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Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)

Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)

  1. Cortés sails from Cuba for Yucatán

    Labels: Hern n, Cuba, Yucat n

  2. Battle of Centla fought in Tabasco

    Labels: Battle of, Tabasco, Maya-Chontal

  3. Doña Marina (Malintzin) joins Cortés

    Labels: Do a, Malintzin, interpreter

  4. Cortés lands on Gulf coast near Veracruz

    Labels: Veracruz, Gulf Coast, Cort s

  5. Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz established

    Labels: Villa Rica, municipal council, Cort s

  6. Spanish–Tlaxcalan alliance forms

    Labels: Tlaxcala, Spanish Tlaxcalan, indigenous allies

  7. Massacre at Cholula during march inland

    Labels: Cholula, Cholula massacre, central Mexico

  8. Cortés and Moctezuma II meet in Tenochtitlan

    Labels: Tenochtitlan, Moctezuma II, Hern n

  9. Toxcatl Massacre sparks citywide uprising

    Labels: Toxcatl Massacre, Great Temple, Pedro de

  11. La Noche Triste: Spaniards flee Tenochtitlan

    Labels: La Noche, Tenochtitlan, Spanish retreat

  12. Battle of Otumba during retreat to Tlaxcala

    Labels: Battle of, Tlaxcala, retreat

  13. Smallpox epidemic hits Tenochtitlan

    Labels: Smallpox epidemic, Tenochtitlan, Valley of

  14. Cuitláhuac dies; Cuauhtémoc later crowned

    Labels: Cuitl huac, Cuauht moc, succession

  15. Siege of Tenochtitlan begins

    Labels: Siege of, Lake Texcoco, siege warfare

  16. Tenochtitlan surrenders; Cuauhtémoc captured

    Labels: Tenochtitlan surrender, Cuauht moc, Mexica collapse