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Sep 27, 1428
The Aztec Empire
In 1428, under their leader Itzcoatl, the Aztecs formed a three-way alliance with the Texcocans and the Tacubans to defeat their most powerful rivals for influence in the region, -
May 18, 1517
European Invasion & Fall of the Aztec Civilization
The first European to visit Mexican territory was Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba, who arrived in Yucatan from Cuba with three ships and about 100 men in early 1517. -
Mar 6, 1519
European Invasion & Fall of the Aztec Civilization
Cordobars reports on his return to Cuba prompted the Spanish governor there, Diego Velasquez, to send a larger force back to Mexico under the command of Hernan Cortes In March 1519. -
Oct 27, 1519
European Invasion & Fall of the Aztec Civilization
In November 1519, Cortes and his men arrived in Tenochtitlan, where Montezuma and his people greeted them as honored guests
