The Falling of the Aztec Empire

  • Mar 4, 1517

    Comet of Doom...

    Comet of Doom...
    The aztecs see a comet in the sky that they beleive signifies upcoming doom. They may or may not have been correct in their prediction (;
  • Mar 4, 1519

    Hernan Cortes Lands in Mexico

    Hernan Cortes Lands in Mexico
    Hernan Cortes lands on the Yucatan penninsula.
  • Nov 8, 1519

    Hernan Cortes in Tenochtitlan

    Hernan Cortes in Tenochtitlan
    Hernan Cortes arrives in the Aztec capital.
  • Jun 30, 1520

    Aztec Victory

    Aztec Victory
    The Aztecs win a battle to Hernan Cortez and his army
  • Jul 1, 1520

    La Noche Triste

    La Noche Triste
    "The Sad Night" or the "Night of Sorrow" was the night the spanish greived their losses to the lost battle to the Aztecs. However they still had advantages of winning Aztec land eventually.
  • Oct 29, 1520

    The 10th Aztec King: Cuitahuac

    The 10th Aztec King: Cuitahuac
    This is the second-to-last Aztec ruler ever.
  • Dec 24, 1520

    Smallpox Epidemic: Cuitahuac is of the first to Die

    Cuitahuac dies of a smallpox epidemic brought to Tenochtitlan by the Spanish. Many others die as well. Rule of the last Aztec ruler begins: Cuauhetemoc
  • Aug 13, 1521

    Fall of Tenochtitlan

    Cuauhetemoc surrenders to Cortes leading to the destruction of the city and he fall of Tenochtitlan. :,(
  • Mar 7, 1522

    Mexico City

    The Spanish rebuild Tenochtitlan as Mexico City; or the new capital of New Spain.
  • Mar 4, 1525

    The Death of Cuauhetemoc

    Cuauhetemoc is hung by the spanish