8 November 1519
Discovery of Mexico City
Enter the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, later Mexico City
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mexico City in Spain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Enter the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, later Mexico City
Captures Mexico City from the Aztecs
Appointed Governor of Mexico City
Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick
Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick
Provenance
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