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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1550
Timeline for the Americas
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Nov 9, 1325
Aztec City of Tenochtitlan founded
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Nov 9, 1376
Aztecs choose their first emperor
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Nov 9, 1438
inca military expansion begins
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Nov 9, 1462
Machu Picchu founded
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Nov 9, 1492
Columbus 'discovers' the Americas
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Nov 9, 1498
Columbus lands on Venezualan coast
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Nov 9, 1502
Columbus encounters the Maya in Yucatan
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Period: Nov 12, 1512 to Nov 12, 1513
Laws of Burgos introduced
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Nov 12, 1515
Spanish settlements established on Cuba
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Nov 12, 1517
Spanish invade Yucatan
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Period: Nov 12, 1517 to Nov 12, 1518
Spanish invade Yucatan
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Nov 12, 1519
Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan
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Nov 12, 1521
Tenochtitlan is destroyed. Spanish occupy Aztec Empire
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Nov 12, 1523
De Alvarado invades Maya lands
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Nov 12, 1525
Spanish conquer Guatemala
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Nov 12, 1527
Pizarro lands at Incan settlement of Tumbes
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Nov 12, 1539
De Soto lands in Florida
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Nov 12, 1541
Spanish conquer Yucatan
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Nov 12, 1542
'New laws' introduced