<Ul> <Li> Late January -- Cuauhtemoc elected huey tlatoani of Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> February -- combined Spanish - Tlaxalan - Texcocan forces attack Xaltocan and Tlacopan ; Texcoco become the base of operations for the campaign against Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> Early April -- attacks against Yautepec and Cuernavaca , following by sacking </Li> <Li> Mid-April -- Combined forces defeated by the Xochimilcans , Tenochtitlan 's ally </Li> <Li> Late April -- Construction of 13 shallow - bottomed brigrantines by Tlaxalan laborers under Spanish supervision ; mounted with cannon ; launched into Lake Texcoco , allowing Spanish control of the inland sea </Li> <Li> May 10 -- Start of the siege of Tenochtitlan ; potable water from Chapultepec cut off </Li> <Li> June 30 -- Defeat of Spanish - Tlaxcalan forces on a causeway ; capture and ritual sacrifice of the Spaniards and their horses in Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> July -- Spanish ships land at Veracruz with large numbers of Spaniards , munitions , and horses </Li> <Li> July 20 -- 25 -- Battle for Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> August 1 -- Spanish - Tlaxcalan - Texcocan forces enter the Plaza Mayor ; last stand of the Aztec defenders </Li> <Li> August 13 -- Surrender of Aztec defenders ; capture of Cuauhtemoc </Li> <Li> August 13 -- 17 -- Wholesale sacking and violence against the survivors in Tenochtitlan </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Late January -- Cuauhtemoc elected huey tlatoani of Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> February -- combined Spanish - Tlaxalan - Texcocan forces attack Xaltocan and Tlacopan ; Texcoco become the base of operations for the campaign against Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> Early April -- attacks against Yautepec and Cuernavaca , following by sacking </Li> <Li> Mid-April -- Combined forces defeated by the Xochimilcans , Tenochtitlan 's ally </Li> <Li> Late April -- Construction of 13 shallow - bottomed brigrantines by Tlaxalan laborers under Spanish supervision ; mounted with cannon ; launched into Lake Texcoco , allowing Spanish control of the inland sea </Li> <Li> May 10 -- Start of the siege of Tenochtitlan ; potable water from Chapultepec cut off </Li> <Li> June 30 -- Defeat of Spanish - Tlaxcalan forces on a causeway ; capture and ritual sacrifice of the Spaniards and their horses in Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> July -- Spanish ships land at Veracruz with large numbers of Spaniards , munitions , and horses </Li> <Li> July 20 -- 25 -- Battle for Tenochtitlan </Li> <Li> August 1 -- Spanish - Tlaxcalan - Texcocan forces enter the Plaza Mayor ; last stand of the Aztec defenders </Li> <Li> August 13 -- Surrender of Aztec defenders ; capture of Cuauhtemoc </Li> <Li> August 13 -- 17 -- Wholesale sacking and violence against the survivors in Tenochtitlan </Li> </Ul>
who was the final ruler of the aztec before the empire fell to the spanish
who was the final ruler of the aztec before the empire fell to the spanish
Cuauhtemoc
Cuauhtemoc