Aztec Invasion

Cortes Sails For Mexico Fom Cuba

Feb 1, 1519

Cortes hopes to find riches in the Aztec empier & fufull his dream of conquring land.

Tlacalans Attack The Spanish

Jul 18, 1519

The Talacalans attacked the Spanish but Cortes held them off with guns and steel armour.

Tlaxcalans Form Alliance With The Spanish

Jul 19, 1519

The Tlaxcalans decided that it would be best to form an alliance with the Spanish and defeat the Aztecs

Moctezuma And Cortes Meet

Nov 8, 1519

Cortes and Moctezuma meet. Cortes says he comes in peace. Moctezuma adresses Cortes as if he were a god.

Cortes Takes Moctezuma Hostage

Nov 14, 1519

Aztecs had burned the place whre Cortes has arrived. Cortes blams Moctezuma and takes him hostage. Then the Aztecs abandon Moctezuma.

The Spanish Massacre Thousands Of Aztecs While Preparing For A Religious Fstival

Jun 18, 1520

While Atecs prepare for a religious festival the Spanish murder thousands of unarmed Aztec soilders.

The Spanish Retreat After The Aztecs Gather Arms

Jun 19, 1520

The Aztecs were outraged and had fought so ferociously once they gathered their weapons that the Spanish had to retreat to Cortes palace.

Moctezuma Dies

Jun 20, 1520

Cortes urges Moctezuma to calm his people down but instead they stone Moctezuma to death.

Aztecs Begin To Die From Smallpox

Nov 19, 1520

The Aztecs were not immune to the diseases the Europeans brought to Mexico. As a result the Aztecs died of smallpox.

The Spanish Form A Second Attack On The Now Weakend Azztcs

Dec 20, 1520

Half the population of the Aztes have died of smallpox. The Spanish attack them. The Aztecs had no one to defend them in this battle.

The Last Group Of Aztecs Surrender.

Aug 13, 1521

The Aztec huey tlatoani cuauhtemoc was taken prisioner and hanged. The Aztec empier was no more.

Cortes Becomes Govenor And Captain - General Of New Spain

Aug 20, 1522

Cortes had burned/destroyed everything that remained of the Aztec civilization.