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May 30, 711
Moors controlled southern Iberian Peninsula
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May 30, 1085
Spanish Conquistadors capture Toldeo
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May 30, 1100
Aztec leave homeland of Aztlan
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May 30, 1200
Aztec arrive in the Valley of Mexico
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May 30, 1250
Aztec settle near Lake Texcoco
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May 30, 1300
Aztec build their first temple at Tenohtitlan
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May 30, 1376
Acamapichtli becomes leader
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May 30, 1428
Itzcoatl becomes the new leader and a Triple Alliance is formed
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Oct 19, 1469
Marriage Ferdinand or Aragon & Isabella of Castile
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May 30, 1492
Spanish Conquistadors oust the Moors - Spanish Inquisition begins
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May 30, 1492
Christopher Columbus claims America for Spain
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Period: May 30, 1492 to May 30, 1519
Spanish settle Cuba and Hispanola - explore Yucatan
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May 30, 1502
Moctezuma II becomes emperor
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May 30, 1519
Hernan Cortes lands on Mexican shores. Meets Moctezuma and holds him hostage.
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May 30, 1520
Spanish massacre Aztec during religious festival. Moctezuma II killed. Cuitlahuka becomes ruler. Thousands die of smallpox. Cuitlahuac dies and Cuauhtemoc beomes ruler.
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May 30, 1521
Spanish defeat Aztec - Empire collapses
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May 30, 1522
Cortes takes control and the Aztec society is destroyed.
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May 30, 1550
Spain controls worldwide empire.
