Age of Discovery and the New WorldWars and battles
Fall of Tenochtitlan
After a siege of almost three months, Cortés’s Spaniards and their Indigenous allies took Tenochtitlan and captured Cuauhtémoc, the last tlatoani; the Aztec Empire fell.
- Date
- 13 August 1521exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Tenochtitlantoday: Mexico City, Mexico · Latin America
- Participants
- Hernán Cortés, Spanish Empire, Aztec Empire
- Threads
- Age of Discovery and the New World
- Also known as
- Гибель Теночтитлана; Осада Теночтитлана
The city, ravaged by famine and smallpox, was stormed along the causeways from the mainland and from the lake with brigantines built by the Spaniards. The bulk of the besieging army consisted of Cortés’s Indigenous allies, above all the warriors of Tlaxcala. Mexico City was founded on the ruins of Tenochtitlan.
Connections
Part of
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec EmpireFebruary 1519 – 13 August 1521 · Latin America
Related events
- Dedication of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan1487 · Latin Americaafter taking Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Spaniards tore down the Great Temple, and Mexico City Cathedral rose on the site of the Aztec sacred precinct
- Cry of Dolores16 September 1810 · Latin AmericaThree centuries of Spanish rule in Mexico, from the fall of Tenochtitlan to the start of the War of Independence
Same participants
- Battle of Mactan27 April 1521 · Southeast Asia and Oceaniavia Spanish Empire
- Sack of Rome (1527)6 May 1527 · Western and Central Europevia Spanish Empire
Adjacent events in the thread
- Battle of Cajamarca16 November 1532 · Latin America
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Other regions, within 5 years of this event
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- Election of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor28 June 1519
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Balkans and Anatolia
- Accession of Suleiman the Magnificent30 September 1520
Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Ridaniya22 January 1517
Africa
South Asia
- First Battle of Panipat21 April 1526
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Battle of Mactan27 April 1521
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Fall of Tenochtitlan
- Wikipedia (Russian): Гибель Теночтитлана
- Thomas H. Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico. — New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
- Wikidata: Q593267