Hernan Cortez


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Noun1.Hernan Cortez - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)Hernan Cortez - Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
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1520: Montezuma II, the last Aztec ruler, was killed in Mexico City during the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernan Cortez.
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After the destruction of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), Hernan Cortez and his conquistadores ordered the Aztecs to use the stones of their ruined temples to build the cathedral of Mexico City, and other churches.
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In 1524, after his conquest of Mexico, Hernan Cortez sent conquistadores into the region where they established a colony at Triunfo de la Cruz.