Cuitlahuactzin dies from smallpox (20 oct 1520 año – 8 nov 1520 año)

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the Xiuhpohualli de Tenochtitlán (Codex of 1576 or Aubin), records his death from smallpox in the date of Quecholli (between October 20 and November 8 of 1520), only eighty days after his instatement as tlatoani. In the codex, the body of the tlatoani can be observed as a bulto mortuorio in the Mesoamerican tradition, depicted surrounded by red pustules (called in this codex totomonaliztli).

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