La Noche Triste
1520 · Event
Spaniards and Tlaxcalan allies retreat from Tenochtitlan at night; hundreds drowned or killed; Cortés regroups before final siege.
On these timelines: Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Spain, Latin America, Pre-Columbian Americas, Master
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