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1492 - 1620 Timeline

Events

Columbus lands in Bahamas

1492

Cortez conquers Mexico for Spain, defeating the Aztecs

1521

The Aztecs attacked tired of the spanish mens greed. Cortés soon laid siege to the city, and so the Aztec empire gave way to three centuries of Spanish rule

Pizarro crushes the Incas

1532

The Incan people are destroyed

Spanish build fortress at St. Augustine

1565

Spanish found new mexico

1609