Siege of Tenochtitlan

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battle event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire military siege

The Siege of Tenochtitlan was the decisive 1521 military campaign in which Spanish conquistadors and their Indigenous allies captured and destroyed the Aztec capital, leading to the fall of the Aztec Empire.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Tenochtitlan canonical	5
Spanish–Aztec War	2
fall of Tenochtitlan	2
siege of Tenochtitlan	2
Battle of Cempoala	1
Fall of Tenochtitlan	1
Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)	1
Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan	1
fall of the Aztec Empire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ military siege ⓘ
belligerent	Spanish conquistadors ⓘ surface form: Hernán Cortés's expeditionary force Spanish Empire ⓘ Texcoco polity ⓘ surface form: Texcocan allies Tlaxcalans ⓘ surface form: Tlaxcalan allies other Indigenous allies of the Spanish ⓘ
capturedLeader	Cuauhtémoc ⓘ
casualties	significant Spanish and Indigenous ally casualties ⓘ very high Aztec military and civilian casualties ⓘ
cause	Aztec resistance to Spanish and allied forces ⓘ Spanish attempt to conquer the Aztec Empire ⓘ
commander	Cristóbal de Olid ⓘ Cuauhtémoc ⓘ Cuitláhuac ⓘ Gonzalo de Sandoval ⓘ Hernán Cortés ⓘ Pedro de Alvarado ⓘ
conflict	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
country	Aztec Empire ⓘ
date	1521 ⓘ
endDate	1521-08-13 ⓘ
endedWith	surrender of Cuauhtémoc to Hernán Cortés ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish consolidation of control over central Mexico ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery early 16th century ⓘ
location	Lake Texcoco ⓘ Tenochtitlan ⓘ Valley of Mexico ⓘ
notableFor	destruction of much of Tenochtitlan ⓘ massive Indigenous participation on the Spanish side ⓘ urban warfare in a lake island city ⓘ use of brigantines on Lake Texcoco ⓘ
opponent	Aztec Empire ⓘ Mexica ⓘ surface form: Mexica of Tenochtitlan allied cities of the Aztec Triple Alliance ⓘ
partOf	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish conquest of Mexico
precededBy	Battle of Otumba ⓘ La Noche Triste ⓘ
result	Spanish and Indigenous allied victory ⓘ beginning of Spanish colonial rule in central Mexico ⓘ collapse of the Aztec Empire ⓘ fall of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
significance	decisive event in the colonization of Mesoamerica ⓘ marked the end of the Aztec Triple Alliance as a political entity ⓘ paved the way for the establishment of New Spain ⓘ
startDate	1521-05-26 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cuitláhuac → associatedEvent → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

Cuauhtémoc → conflict → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

Cuauhtémoc → event → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Tenochtitlan

Battle of Otumba → relatedEvent → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)

Cartas de Relación → describesEvent → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan palace → demolishedAfter → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan

Lienzo de Tlaxcala → historicalEventDepicted → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish–Aztec War

Lienzo de Tlaxcala → historicalEventDepicted → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Tenochtitlan

The Sad Night → relatedTo → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Tenochtitlan

Cuauhtemotzin → notableEvent → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

Cuauhtemotzin → militaryConflict → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish–Aztec War

Guatimozín → conflict → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

Guatimozín → capturedDuring → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Tenochtitlan

conflict with Hernán Cortés → hasPart → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Cempoala

Spanish conquest of El Salvador → after → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of the Aztec Empire

Tlaxcalans → tookPartIn → Siege of Tenochtitlan ⓘ