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Hernando Cortes

  • Jan 1, 1485

    Birth

    Born in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain
  • Period: Jan 1, 1485 to Dec 2, 1547

    Hernando Cortes Birth to Death

    Birth to Death of Hernando Cortes
  • Jan 1, 1499

    Hernando Cortes

    Attends university of Salamanca
  • Jan 1, 1501

    Hernando Cortes

    He failed college and left to returen to Medellin
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Hernando Cortes

    Cortes heard stories about the expedition to the West Indies
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Hernando Cortes

    Cortes heard stories about the expedition to the West Indies
  • Jan 1, 1511

    Hernando Cortes

    Hernan Cortes goes to the expedition of Cuba
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Hernando Cortes

    The town of Bayamo was established in Cuba
  • Jan 1, 1514

    Hernando Cortes

    He becomes a rancher in Cuba
  • Jan 1, 1514

    Hernando Cortes

    Towns in Cuba were founded
  • Jan 1, 1518

    Hernando Cortes

    Captains an expedition to an established colony to Mexico
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernando Cortes

    February 19, cortes sets sail to Mexico
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernando Cortes

    March, cortes lands in Mexico and suppresses a town called Tabasco and he meets his translator Malinche
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernando Cortes

    Sails from the Yucatan peninsula and marched to Tenochtitlan
  • Jan 1, 1520

    Hernando Cortes

    Hernan Cortes is attacked by Aztec warriors on his way to Tenochtitlan
  • Jan 1, 1520

    Hernando Cortes

    Cortes and his soliders are forced out of Tenochtitlan
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Hernando Cortes

    He returns to Tenichtitlan with reinforcements
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Hernando Cortes

    A plague strikes and many Aztecs are killed
  • Jan 1, 1528

    Hernando Cortes

    Returns to Spain and he was given the title "Marques Del Valle De Oaxaca"
  • Jan 1, 1530

    Hernando Cortes

    He returns to the new world and settles in Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Jan 1, 1533

    Hernando Cortes

    Makes a final expedition and discoveres Baja, California
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Hernando Cortes

    Explored California for a year and went back to Mexico
  • Jan 1, 1540

    Hernando Cortes

    Returns to Spain for the last time
  • Jan 1, 1541

    Hernando Cortes

    Permission to fight against the Moors and Pirates of Algiers
  • Dec 2, 1547

    Death

    He dies near Seville