the Spanish conquest

  • Aztec city of tenochtitlan founded
    1325

    Aztec city of tenochtitlan founded

    The city of Tenochtitlan had founded and located on an island in lake Texcoco in the valley of Mexico
  • Aztecs choose their firs emperor
    1376

    Aztecs choose their firs emperor

    Aztecs had chosen his first tlatoani or ruler, his name was Acamapichtli
  • Death of Acamapichtli
    1395

    Death of Acamapichtli

    After 19 years of rule Acamapichtli had died at 39 years old
  • Inca military expansion begins
    1438

    Inca military expansion begins

    Pachacuti had begun a process of military expansion
  • Machu picchu founded
    1462

    Machu picchu founded

    Machu Picchu just had been founded
  • Colon begins its journey
    1492

    Colon begins its journey

    Columbus had set sailed with his three ships from the Spanish port for the west trying to reach Asia
  • Columbus discovers the americas
    1492

    Columbus discovers the americas

    Columbus had arrived in America
  • Colon arrives in venezuela
    1498

    Colon arrives in venezuela

    Columbus had landed on Venezuela coast
  • Columbus encounters maya in yucatan
    1502

    Columbus encounters maya in yucatan

    Bartolome had landed on the north shore of Guanaja island and had his first contact between Spanish
    people and maya people
  • Laws of burgos introduced
    1512

    Laws of burgos introduced

    The ¨leyes of burgos¨ had promulgated on 27 December 1512 in burgos, kingdom of castile, Spain
  • spanish settlements established on cuba
    1515

    spanish settlements established on cuba

    the Spanish establishment had been established in Cuba
  • Spanish invade yucatan
    1517

    Spanish invade yucatan

    Spanish people had invaded Yucatan
  • Cortes arrives in tenochtitlan
    1519

    Cortes arrives in tenochtitlan

    Hernan Cortes had arrived in Tenochtitlan
  • Tenochtitlan is destroyed
    1521

    Tenochtitlan is destroyed

    Tenochtitlan had destroyed by the Spanish. The Spanish occupied the Aztec empire.