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23h 56min, apr 17, 1521 y - Cortes Conquers Aztecs

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The Spanish campaign against the Aztec Empire had its final victory on August 13, 1521, when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtemoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.

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23h 56min, apr 17, 1521 y
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~ 505 years ago

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