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Jan 1, 1485
Birth
Born in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain -
Period: Jan 1, 1485 to Dec 2, 1547
Hernando Cortes Birth to Death
Birth to Death of Hernando Cortes -
Jan 1, 1499
Hernando Cortes
Attends university of Salamanca -
Jan 1, 1501
Hernando Cortes
He failed college and left to returen to Medellin -
Jan 1, 1502
Hernando Cortes
Cortes heard stories about the expedition to the West Indies -
Jan 1, 1502
Hernando Cortes
Cortes heard stories about the expedition to the West Indies -
Jan 1, 1511
Hernando Cortes
Hernan Cortes goes to the expedition of Cuba -
Jan 1, 1513
Hernando Cortes
The town of Bayamo was established in Cuba -
Jan 1, 1514
Hernando Cortes
He becomes a rancher in Cuba -
Jan 1, 1514
Hernando Cortes
Towns in Cuba were founded -
Jan 1, 1518
Hernando Cortes
Captains an expedition to an established colony to Mexico -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes
February 19, cortes sets sail to Mexico -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes
March, cortes lands in Mexico and suppresses a town called Tabasco and he meets his translator Malinche -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes
Sails from the Yucatan peninsula and marched to Tenochtitlan -
Jan 1, 1520
Hernando Cortes
Hernan Cortes is attacked by Aztec warriors on his way to Tenochtitlan -
Jan 1, 1520
Hernando Cortes
Cortes and his soliders are forced out of Tenochtitlan -
Jan 1, 1521
Hernando Cortes
He returns to Tenichtitlan with reinforcements -
Jan 1, 1521
Hernando Cortes
A plague strikes and many Aztecs are killed -
Jan 1, 1528
Hernando Cortes
Returns to Spain and he was given the title "Marques Del Valle De Oaxaca" -
Jan 1, 1530
Hernando Cortes
He returns to the new world and settles in Cuernavaca, Mexico -
Jan 1, 1533
Hernando Cortes
Makes a final expedition and discoveres Baja, California -
Jan 1, 1534
Hernando Cortes
Explored California for a year and went back to Mexico -
Jan 1, 1540
Hernando Cortes
Returns to Spain for the last time -
Jan 1, 1541
Hernando Cortes
Permission to fight against the Moors and Pirates of Algiers -
Dec 2, 1547
Death
He dies near Seville