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Capture of Mexico City

Name: Capture of Mexico City – Spain factsheet records
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Spain · Warfare / Aztec War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1521Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1521

Hernan del Cortez Valle de Oaxaca13 August 1521

Mexico City · Warfare / Aztec War

Captures Mexico City from the Aztecs

Names involved

Hernan del Cortez Valle de Oaxaca

Provenance

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