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Mar 4, 1519
The landing of Hernan Cortes on the Yucatan penninsula
Cortes allies with Tlaxcala, enemies of the Aztec, assault on the empire begins. The Spanish and their native allies suffered heavy losses, also known as "The Sad Night" which consisted of Hernan Cortes and his army of Spanish conquistadors and native allies fought their way out of the Mexican capital at Tenochtitlan following the death of the Aztec king Montezuma II; who had been held hostage by the Spaniards. -
Oct 23, 1519
Spanish massacre
While the Aztecs were preparing for the festival, Cortes and his men surrounded the courtyard, they murdered nobles and priests. -
Mar 10, 1520
The last group of Aztecs surrender
Cortes stopped and denied the flow of the gross domestic product and water/essential needs from entering the city, causing the Aztecs to surrender -
Jun 16, 1520
Moctezuma dies
Moctezuma, the leader, was stoned to death. He was certainly faced with a difficult situation when the powerful strangers landed. He chose eventually to meet them in peace, giving gifts and even allowing for their lack of cultural knowledge (although, no one was allowed to look directly at the emperor - Moctezuma apparently overlooked Cortes' offense in this matter). -
Jul 25, 1520
Cuitahuac becomes the tenth Emperor of Tenochtitlan
A council of noblemen chose him to be Great Speaker in 1520 after an angry crowd of Aztecs killed the previous emperor. -
Oct 9, 1520
Cuitlahuac gets small pocks
After only 4 months of being the emperor of the Aztecs, Cuitlahuac caught the deadly virus that has done a lot of depopulation within the 15th century had got to the point where it finally ended his life. -
Oct 25, 1520
The rule of Cuauhetemoc
Cuauhetemoc was the 11th Emperor of Tenochtitlan and the last. -
Aug 13, 1521
The end of Tenochtitlan
Cuauhetemoc surrenders to Cortes, and he begins destruction of the city -
Mar 13, 1522
The rebuild
Rebuilding of the city by the Spanish as Mexico City, capital of New Spain -
Feb 28, 1525
The end of Cuauhetemoc
Cuauhetemoc died because he was hung by the Spaniards. -
What is still effected ?
When Cortez went to mexico and killed thousands of Aztecs and full destroyed them he left behind something that still is going on today, it is the Spanish language. -
How have people responded?
People haven't really had a huge effect on it, other than the fact they've been informed about it.
