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Among the group of Spanish that had …
Years: 1520 - 1520
April
Among the group of Spanish that had arrived in Mexico from Hispaniola is one or more who is infected with the smallpox that had already been ravaging that island for two years.
In this contact between the two Spanish groups, one of Cortés's men contracts the disease.
When Cortés returns to Tenochtitlan, he brings the disease with him.
Locations
People
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo
- Bernardino de Sahagún
- Gerónimo de Aguilar
- Hernán Cortés
- Juan Velázquez de León
- La Malinche (Malinali)
- Maxixcatl
- Moctezuma II
- Pedro de Alvarado
- Xicotencatl I
- Xicotencatl II
Groups
- Totonac people
- Otomi, or Hñähñu, people (Amerind tribe)
- Mexica
- Texcoco (Acolhua city-state)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Tlaxcala (Nahua state)
- Tlaxcaltec
- Aztec Triple Alliance
- Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
Topics
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Aztec Empire, Spanish conquest of the
- Great Temple, Massacre in the
Subjects
Regions
Subregions
Years: 1520 - 1520
April
Locations
People
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo
- Bernardino de Sahagún
- Gerónimo de Aguilar
- Hernán Cortés
- Juan Velázquez de León
- La Malinche (Malinali)
- Maxixcatl
- Moctezuma II
- Pedro de Alvarado
- Xicotencatl I
- Xicotencatl II
Groups
- Totonac people
- Otomi, or Hñähñu, people (Amerind tribe)
- Mexica
- Texcoco (Acolhua city-state)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Tlaxcala (Nahua state)
- Tlaxcaltec
- Aztec Triple Alliance
- Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
Topics
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Aztec Empire, Spanish conquest of the
- Great Temple, Massacre in the
Subjects
Regions
Subregions