Aztec

Aztec Timeline

By hbabcock
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Aztecs Arrive In Mesoamerica

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Building Canals

    Building Canals
  • Jan 1, 1376

    The First Aztec King Comes Into Power

    The King of Tenochtitlan, Acamapichitli, comes into power and rules until 1395.
  • Jan 1, 1427

    War with the Tepaneca

    War with the Tepaneca
  • May 3, 1440

    Reign of Moctezuma The First

    Reign of Moctezuma The First
    Moctezuma is also called Montezuma sometimes. He ruled until 1469
  • Jan 1, 1452

    Famine in Tenochtitlan

    The city of Tenochtitlan is starving as poor farming conditions ravage the land.
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Floods in Tenochtitlan

    Severe floods begin to overtake Tenochtitlan.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    Aztecs See a Comet

    Aztecs believed the comet would bring bad luck, and that it signified bad omens. They were right.
  • Mar 4, 1519

    Hernan Cortes Discovers the Aztecs

    Hernan Cortes Discovers the Aztecs
  • Nov 8, 1519

    Hernan Finds Tenochtitlan

  • Aug 13, 1521

    Aztecs Surrender to Hernan Cortes

    This was also the fall of Tenochtitlan.