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1485 - 1547Life of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
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1485Hernán Cortés is born in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain.
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1499Hernán Cortés studies law at the university of Salamanca.
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1504Hernán Cortés sails to the New World and settles on Hispaniola.
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1511Hernán Cortés participates in the Spanish conquest of Cuba.
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1519Veracruz, Mexico is founded by Hernán Cortés.
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Mar 1519Hernán Cortés lands on the Tabasco coast of Mexico.
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Nov 1519Motecuhzoma II receives Hernán Cortés at the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan.
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1520Cuitláhuac is briefly the successor to Motecuhzoma II as leader of the Aztec Empire.
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May 1520Hernán Cortés is obliged to leave Tenochtitlan and face a rival force of conquistadors led by Panfilo de Narváez at Veracruz.
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30 Jun 1520The bloody retreat of Hernán Cortés from Tenochtitlan known as the Noche Triste ('Sad Night').
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30 Jun 1520Death of Aztec ruler Motecuhzoma II.
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7 Jul 1520Hernán Cortés defeats a large Aztec army at Otumba.
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31 Dec 1520Hernán Cortés captures the city of Texcoco.
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1521 - 1525Cuauhtémoc reigns as leader of the Aztec Empire.
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1521Texcoco provides ships and men to aide the Spanish siege of Tenochtitlan.
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Apr 1521Hernán Cortés begins the siege of Tenochtitlan.
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28 Apr 1521Hernán Cortés deploys 13 specially built warships on Lake Texcoco during the siege of Tenochtitlan.
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13 Aug 1521The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan falls into the hands of Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés.
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1522Hernán Cortés leads an expedition against the Huaxtecs in Mexico.
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1523 - 1524Hernán Cortés organises an expedition to Honduras led by Cristóbal de Olid.
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May 1523Hernán Cortés is appointed the first governor of the colony of New Spain (Mexico).
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Oct 1524Hernán Cortés personally leads an expedition to Honduras.
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May 1528Hernán Cortés returns to Spain and is honoured by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
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1530Hernán Cortés returns to Mexico but finds his position usurped by the new governor.
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1531 - 1532Hernán Cortés explores the Pacific coast of North America as far as California.
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1541Hernán Cortés campaigns for the Spanish Crown in Algeria.
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2 Dec 1547Hernán Cortés dies of dysentery in Castilleja la Vieja in Spain.
