massacre at Cholula
E100944
The massacre at Cholula was a brutal 1519 slaughter of thousands of Indigenous inhabitants by Hernán Cortés and his forces during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cholula massacre | 1 |
| Matanza de Cholula | 1 |
| massacre at Cholula canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: massacre at Cholula Context triple: [The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, describesEvent, massacre at Cholula]
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A.
El Mozote massacre
The El Mozote massacre was a 1981 atrocity in which Salvadoran government troops killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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C.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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D.
Balangiga massacre
The Balangiga massacre was a 1901 surprise attack by Filipino guerrillas on American troops in the town of Balangiga, Samar, which led to brutal U.S. reprisals and became one of the most infamous incidents of the Philippine–American War.
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E.
Dolores Hidalgo
Dolores Hidalgo is a historic town in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, renowned as the cradle of Mexico’s independence movement and named after priest and revolutionary leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: massacre at Cholula Target entity description: The massacre at Cholula was a brutal 1519 slaughter of thousands of Indigenous inhabitants by Hernán Cortés and his forces during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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A.
El Mozote massacre
The El Mozote massacre was a 1981 atrocity in which Salvadoran government troops killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
Indian Creek massacre
The Indian Creek massacre was an 1832 attack during the Black Hawk War in which a group of Potawatomi and Sauk warriors killed and captured settlers near present-day Earlville, Illinois.
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C.
Colfax massacre
The Colfax massacre was an 1873 episode of racial and political violence in Louisiana in which white supremacists killed dozens of Black freedmen, marking one of the deadliest incidents of Reconstruction-era terror and undermining Black civil rights in the post–Civil War South.
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D.
Balangiga massacre
The Balangiga massacre was a 1901 surprise attack by Filipino guerrillas on American troops in the town of Balangiga, Samar, which led to brutal U.S. reprisals and became one of the most infamous incidents of the Philippine–American War.
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E.
Dolores Hidalgo
Dolores Hidalgo is a historic town in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, renowned as the cradle of Mexico’s independence movement and named after priest and revolutionary leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
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massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
massacre at Cholula
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surface form:
Cholula massacre
massacre at Cholula ⓘ
surface form:
Matanza de Cholula
|
| associatedWith |
Hernán Cortés
ⓘ
Moctezuma II ⓘ Tlaxcalan leadership ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Hernán Cortés ⓘ |
| context | early phase of Spanish invasion of central Mexico ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s chronicle
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Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés ⓘ
surface form:
Hernán Cortés’s letters to Charles V
Indigenous pictorial codices ⓘ |
| estimatedDeathToll |
between 3,000 and 6,000 (approximate, debated)
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thousands ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Spanish entry into Tenochtitlan in November 1519
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Spanish march to Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Spanish desire to intimidate Indigenous polities
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Spanish fear of an alleged ambush ⓘ strategic move to secure route to Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
| hasDate | October 1519 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Central Mexico
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San Pedro Cholula ⓘ
surface form:
Cholula
Cholula ⓘ
surface form:
Cholula, Puebla
|
| hasYear | 1519 ⓘ |
| historicalInterpretation |
controversial event with differing Spanish and Indigenous accounts
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example of early colonial terror tactics ⓘ |
| involvedAlly | Tlaxcala ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Nahuatl
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Spanish ⓘ |
| method |
surprise attack
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use of Indigenous auxiliary warriors ⓘ use of firearms and steel weapons ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ |
| perpetratedBy |
Hernán Cortés
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Spanish conquistadors ⓘ Tlaxcalan allies of the Spanish ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spanish alliance with Tlaxcala ⓘ |
| result |
devastation of Cholula’s population
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intimidation of other Indigenous cities ⓘ strengthening of Spanish-Tlaxcalan alliance ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
Cholulteca people
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Nahuatl-speaking Indigenous people ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAtReligiousCenter | Great Pyramid of Cholula ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInPolity |
Aztec Empire
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Triple Alliance sphere of influence ⓘ |
| victims |
Cholulan nobles
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Cholulan priests ⓘ Indigenous inhabitants of Cholula ⓘ |
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Subject: massacre at Cholula Description of subject: The massacre at Cholula was a brutal 1519 slaughter of thousands of Indigenous inhabitants by Hernán Cortés and his forces during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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