Reverses of the Spaniards

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  • Panfilo de Narvaez is sent to arrest Cortés
    Mar 28, 1520

    Panfilo de Narvaez is sent to arrest Cortés

    Governor Diego Velazquez sends Panifilo de Narvaez from Cuba to arrest Cortés. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
  • Cortés defeats the Narvaez expedition
    Apr 3, 1520

    Cortés defeats the Narvaez expedition

    Cortés marches out of Tenochtilan and defeats the Narvaez expedition. Narváez is taken prisoner and his defeated soldiers join Cortés' cause. (Alamy Images) Image Courtesy of Alamy Images
  • Alvarado's Massacre
    Apr 7, 1520

    Alvarado's Massacre

    In Cortés' absence from Tenochtilan, Pedro de Alvarado orders the slaughter of unarmed Mexica nobles who are celebrating the Festival of Toxcatl. Post-Conquest Nahua Painting, c. 1560. (CSU Bakersfield Library)