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 1520-----------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
c. December 1524--Malinche may have met her mother
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