Aztec INVASION

  • Cortes sets sail for Mexico
    Jun 15, 1519

    Cortes sets sail for Mexico

    He was at Cuba when he got hired to explore a "main land"
  • Cortes's landing
    Jun 18, 1519

    Cortes's landing

    The Spanish are attacked by the Tlaxcalans a few days after landing
  • Weeks later peace settles
    Jun 29, 1519

    Weeks later peace settles

    Tlaxcalans make an alliance with the Spanish and tell them about the Aztecs
  • Cortes meets Moctezuma
    Sep 8, 1519

    Cortes meets Moctezuma

    The Spanish 3 month trip finally gets to the heart of the Aztec lands
  • Moctezuma is taken
    Sep 13, 1519

    Moctezuma is taken

    Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage in his own great city
  • The Spanish massacre
    Sep 25, 1519

    The Spanish massacre

    while Cortes is out fighting his old foe his second in command kills thousands at a festival.
  • The Spanish retreat
    Oct 1, 1519

    The Spanish retreat

    Cotes comes back to see that the city is in anarchy, he and his solder hide in their palace trying to calm down the Aztecs
  • Death of the ruler
    Oct 2, 1519

    Death of the ruler

    Moctezuma is stoned by his own outraged people
  • The massacred Spanish
    Oct 10, 1519

    The massacred Spanish

    Cortes and his men run for the bridge with as much gold as they can carry, an Aztec amush kills over 600 spanish
  • Sickness
    Oct 14, 1519

    Sickness

    The Aztecs are dying of smallpox brought by the spanish.
  • Rallying Charge
    Oct 25, 1519

    Rallying Charge

    The Spanish and their allys regroup and attack the now weakend Aztecs.
  • Victory and Defeat
    Nov 29, 1520

    Victory and Defeat

    after years the Aztec's have finaly surrender.
  • Spoils of War
    Jul 15, 1521

    Spoils of War

    Cortes is made Govenor and Captain-General of New Spain and recives 1/12 of all the Aztec gold (thats a lot!)