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Jan 1, 1428
Creation of triple alliance
Is forged between the cities of Tenochtitlan. This cements the power of the Aztec Empire. -
Jan 1, 1492
Cristopher Columbus arrives in the America
Landing in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. -
Jan 1, 1494
The Tready of Tordesillas is Signed
In it, Pope Alexader Vl grants all lands to the west of a line in the Atlantic Ocean to Spain and all lands to the east of the line to Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1502
Moctezuma becomes the Aztec ruler.
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Jan 1, 1507
'America' is first named
By the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller in honor of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. -
Jan 1, 1517
Hernandez de Cordoba
This begins to explore the Yucatan Peninsula and Mexico's east coast. -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortés
He arrives in the Aztec empire and enters the capital city, Tenochtitlan. -
Jan 1, 1520
Aztecs in Tenochtitlan are masacred
By the Spanish and Moctezuma dies.
The Spanish are driven out of the city a few months later.
A smallpox epidemic sweeps through the region in the same years killing thousands. -
Jan 1, 1521
The Aztecs are Defeated and Tenochtitlan is Destroyed
After a three-month siege by the Spanish and their allies.