History timeline 2

  • Jan 1, 1428

    1428

    A triple alliance is forged between the cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan, these cements the power of Aztec Empire
  • Jan 1, 1492

    1492

    Christopher Columbus arrives in las Americas landing in las Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean
  • Jan 1, 1492

    1492

    Christopher Columbus arrives in las Americas landing in islas Bahamas, Cuba and Hispaniola in the Caribbean.
  • Jan 1, 1494

    1494

    The treaty of Tordesillas is signed. in it Pope Alexander VI grants all lands to the west of a line in the Atlantic Ocean to Spain and all the lands in the east of the line to Portugal.
  • Jan 1, 1494

    1494

    The treaty of Tordesillas is signed. in it Pope Alexander VI grants all lands to the west of a line in the Atlantic Ocean to Spain and all the lands in the east of the line to Portugal
  • Jan 1, 1502

    1502

    Montezuma becomes the aztec ruler
  • Jan 1, 1502

    1502

    America is first named by the cartographer Martin Waldseemuller in honour of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Jan 1, 1507

    1507

    America is first named by the cartographer Martin Waldseeumer in honour of the explorer America Vespucci
  • Jan 1, 1507

    1507

    Hernandez de Cordoba begins to explore Yucatán peninsula and Mexico east coast.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    1517

    Hernandez de Cordoba begins to explore Yucatán peninsula and Mexico east coast.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    1517

    Hernan Cortes arrives in the Aztec empire and enters the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    1519

    Hernan Cortes arrives in the Aztec empire and enters the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    1519

    Hernan Cortes arrives in the Aztec empire and enters the capital city of Tenochtitlan.
  • Jan 1, 1520

    1520

    Aztecs in Tenochtitlan are massacred by the Spanish and Montezuma dies. The spanish are driven out of the city a few months later. A smallpox epidemic sweeps through the region in the same year kill thousands.
  • Jan 1, 1520

    1520

    Aztecs in Tenochtitlan are massacred by the Spanish and Montezuma dies. The spanish are driven out of the city a few months later. A smallpox epidemic sweeps through the region in the same year kill thousands.
  • Jan 1, 1521

    1521

    The aztecs are defeated and Tenochtitlan is destroyed after a 3 months siege by the spanish and their allies
  • Jan 1, 1521

    1521

    The aztecs are defeated and Tenochtitlan is destroyed after a 3 months siege by the spanish and their allies.