Hernán Cortés

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Sources

1. BookConquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico
2. BookWhen Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History
3. BookLetters from Mexico
4. WebsiteHernán Cortés

ally of:

• Tlaxcalasince 23 Sep 1519 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

• Totonacssince 1519 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

enemy of:

• Diego Velázquez de Cuéllarsince 1519 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

• Pánfilo de Narváezsince 1520 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

advised by:

• Malintzinsince Mar 1519 O.S.

  Sources: When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

conquered:

• Aztec Empire1519 O.S. – 13 Aug 1521 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History

executed:

• Cuauhtémocsince 28 Feb 1525 O.S.

  Sources: The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico

founded:

• Veracruzsince 1519 O.S.

  Sources: Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

Appears in20 items

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  The Age of Discovery4 items
  • Conquest of the Aztec Empire · conquerorApr 1519 O.S.
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    Cortés meets Moctezuma · visitor8 Nov 1519 O.S.
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    La Noche Triste · commander30 Jun 1520 O.S.
  • 
    Fall of Tenochtitlan · conqueror13 Aug 1521 O.S.
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  The Aztec and Inca Empires14 items
  • Malintzin joins the Spaniards · recipientMar 1519 O.S.
  • Cortés lands at San Juan de Ulúa · commander22 Apr 1519 O.S.
  • Cortés’s march to Tenochtitlan · commander16 Aug 1519 O.S.
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    Alliance with Tlaxcala · commander23 Sep 1519 O.S.
  • Massacre at Cholula · commanderOct 1519 O.S.
  • Cortés meets Moctezuma · visitor8 Nov 1519 O.S.
  • The Toxcatl massacre · commanderMay 1520 O.S.
  • Moctezuma dies · captorJun 1520 O.S.
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    La Noche Triste · commander30 Jun 1520 O.S.
  • 
    Battle of Otumba · commander7 Jul 1520 O.S.
  • Brigantines launched at Texcoco · commander28 Apr 1521 O.S.
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    The siege of Tenochtitlan · commander26 May 1521 O.S.
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    Tenochtitlan falls · conqueror13 Aug 1521 O.S.
  • Cuauhtémoc hanged in Acalan · ordered execution28 Feb 1525 O.S.
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  The Maya1 item
  • Cortés visits the Itza at Nojpetén · visitorMar 1525 O.S.
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  The World’s Religions1 item
  • The “Twelve” Franciscans reach Mexico · greeter1524 O.S.

Mentioned in2 items

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  Pandemics1 item
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    Smallpox in Tenochtitlan1520
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  The Maya1 item
  • Spanish conquest1524 O.S.