Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
February 1519 – August 23, 1521
Result Spanish and allied Indigenous victory
Spanish conquistadors and their Indigenous allies overthrew the Aztec Triple Alliance, creating New Spain.
Battles 2
July 10–11, 1520
La Noche Triste
Mexica victory
Shores of Lake Texcoco, Mexico
Hernán Cortés, Pedro de Alvarado, Cuitláhuac
May 20 – August 23, 1521
Fall of Tenochtitlan
Spanish and Tlaxcaltec victory
Tenochtitlan, present-day Mexico City, Mexico
Hernán Cortés, Pedro de Alvarado, Gonzalo de Sandoval
