The following is a chronological statement of important events in Cortes’ career: | 1485 | Birth of Cortes. | | 1504 | Voyage to San Domingo. | | 1511 | Accompanies Velasquez to Cuba. | | 1518 | Expedition to Mexico. | | 1519 | Founding of Vera Cruz. | | 1519 | Defeat of the Tlaxcalans. | | 1519 | Cholulan massacre. | | 1519 | Interview with Montezuma. | | 1520 | Montezuma made prisoner. | | 1520 | Mexican revolt and Montezuma’s death. | | 1520 | Battle of Otumba. | | 1520 | Retreat from City of Mexico. | | 1521 | City of Mexico retaken. | | 1521 | Emperor Guatemozin hanged. | | 1522 | Cortes confirmed as Governor of New Spain. | | 1523 | Confirmation revoked and viceroy appointed. | | 1536 | Cortes discovers peninsula of Lower California. | | 1547 | Death of Cortes. | LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Translated from the German by
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