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Jun 15, 1519
Cortes sets sail for Mexico
He was at Cuba when he got hired to explore a "main land" -
Jun 18, 1519
Cortes's landing
The Spanish are attacked by the Tlaxcalans a few days after landing -
Jun 29, 1519
Weeks later peace settles
Tlaxcalans make an alliance with the Spanish and tell them about the Aztecs -
Sep 8, 1519
Cortes meets Moctezuma
The Spanish 3 month trip finally gets to the heart of the Aztec lands -
Sep 13, 1519
Moctezuma is taken
Cortes takes Moctezuma hostage in his own great city -
Sep 25, 1519
The Spanish massacre
while Cortes is out fighting his old foe his second in command kills thousands at a festival. -
Oct 1, 1519
The Spanish retreat
Cotes comes back to see that the city is in anarchy, he and his solder hide in their palace trying to calm down the Aztecs -
Oct 2, 1519
Death of the ruler
Moctezuma is stoned by his own outraged people -
Oct 10, 1519
The massacred Spanish
Cortes and his men run for the bridge with as much gold as they can carry, an Aztec amush kills over 600 spanish -
Oct 14, 1519
Sickness
The Aztecs are dying of smallpox brought by the spanish. -
Oct 25, 1519
Rallying Charge
The Spanish and their allys regroup and attack the now weakend Aztecs. -
Nov 29, 1520
Victory and Defeat
after years the Aztec's have finaly surrender. -
Jul 15, 1521
Spoils of War
Cortes is made Govenor and Captain-General of New Spain and recives 1/12 of all the Aztec gold (thats a lot!)