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Feb 15, 1519
Cortes sails for Mexico from Cuba
This is when cortes had left Cuba to set off for mexico to capture the empirer. -
Sep 2, 1519
Tlaxcalans attack the Spainsh
After the spinish arrived in Mexico, the Tlaxcalons Attacked the spainsih. Cortes and his army held them off. He explained what he was here for. Cortes had asked the Tlaxcalons if they wanted to join and defeat the aztecs. the Tlaxcalans said yes. -
Sep 20, 1519
Tlaxcalans form alliance with the Spanish
This is when the Tlaxcalans formd an alience with Cortes and his spainsh army. -
Nov 8, 1519
Moctezuma and Cortes meet
Moctexuma and Cortes meet and talk. -
Nov 14, 1519
Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage
this is when Cortes had taken Moctezuma hostage. Cortes accused Moctezuma and his people for the killing of his spainish army. those warriors were then burned in front of the emperer, Moctezuma -
Jul 1, 1520
Moctezuma dies
This is the day Moctezuma was stoned to death by his own people. -
Jul 1, 1520
The Noche Triste
This is when the Spianish died while trying to escape from Tenochtitlan. Luckuly , Cortez had escaped but, many solders had been killed. this was refered to the Noche Triste or sad night. -
Aug 13, 1520
Spanish Defeat the Aztecs
The spanish plan thier final attack on the now weekend aztecs. The aztecs on that same day had surrenderd. Cortes and his men destroyed the empire and captured Tenochtitlan. -
Sep 7, 1520
Cuitláhuac elected as new Aztecs emperer
After Moctezuma was stoned to death, Cuitláhuac was elected as the final empirer -
Nov 25, 1520
The Aztecs begin to die from smallpox
The aztecs had started to die from the diesease known as smallpox. This was also a factor to the spainsh victory. -
Aug 13, 1521
The remaining Aztecs surrender and the spainish win.
This is when the remaining aztecs had surrenderd. The spainish had defeated them and the aztecs had gotten a disease known as small poxes. -
Oct 15, 1522
Cortes becomes Governor of New Spain
After Defeating the Aztecs, Cortes become Governor of New Spain.