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Oct 29, 1250
aztecs settle near lake texcoco
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Oct 29, 1325
city of tenochtitlan is founded by the aztecs on an island in lake texcoco
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Oct 29, 1440
montezuma I begins his rule
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Nov 19, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America
He was born in the Republic of Genoa He discovered the Americas for some kids -
Nov 19, 1502
Aztec empire is at its most powerful as Montezuma II begins his rule.
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Nov 19, 1506
Columbus dies.
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Oct 29, 1519
Cortes and the spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan
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Nov 19, 1519
Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan.
The definition for Conquistadors: A conqueror, esp. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. -
Nov 19, 1520
Spanish bring small pox to the "New World" with them, causing an outbreak of the disease.
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Nov 19, 1521
Cortes claims Tenochtitlan for Spain.
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Nov 19, 1522
Tenochtitlan is rebulit as the capital of "New Spain", the Spanish colony in the Americas.
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Spanish bring small pox to the "New World"