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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1550
Timeline of the Spanish Americas
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Nov 9, 1325
Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded
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Jan 1, 1376
Aztecs choose their first emperor
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Jan 1, 1438
Inca military expansion begins
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Jan 1, 1462
Machu Picchu founded
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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus 'discovers' the Americas
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Jan 1, 1498
Columbus lands on Venezuelan coast
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Jan 1, 1502
Columbus encounters the Maya in Yucatan
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Jan 1, 1512
'Laws of Burgos' introduced
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Jan 1, 1515
Spanish settlements established on Cuba
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Jan 1, 1518
Spanish invade Yucatan
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Jan 1, 1519
Meeting of Hernan Cortesand Emperor Moctezuma II in Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1519
Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1521
Tenochtitlan is destroyed. Spanish occupy Aztec Empire
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Jan 1, 1523
De Alvarado invades Maya lands
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Jan 1, 1525
Spanish conquer Guatemala
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Jan 1, 1527
Pizarro lands at Incan settlements of Tumbes
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Jan 1, 1539
De Soto lands in Florida
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Jan 1, 1541
Spanish conquer Yucatan
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Jan 1, 1542
'New Laws' introduced