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Jan 1, 1420
1428
A triple alliance is forged between the cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan. This cements the power of the Aztec Empire. -
Jan 1, 1490
1492
Christopher Columbus arrives in the Americas, landing in the Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola in the caribbean. -
Jan 1, 1490
1494
The Treaty of Tordes was is signed. In it Pope Alexander VI grants all lands to the west of a line in the Atlantic Ocean to Spain, and all lands to the east of the line to Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1500
1502
Montezuma becomes the Aztec ruler. -
Jan 1, 1500
1507
"America" is first named by the cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, in honour of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. -
Jan 1, 1510
1517
Hernandez de Cordoba begins to explore Yucatan Peninsula and Mexico's east coast. -
Jan 1, 1510
1519
Hernán Cortés arrives in the Aztec empire and enters the capital city. Tenochtitlan. -
Jan 1, 1520
1520
Aztec in Tenochtitlan are massacred by the Spanish and Montezuma dies. The Spanish are driven out of the city a few months later. A smallpox epidemic sweeps through the region in the same year killing thousands. -
Feb 1, 1520
1521
The aztecs are deleated and Tenochtitlan is destroyed after a three-month siege by the Spanish and their allies.
