The Spanish campaign against the Aztec Empire had its final victory on 13 August 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtémoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.

2021年5月20日 · Hernándo Cortés, Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico, with Moctezuma II, last Aztec emperor, 1519. Hernándo Cortés formed part of Spain’s initial colonization efforts in the Americas....

2025年1月2日 · The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire is traditionally told from the Spanish perspective. The accounts of Hernán Cortés, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and other conquistadors emphasize the heroism of the Spanish and the treachery of the Aztecs.

Between 1519 and 1521, Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernán Cortés, overthrew the Aztec Empire. This event is called the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Cortés helped old enemies of the Aztecs defeat them in one of the most important events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The Spanish conquest was devastating to the Aztec ...

Battle of Tenochtitlán, (May 22–August 13, 1521), military engagement between the Aztecs and a coalition of Spanish and indigenous combatants. Spanish conquistadores commanded by Hernán Cortés allied with local tribes to conquer the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán.

The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire is not only one of the most significant events in the early exploration and conquest of the Americas, but also one of the most significant events in world history.

The surviving members of the Aztec nobility capitulated, and the empire that had once thrived was transformed into a crucial part of the Spanish Empire. The fall of the Aztec capital led to widespread devastation and marked the end of an era for the indigenous peoples in Mexico.

2019年10月27日 · From 1518-1521, Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his army brought down the mighty Aztec Empire, the greatest the New World had ever seen. He did it through a combination of luck, courage, political savvy and advanced tactics and weapons.

2019年3月15日 · In 1519, Hernan Cortes and his small army of conquistadors, driven by gold-lust, ambition and religious fervor, began the audacious conquest of the Aztec Empire. By August 1521, three Mexica emperors were dead or captured, the city of Tenochtitlan was in ruins and the Spanish had conquered the mighty empire.

The Spanish conquest of Mexico, a pivotal moment in world history, marked the end of one of the most sophisticated indigenous civilizations—the Aztec Empire—and the beginning of Spanish colonial rule in what is now Mexico.