Fall of Tenochtitlan
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The fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica, was an important event in the Spanish conquest of the Mexica. It occurred in 1521 following extensive negotiations between local factions and Spani
Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
La Noche Triste – The Sad Night
Battle of Otumba
An encounter between Spanish and Aztec combatants as depicted in the History of Tlaxcala.
Xicotencatl I
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Xicotencatl I or Xicotencatl the Elder was a long-lived teuctli of Tizatlan, a Nahua altepetl within the Confederacy of Tlaxcala, in what is now Mexico. He was instrumental in allying the Tlaxcalteca
Xicotencatl in the Lienzo de Tlaxcala
