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|timeframe = [[Age of Discovery]] | |timeframe = [[Age of Discovery]] | ||
|date = February 1519 | |date = February 1519 – 13 August 1521 | ||
|end = August 13, 1521 | |end = August 13, 1521 | ||
|place = Aztec Empire (modern day [[Mexico]]) | |place = [[Aztec Empire]] (modern day [[Mexico]]) | ||
|result = *Spanish-Tlaxcalan | |result = *Spanish-Tlaxcalan victory | ||
*Aztec Empire | **Aztec Empire dissolved | ||
**Former Aztec territories annexed by the [[Spanish Empire]] | |||
|battles = *[[Night of Sorrows]] | |battles = *[[Night of Sorrows]] | ||
*{{Wiki|Fall_of_Tenochtitlan#Siege_of_Tenochtitlan|Siege of Tenochtitlan}} | *{{Wiki|Fall_of_Tenochtitlan#Siege_of_Tenochtitlan|Siege of Tenochtitlan}} | ||
|side1 = [[File:Flag of Spanish Empire.png|20px|border]] [[Spanish Empire]] | |side1 = [[File:Flag of Spanish Empire.png|20px|border]] [[Spanish Empire]] | ||
*Spanish {{Wiki| | *Spanish {{Wiki|Conquistador}}s | ||
*[[Tlaxcala]] | *[[Tlaxcala]] | ||
|side2 = [[Aztec Empire]] | |side2 = [[Aztec Empire]] | ||
|commanders1 = *[[Hernán Cortés]] | |commanders1 = *[[Hernán Cortés]] | ||
*{{Wiki|Pedro de Alvarado}} | *{{Wiki|Pedro de Alvarado}} | ||
* | *[[Xicotencatl II]] | ||
|commanders2 = *[[Moctezuma II]] | |commanders2 = *[[Moctezuma II]] | ||
*{{Wiki|Cuitláhuac}} | *{{Wiki|Cuitláhuac}} | ||
*{{Wiki|Cuauhtémoc}} | *{{Wiki|Cuauhtémoc}} | ||
}} | |conc=[[Night of Sorrows]]<br>[[Battle of Mactan]]}} | ||
The '''Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire''' was one of the most significant events in the {{Wiki|Spanish colonization of the Americas}}. | The '''Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire''' was one of the most significant events in the {{Wiki|Spanish colonization of the Americas}}. | ||
The [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] campaign began in February 1519, and was declared victorious on 13 August 1521, when a coalition army of [[Spanish Army|Spanish forces]] and | The [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] campaign began in February 1519, and was declared victorious on 13 August 1521, when a coalition army of [[Spanish Army|Spanish forces]] and native [[Tlaxcala]]n warriors led by [[Hernán Cortés]] and [[Xicotencatl II|Xicotencatl the Younger]] captured the emperor {{Wiki|Cuauhtémoc}} and [[Tenochtitlan]], the capital of the [[Aztec Empire]].<ref name="PL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 22 December 2025
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most significant events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
The Spanish campaign began in February 1519, and was declared victorious on 13 August 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtémoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants
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