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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs settle near lake Texcoco.
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Jan 1, 1350
Causeways and canals are bulit in Tenochtitlan.
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Jan 1, 1400
Aztecs expand their empire by defeating the Tepanecs.
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Jan 1, 1440
Moztuma I begina his rule.
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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus "discovers" America.
He was born in the Republic of Genoa
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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
Cortes and the Spanish conquistadors arrive at Tenochtitlan.
The definition for Conquistadors: A conqueror, esp. 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 rebulit as the capital of "New Spain", the Spanish colony in the Americas.
