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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca [a] [b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
[n]. ^ Syrian civil war (combined casualties 503,064–613,407) Civil uprising phase of the Syrian civil war – Early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war – 2012–13 escalation of the Syrian civil war – Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war – 5,641–6,991 killed; ISIL expansion; Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
A woman, Cihuatcoatl, weeping in the middle of the night for them (the Aztecs) to "flee far away from this city" Montezuma II saw the stars of mamalhuatztli, and images of fighting men riding "on the backs of animals resembling deer", in a mirror on the crown of a bird caught by fishermen; A two headed man, tlacantzolli, running through the streets
The fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was an important event in the Spanish conquest of the empire.It occurred in 1521 following extensive negotiations between local factions and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
Qatari–Bahraini War 1867–68; Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Urabi Revolt (Egypt) 1879–82; Shaykh 'Ubaydullah of Nehri and Shemdinan uprising 1880–1881 [3] Royal Civil War in Arabia 1887–91 Battle of Mulayda 1891; 1892 Tobacco Rebellion (Iran) Hamidian massacres 1894–96 Zeitun Rebellion (1895–96) Unification of Saudi Arabia. Saudi ...
The evangelization of Mexico. Spanish conquerors saw it as their right and their duty to convert indigenous populations to Catholicism. Because Catholicism had played such an important role in the Reconquista (Catholic reconquest) of the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims, the Catholic Church in essence became another arm of the Spanish government, since the crown was granted sweeping powers ...
The plan for the election of the Cortes, based on provinces, and not kingdoms, was more equitable and provided more time to determine what would be considered an overseas province. [53] The Cortes of Cádiz was the first national assembly to claim sovereignty in Spain. [54] It represented the abolition of the old kingdoms. [55]
This is the first time that opposition forces in the Syrian civil war launched a military offensive campaign since the March 2020 Idlib ceasefire. [49] [50] On 29 November 2024, HTS and later the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered Aleppo and captured most of the city, amid the collapse of pro-government forces.