The Americas

By neckerchief
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1550

    Timeline for the Americanas

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  • Aztec city of Tenochitlan founded
    Jan 1, 1325

    Aztec city of Tenochitlan founded

  • Jan 1, 1376

    Aztecs choose their first emperor

  • Jan 1, 1438

    Inca military expansion begins

  • Jan 1, 1462

    Machu Picchu is founded

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus 'discovers' the Americas

  • Jan 1, 1498

    Columbus lands on Venezuelan coast

  • Jan 1, 1502

    Columbus encounters the Maya in Yucatan

  • Jan 1, 1512

    Laws of Burgos introduced

  • Jan 1, 1515

    Spanish settlements established on Cuba

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Spanish invade Yucatan

  • Meeting of Hernán Cortés and Emperor Mozectuma II in Tenochitlan
    Nov 8, 1519

    Meeting of Hernán Cortés and Emperor Mozectuma II in Tenochitlan

  • Jan 1, 1521

    Tenochitlan is destroyed. Spanish occupy Aztec Empire

  • Jan 1, 1523

    De Alvarado invades Maya lands

  • Jan 1, 1525

    Spanish conquer Guatemala

  • Jan 1, 1527

    Pizarro lands at Inca settlement of Tumbes

  • Jan 1, 1539

    De Soto lands in Florida

  • Jan 1, 1541

    Spanish conquer Yucatan

  • Jan 1, 1542

    'New Laws' introduced

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