The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (TRIH ep 384, part 1)
1519 · Resource
This episode (the first of a multi-part series) examines the opening phase of the Spanish encounter with the Mexica/Aztecs, focusing on Hernán Cortés's background, motivations and early career in the Caribbean before his expedition to the Mexican mainland.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1519
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Spanish Reconquista last campaign (1482)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Mona Lisa (1503)