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1467 |
Birth of Montezuma |
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1485 |
Birth of Cortés |
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October 1492 |
Christopher Columbus discovers West Indies |
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August 1498 |
Christopher Columbus sights American continent |
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1504 |
Cortés arrives in West Indies (Hispaniola) aged nineteen |
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1511 |
Cortés goes to Cuba with Velázquez |
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September 1513 |
Balboa catches sight of the Pacific |
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February 1517 |
Córdoba expedition leaves Cuba |
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April 1518 |
Grijalva expedition leaves Cuba |
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June 1518 |
Grijalva discovers Mexico |
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November 1518 |
Grijalva gets back to Cuba |
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February 1519 |
Cortés expedition leaves Cuba |
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March 1519 |
Battle at Tabasco |
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22nd April 1519 |
Cortés lands in Mexico at site of future Vera Cruz |
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16th August 1519 |
Cortés leaves the coast for Mexico City |
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31st August 1519 |
Cortés crosses Tlaxcala border |
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23rd September 1519 |
Cortés enters Tlaxcala City |
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13th October 1519 |
Cortés enters Cholula |
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1st November 1519 |
Cortés leaves Cholula for Mexico City |
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Cortés enters Mexico City and meets Montezuma |
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14th November 1519 |
Montezuma is detained by Cortés |
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December 1519 |
Lord Maize Cob’s conspiracy |
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November 1519 to May 1520 |
Cortés remains in Mexico City |
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May 1520 |
Cortés marches against Narváez |
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16th May 1520 |
Alvarado massacres the dancers in Mexico City |
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29th May 1520 |
Cortés defeats Narváez at Cempoalan |
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l0th June 1520 |
Cortés sets out again for Mexico City |
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17th June 1520 |
Cortés arrives at Tetzcuco |
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24th June 1520 |
Cortés re-enters Mexico City |
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26th June 1520 |
The Mexicans attack Cortés |
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29th June 1520 |
Death of Montezuma |
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30th June 1520 |
Cortés is driven out of Mexico City |
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7th July 1520 |
Battle of Otumba |
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12th July 1520 |
Cortés takes refuge in Tlaxcala |
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July to December 1520 |
Cortés remains in or near Tlaxcala |
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28th December 1520 |
Cortés marches again on Mexico City |
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January to May 1521 |
Cortés reduces the towns in the valley of Mexico |
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20th May 1521 |
Cortés begins siege operations against Mexico City |
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23rd June 1521 |
Defeat of Alvarado on the Tacuba causeway |
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30th June 1521 |
Defeat of Cortés and sacrifice of many Spaniards |
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13th August 1521 |
Capture of Quauhtemoctzin (Lord Falling Eagle). End of siege |
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September 1519 to August 1522 |
Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world |
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Cortés receives letter from Charles V recognizing his conquest |
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October 1524 |
Cortés’ expedition to Guatemala and Honduras |
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Execution of Quauhtemoctzin |
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March 1528 |
Cortés goes to Spain |
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May 1530 |
Cortés returns to Mexico |
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1535 |
Conquest of Peru by Pizarro |
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1540 |
Cortés again goes to Spain |
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1541 |
Cortés at Algiers |
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2nd December 1547 |
Death of Cortés in Spain |
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1568 |
Bernal Díaz de Castillo finishes his True History of the Conquest of Mexico |
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1581 |
Death of Bernal Díaz de Castillo |
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1632 |
Publication of the True History of the Conquest of Mexico |