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Aztec Timeline

By Patrick_Woo
  • Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba
    Feb 1, 1519

    Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba

    This was important because it showed Cortes' determination to explore Mexico
  • Tlaxcalans attack the Spanish
    Jul 15, 1519

    Tlaxcalans attack the Spanish

    The Tlaxacalan attack the spanish in summer 1519 but they fought back with guns and steel amour
  • Tlaxcalans form alliance with the Spanish
    Aug 15, 1519

    Tlaxcalans form alliance with the Spanish

    The Tlaxacalan decides to join the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs
  • Moctezuma and Cortes meet
    Nov 8, 1519

    Moctezuma and Cortes meet

    Montezuma and the Cortes finally meet and addressed him as if he was a god
  • Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage
    Nov 15, 1519

    Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage

    Cortes replaced the Statue where Moctezuma was staying with Roman Catholic Saints. Moctezuma's advisors were disguted set up statue of spanish religion. They felt they had got let down and diminushed there reputation
  • The Spanish massacre thousands of Aztecs while preparing for their religious festival
    May 15, 1520

    The Spanish massacre thousands of Aztecs while preparing for their religious festival

    Cortes and his men had stay six months and the Spanish government sent men to arrest Cortes and his men for disobeying his orders.The Aztecs start to prepare for there main annual festive honoring the gods.The Spanish attack the Aztecs during the festive but the Aztecs fought back ferociously that the Spanish had to retreat.
  • Moctezuma dies
    Jun 1, 1520

    Moctezuma dies

    Moctezuma was ordered to let the Spanish return in peace but was jeered and hurled with rocks and died a few days later
  • The Spanish attempt to escape from Tenochtitlan but are stopped by the Aztecs - later referred to as the Noche Triste
    Jun 15, 1520

    The Spanish attempt to escape from Tenochtitlan but are stopped by the Aztecs - later referred to as the Noche Triste

    At night the Aztecs discovered that the Spanish was escaping, so the Aztecs attacked from all sides, even in the water with canoes. Many of the Spanish were carring stolen gold so they coundn't move quickly.Unwilling to give up the gold. Many were killed.Later the Spanish referred this as the Noche Triste (Sorrowful Night).
  • The Aztecs begin to die from smallpox
    Nov 15, 1520

    The Aztecs begin to die from smallpox

    half the population died from smallpox that the Eruopean brought over.Many also died from hungar because lots of people were sick and coundn't find food for them
  • The Spanish form a second attack on the now weakened Aztecs
    Jan 1, 1521

    The Spanish form a second attack on the now weakened Aztecs

    After regrouping the Spanish start the attack with a the Tlaxacalans and the warriors of the Texcoco that had been a triple alliance.Now turned against the Aztecs. The had no allies and defending against the became more difficult.
  • The last group of Aztecs surrender
    Aug 13, 1521

    The last group of Aztecs surrender

    The last group of Aztecs were taken prisoner and hanged.Huey Tlatoani was taken prisoner and was hanged.
  • Cortes becomes governor and captain-general of New Spain
    Jan 1, 1522

    Cortes becomes governor and captain-general of New Spain

    The spanish destroyed the city badly. knocked down pyramids and temples,ripped down palaces and homes and set houses on fire so no one can hide.They filled rubble in the causeways so no one can escape by water.In less than three years Cortes became a governor and captian-general of New Spain.