Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
1519–1521 · Event
Cortés, helped by indigenous allies and smallpox, destroys the Aztec state in two years; founding event of New Spain.
On these timelines: Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Latin America, Pre-Columbian Americas, Master, Spain
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