Timeline for the Americas

By Georgiana
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1550

    Timeline for the Americas

  • Nov 9, 1325

    Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded

  • Nov 9, 1376

    Aztecs choose their first emperor

  • Nov 9, 1438

    inca military expansion begins

  • Nov 9, 1462

    Machu Picchu founded

  • Nov 9, 1492

    Columbus 'discovers' the Americas

  • Nov 9, 1498

    Columbus lands on Venezualan coast

  • Nov 9, 1502

    Columbus encounters the Maya in Yucatan

  • Period: Nov 12, 1512 to Nov 12, 1513

    Laws of Burgos introduced

  • Nov 12, 1515

    Spanish settlements established on Cuba

  • Nov 12, 1517

    Spanish invade Yucatan

  • Period: Nov 12, 1517 to Nov 12, 1518

    Spanish invade Yucatan

  • Nov 12, 1519

    Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan

  • Nov 12, 1521

    Tenochtitlan is destroyed. Spanish occupy Aztec Empire

  • Nov 12, 1523

    De Alvarado invades Maya lands

  • Nov 12, 1525

    Spanish conquer Guatemala

  • Nov 12, 1527

    Pizarro lands at Incan settlement of Tumbes

  • Nov 12, 1539

    De Soto lands in Florida

  • Nov 12, 1541

    Spanish conquer Yucatan

  • Nov 12, 1542

    'New laws' introduced