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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1550
The Americas Timeline
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded
Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded -
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 founder
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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 settelments established on Cuba
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Jan 1, 1517
and 1518 Spanish invade Yucatan
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Jan 1, 1519
Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1521
teconchtitlan 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 settlement 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