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Timeline
1492-----------------Columbus
Lands on an island, what is
probably now called the
Dominican Republic
1502-----------------Moctezuma
II becomes tlatoani,
ruler of Tenochtitlan and a vast
empire in Mexico
1511-14------------Spaniards
conquer Cuba and establish base
there
1517-----------------First
Spanish expedition to explore
Mexico, Mexicas observe omens of
doom
1518-----------------Juan de
Grijalva explores Yucatán
Feb. 10,
1519-----Defying Governor
Velásquez's orders, Cortés
Leaves Cuba to conquer Mexico
June 3,
1519-------Spaniards arrive at
Cempoala
Sept. 2-20,
1519-Spaniards fight with
Tlaxcalans but end by winning
Tlaxcalan allies
Oct.
1519-----------Massacre at
Cholula
Nov. 8,
1519-------Spaniards peacefully
enter Tenochtitlan
Nov. 14,
1519-----Cortés puts Moctezuma
under house arrest
May,
1520----------Cortés leaves
Tenochtitlan to fight army
brought by Panfílo de Narváez
May,
1520----------Pedro de Alvarado
and other Spaniards massacre
people at Tóxcatl festival
June 24,
1520-----Cortés returns to
Tenochtitlan
June
1529-----------Cuitlahuac chosen
as tlatoani or ruler of
Tenochtitlan
June
1520-----------Moctezuma killed
June 30,
1520-----La noche triste,
The Night of Sorrows, Spaniards
suffer heavy losses leaving
Tenochtitlan
July,
1520-----------Spaniards reach
Tlaxcala and are welcomed
Oct.,
1520-----------Plague ravages
Tenochtitlan
Dec.,
1520----------Cuitlahuac dies
from smallpox
Feb.,
1521-----------Cuahtémoc becomes
tlatoani or ruler of
Tenochtitlan
May,
1521------------Spaniards
besiege Tenochtitlan
May,
1521------------Spaniards cut
off water to the city
June,
1521-----------Spaniards attempt
to enter city
July,
1521-------------Spaniards
decide to destroy city
August 7,
1521------Pedro de Alvarado
suffers heavy losses trying to
take marketplace of Tlatelolco
August 13,
1521----Cuautémoc imprisoned;
battle for Tenochtitlan is over
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