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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs settle near Lake Texcoco.
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Jan 1, 1325
City of Techtitlan is founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco.
It was one of the largest cities in the world at the time of the Spanish conquest.Tenochtitlan was at first constructed like other city-state capitals with an organized central area and an unorganized region outside the center precincts. When the Mexicas came to power and Tenochtitlan's population began to grow explosively there was a need to organize. -
Jan 1, 1350
Causeways and canals are built in Tenochtitlan.
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Jan 1, 1400
Aztecs expand their empire by defeating the Tepanecs.
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Jan 1, 1440
Montezuma I begins his rule.
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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus "discovers" Americas.
Christopher Columbus was Spanish. The king and queen of Spain. -
Jan 1, 1502
Aztec Empire is at its most powerful as Montezuma II begins his rule.
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Jan 1, 1506
Columbus dies.
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Jan 1, 1519
City and the Spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan
Conquistadors - one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. -
Jan 1, 1520
Spanish bring small pox to the " New World" with them, causing an outbreak of the disease.
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Jan 1, 1521
Cortes claims Tenochtitlan for Spain.
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Jan 1, 1522
Tenochtitlan is rebuilt as the capital of "New Spain", The Spanish colony in the Americas.
