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- Full name: Hernándo Cortés de Monroy Pizarro
- Born: 1485
- Birthplace: Medellín, Extremadura, Spain
- Studied law at the University of Salamanca
- Served under the Governor of Cuba
- Conquered 5 million Aztecs with less than 1000 soldiers
- Founded La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, known today as Veracruz
- Allegedly mistaken for Aztec god Quetzalcoatl
- Died: December 2, 1547
- Related to Francisco Pizarro who conquered the Incas
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Hernán Cortés was a 16th century Spanish conquistador who started the conquest of the Aztec civilization.
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Timeline
- 1503: First arrives in the "New World" from Spain
- 1510: Joins an expedition to conquer Cuba, soon appointed mayor of Santiago
- 1519: Commands expedition to interior of Mexico
- 1521: Captures Aztec leader Cuauhtemoc
- 1521-1524: Self-governs Mexico
- 1528: Returns to Spain where he was awarded the noble title "Marquis of the Oaxaca Valley"
- 1530: Returns to Mexico
- 1547: Dies in Seville, Spain
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Hernan Cortes Timeline
- 1485: Born in Medellin, Extremadura, in Castile
- 1499: Attends the University of Salamanca
- 1501: Returns home
- 1504: Joins an expedition to Santo Domingo; becomes a citizen of Azuza
- 1506: Participates in the conquest of Hispaniola and Cuba
- 1519: Commander of an expedition to find the legendary Aztec Empire
- 1521: Claims Tenochtitlan for Spain
- 1522: Given the title of Captain General and Governor of New Spain
- 1524: Explores Honduras
- 1528: Recalled to Spain; awarded the title "Marques del Valle de Oaxaca"
- 1530: Returns to Mexico, but divested of his civil rank; wife, Catalina, dies
- 1536: Discovers the Baja California peninsula
- 1539: Returns to Spain
- 1541: Joins Algiers expedition
- 1547: Dies December 2, in Castilleja de la Cuesta of pleurisy
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