apr 1, 1507 - Hernán Cortés
Description:
in February 1519 with 11 ships, about 100 sailors, 500 soldiers, and 16 horses he set off to the coast of the Yucatán. He turned his exploratory mission into a military conquest of Tenochtitlan (the capital of Aztecs). Finally he managed to beat the Aztec empire with the help of “modern” technology, horses and converted Aztecs.Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 1, 1507
Now
~ 518 years ago