feb 18, 1521 - 1521: Cortes lands in Mexico and conquered the Aztecs
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This is significant because Cortes wiped out the Aztecs, showing that other empires would be easy to defeat. This lead to other conquistadors following in his footsteps either killing or reducing the native American population with disease.
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