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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs settle near Lake Texcoco
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Jan 1, 1325
City of Tenochtitlan is founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco
Tenochtitlan was a significant city because of its cleanliness and today is called Mexico City -
Jan 1, 1440
Montezuma I Begins his Rules
Montezuma was born into the nobility, and rose to the empire's highest position not by means of a hereditary claim, but after winning an election from the nobles -
Jan 1, 1502
Spanish bring small pox to the "New World" with them, causing an out break of the disease.
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Jan 1, 1519
Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan
Conuistadors: A Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century.