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Cortés, whose forces are numerically inferior, surprises …
Years: 1520 - 1520
April
Cortés, whose forces are numerically inferior, surprises his antagonist with a night attack, during which his men wound Narváez in the eye and take him prisoner.
He persuades the rest of Narváez's men to join him.
After Cortés permits the defeated soldiers to settle in the country, they "passed with more or less willingness to Cortes' side."
Cortes gains their support when he "promised to make them rich and give them commands.”
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