Reign of Cuitláhuac
1520 · Event
Moctezuma's brother leads the Mexica who drive the Spaniards out on the Noche Triste, seeks an alliance with Tlaxcala, then dies of smallpox after eighty days on the throne.
On these timelines: Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Pre-Columbian Americas, Latin America, Master
More from Conquest of the Aztec Empire
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Cortés and Moctezuma meet on the causeway (1519)
- Aztec Empire ends (1521)
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- La Noche Triste (1520)
- Cortés lands at Veracruz (1519)
- Cortés scuttles his fleet (1519)
- Smallpox ravages Tenochtitlan (1520)
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