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Aztec timeline

By ryll
  • The start of the Aztecs
    1325

    The start of the Aztecs

    Aztec settled in the Valley of Mexico.
  • Aztec formed an alliance
    1428

    Aztec formed an alliance

    Tenochtitlán formed a Triple Alliance with the cities of Texcoco and Tlacopan in the Valley of Mexico.
  • Moctezuma I
    1440

    Moctezuma I

    Moctezuma I became the Huey Tlatoani
  • Ahuitzotl
    1486

    Ahuitzotl

    Ahuitzotl becomes the Aztec ruler
  • Sacrifice
    1487

    Sacrifice

    Ahuitzotl’s new temple at Tenochtitlán is dedicated to the gods in a ceremony that lasts four days and with as many as 20,000 prisoners of war sacrificed at the altar.
  • Rule
    1500

    Rule

    Aztec ruled about 500 smaller city-states and millions of people
  • Mocteczuma II
    1502

    Mocteczuma II

    Mocteczuma II took the throne.
  • Spanish conquistadors
    1519

    Spanish conquistadors

    Hernán Cortés, a Spaniard led an expedition from present-day Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Defeat
    1520

    Defeat

    Cortés captures Emperor Montezuma II and holds him hostage.
  • Death
    1521

    Death

    By August of 1521 CE, over 40,000 Aztec lay dead