Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

Cortes wins in potonchan

Feb 18, 1519

Cortes defeated the mayas when he was arriving potonchan.
Cortes met a woman called "La Malinche".

Foundation of Veracruz

Jul 19, 1519

It was founded by Cortes when he arrived to green coast.
He was living in that coast, and he decided to create the first townhall in the green coast.

Cortes enters tlaxcala

Sep 23, 1519

Cortes entered in tlaxcala while the tlaxcaltecas were having a war with the mayas.
Cortes made an alliance with the tlaxcaltecas.

Massacre of Cholula

Oct 18, 1519

Cortes killed with his army around 5000 to 6000 natives.
Cortes was going to Tenochtitlan when he massacred the natives of Cholula.

Cortes arrives to Tenochtitlan

Nov 8, 1519

Moctezuma and cortes met for first time.
The spanish were living in the palace of Axayacatl.

Moctezuma converted to a prisioner

Nov 14, 1519

Moctezuma was caught by cortez.
The mexica were getting mad because of the capture of Moctezuma.

Cortes defeats Narvaes

May 24, 1520

Cortes defeated narvaes because he decided to attack when narvaes army was sleeping. Giving that way the win to Cortes.

Sad night

Jun 30, 1520

Cortes was defeated by the mexicas.
The spanish and the mexica were fighting for a week.
The spanish were spotted by an ancient mexica when they were scaping.

Otumba Battle

Jul 7, 1520

In this battle the spanish won.
Cortes reorganized his army with this victory.
This is a very important victory for spanish to take in the fututre Tenochtitlan.

Tenochtitlan Falls

Aug 13, 1521

The date when cortes conquer Tenochtitlan, giving a full transformation to the new continent and starting a new era of civilization in Tenochtitlan.