Aztec

Amanda Kelly's Aztec Timeline

By adiddle95
  • Nov 25, 1200

    Creation

    (The year is supposed to be 0, but that isn't possible on this timeline).
    The great gods, Quetzalcoatl, Nanautzin, Tezcatlipoca, Ehecatl, and Huitzilopochtli created five different worlds, though the gods created each one when the previous one failed.
  • Jan 1, 1250

    Arrival

    Arrival
    Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico and settle near Lake Texcoco.
  • Jan 1, 1325

    First Temple

    First Temple
    The Aztecs built their first temple, Tenochtitlán, in 1325.
  • Jan 1, 1370

    Leadership Change

    Religious leader Tenoch dies, allowing for the reign of kings
  • Nov 25, 1428

    Alliance

    Threeway alliance formed with neighboring tribes, the Texcocans and the Tacubans in order to defeat the Tepanec.
  • Jan 1, 1479

    Calendar

    Calendar
    Aztecs end their 52 year struggle of completing the Calendar Stone. They used this scientific calendar in addition to their religious calendar.
  • Nov 25, 1519

    Cortez

    Cortez
    Cortez arrives in Mexico and takes the current rule hostage.
  • Nov 11, 1520

    Epidemic

    Epidemic
    More than half of the population died from the smallpox that Cortez and his men unwittingly brought with them. Cortez's men were immune to it having been exposed to it before, but the Aztecs had never come into contact with small pox before and so the death toll sky-rocketed.
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Alliance Breaks

    Cortez attacks the weakened Aztecs with the help of former Aztec allies, the Texcocans and the Tacubans. The Aztecs are finally defeated.
  • Nov 25, 1522

    New Governor

    Cortez becomes govenor of New Spain, what the city was renamed after he demolished it.