], Tamaulipas; At the head of the national forces were the Generals: [[Felipe de la Garza Cisneros]], [[Governor of Tamaulipas|Manuel Mier and Terán]] and [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]]. [[Battle of Tampico (1863)]] was one of the few battles against a [[Interventionism (politics)|foreign intervention]] in Mexico where the [[Spanish Empire|invaders]] have surrendered against the [[Mexican Armed Forces|Mexican forces]].<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Básilica y plaza.jpg|thumb|Sale of flags in the month of September in the Plaza Juarez of Ciudad Victoria]]
In 1846, in the [[Mexican–American War]], Ciudad Victoria was occupied on December 25 by troops from the United States and was liberated at the end of the war.<ref name=":6"/> In 1898, [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Porfirio Díaz]] sponsored the operation of the urban animal-drawn [[Rail transport|railroad]] that ran down Hidalgo Street to the Train Station, and a branch to the Hacienda de Tamatán, properties of Colonel Manuel González Jr. and that same year the Paseo Méndez was founded, inspired by [[Paris]]ian street [[Champs-Élysées]].